Coming to the familiar house he stays for the night, being allured by Sdenka, Gorcha's daughter he fell for during his first visit, who appears to dwell in the empty house. The moment comes when the Frenchman realizes he's fallen under the charms of a vampire. He makes an attempt to leave, comes under a massive attack of vourdalaks, all of the Gorcha family among them, and makes a miraculous escape, having to thank his own good luck and the agility of his horse. In film The novella became the basis for "I Wurdulak", one of the three parts of Mario Bava's 1963 film Black Sabbath, featuring Boris Karloff. The 1972 Italian/Spanish film The Night of the Devils was also based on Tolstoy's story. A glancing reference to the novella occurs in Guy Wilson's 2012 film, Werewolf: The Beast Among Us; when an undead victim of a werewolf attack arises and is shot by the grandson of the Great Hunter who exclaims, "I hate goddamn Vourdalaks." English translation Vampires: Stories of the Supernatural, Hawthorn Books, 1973. Notes References External links Семья вудалака. The Russian text. 1884 Russian novels Works by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Vampire novels Works originally published in The Russian Messenger Russian novels adapted into films Russian Gothic novels Novels set in Serbia Fiction set in 1769