Jumping vampire, cursed dancer, snake woman, wandering child dressed in red... These evil spirits, from Southeast Asian folklore, have found a resurgence in popularity in recent decades, notably thanks to cinema and television. These six episodes invite you to discover a little-known legendary universe, whose figures continue to haunt Chinese, Taiwanese and Thai imaginations.
Moscow opera Vasily Sharonov is a tough and uncompromising person. For these qualities, as well as for the cold look and stern expression on his face, his colleagues have long nicknamed him the Sheriff. Because of the difficult nature of the Sheriff, he was once kicked out by his wife, and now his teenage son is avoiding him. Because of his character, neither his subordinates nor his superiors like him.
When a strange person mysteriously appears and then suddenly disappears from a heritage hotel, Detective Boomrah and his partner must confront the supernatural phenomena in the hotel in order to unravel the case.
Innocent people find themselves hostages whose lives are controlled by Kalashnikov rifles, and there is no way for them to survive except by making a fateful decision whose language is bullets and smoke.
After lengthy discussions with Willy Vandersteen, the artist of the comic strip, this series was put into production in 1973. This happened in collaboration with the Flemish actor and producer Wies Andersen. Instead of adaptations of the existing comics, six new stories were chosen. The puppets were given multiple facial expressions and the sets and props were made based on detailed designs by Studio Vandersteen. Lambik always acts as narrator. A striking difference with the comics is that Jerom's doll now has its eyes open.
The Military evacuates a zone in the Lapland mountains, under the pretext that there is an ongoing exercise. The district doctor gets suspicious when one of his patients, who lived inside the zone, suddenly dies. The body disappears without a trace.
Strange things are happening in an old mansion on Chistye Prudy, which has not been listed in any documents for some time. On a Saturday morning in March, two friends living in this ghost house, Lipa and Lucinda, fall... the corpse of a neighbor. Moreover, the body is wrapped with explosive wires. The residents of the ill-fated house gathered at the scene, neutralizing the blast wave, are saved from death by a new neighbor Pavel Dobrovolsky.
What is the black mucus appearing everywhere? What was missing from the missing high school student, Shang Shangjie? Why is there a strange sound in the dry well on Haichao Street? Who do the Ph.D.s in those black people point to? Everything shows that a huge crisis is quietly approaching the inhabitants of the island, and the good people know nothing about it ..