Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Adrien Beau’s The Vourdalak, an acclaimed 18th Century vampire tale, and they’ve also unleashed the trailer.

The drama/thriller will be released exclusively in cinemas on June 28, 2024.

Adapted from Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s 1839 gothic horror novella The Family of the Vourdalak, which actually predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over half a century, The Vourdalak is said to be “an atmospheric, unexpected, sensorial experience that will leave you reeling and giddy in equal measure.” Get a taste by watching the official trailer below.

In the upcoming film, “When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as they await the imminent return of their father, Gorcha.

“But what begins simply as strange quickly devolves into a full fledged nightmare when Gorcha returns, seemingly no longer himself.”

The film premiered in the International Critics’ Week section at the 80th Venice International Film Festival before playing dozens of European fests and opening in its native France.

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s novella also served as the basis for one of the segments in Mario Bava’s 1963 horror anthology film Black Sabbath, which was titled “The Wurdulak.”