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The premise
This is a story of a small town girl named Nastya. Her newly married husband Ivan drives her to his hometown to meet his family. Upon their arrival Nastya feels she made a wrong decision: she is surrounded by weird people and she sees creepy photos all around the house. Ivan disappears while his family prepares Nastya for a mysterious traditional Russian wedding ceremony. She struggles to calm herself down hoping all this will end and they will live happily ever after. Only if she stays alive...
Horror Vault's take
Nastya is swept into her new husband's remote hometown expecting an awkward but manageable introduction to his family — instead she finds herself encircled by unsettling strangers, eerie photographs, and a household that feels deeply, dangerously wrong. When Ivan vanishes and the family begins preparing her for an obscure ceremonial ritual, Nastya must confront whether she is a guest or a sacrifice. Rooted in Russian folk tradition, the film wrings genuine dread from cultural unfamiliarity and the horror of being utterly alone among people who share a secret you don't. The tension builds steadily as the line between strange custom and mortal threat grows razor-thin.
Content: Supernatural Threat, Disturbing Imagery, Tense Peril
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Cast

Victoria Agalakova
Nastya

Vyacheslav Chepurchenko
Ivan

Aleksandra Rebenok
Liza

Igor Khripunov
Viktor

Anastasia Akatova
Nastya’s neighbor

Viktor Solovyov
Ivan and Lisa's father

Dmitriy Kulichkov
Tikhon

Miroslava Karpovich
The Wife

Ivan Kozhevnikov
The Husband

Natalya Grinshpun
Aglaya
Marina Alhamdan
The Dead Bride

Evgeny Koryakovsky
Nastya's teacher
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