Хэллоуин в заброшенной деревне (Совместно с Тени Города) Страшные истории на ночь. Страшилки на ночь

Summary

For Halloween, Dima takes his skeptical friends—the narrator and Nadya—to the abandoned village of Verkhneye Zhityevo for a séance with Baba Valya, its last resident. The plan sounds like a cheap, spooky getaway: bring food and whiskey, help the old woman chop wood, and spend the night in a deserted village. Dima is delighted, Nadya is wary, and the narrator jokes along. Their banter about witches, folk monsters, and whether the nearby woods might contain bears briefly makes the trip feel more like a comedy than a horror story.

Baba Valya’s ramshackle home soon changes the mood. She explains that the ritual will summon four spirits and warns them that a black tooth means a demon is waiting outside. They must never invite it in, and once the ritual starts, they have to finish it.

Nadya calls for her grandmother. The dead woman arrives, accusing Nadya’s family of burying her against her wishes and leaving her to suffer in a coffin. As she speaks, she transforms into a horrifying monster and lunges at Nadya. Baba Valya snaps the girl out of her terror just in time, and the friends banish the spirit.

They try to leave, but the car won’t start. Nadya senses they’re no longer alone in the village, and the group returns to the house. The narrator summons another spirit: a grotesque, twisted skeleton that describes death as an existence of cold, hunger, loneliness, and despair. It attacks him, leaving a stark white mark on his wrist before he manages to send it away.

The next tooth is black. The whole house falls unnaturally silent, and a presence begins knocking and speaking from outside. The demon reveals that Baba Valya once made a bargain with it, then protected herself and the village to avoid paying what she owed. Now she needs the ritual to make the friends part of her escape plan. Dima, furious at being deceived and convinced there’s no safe way out, invites the demon inside.

The demon appears not as a monstrous creature but as a shabby old man whose presence is terrifying enough to overwhelm everyone in the room. It demands Baba Valya’s soul and explains that her protective symbols must be destroyed. Dima shoots the old woman, then completes the ritual with his friends: Valya’s spirit reveals where the symbols are hidden, and Dima cuts them down around the house and village. With the protection broken, the demon takes Baba Valya and disappears.

The car starts, and the three friends finally drive away, shaken and uncertain that the demon will keep its promise not to follow them.

Characters

• The narrator: Skeptical but curious, and increasingly frightened as the séance turns real.
• Dima: The enthusiastic instigator of the Halloween trip, who ultimately takes responsibility for ending the ritual.
• Nadya: Practical and cautious; the first to grasp how dangerous the situation has become.
• Baba Valya: The hostile, solitary village witch, hiding a past bargain with the demon.
• The demon: A powerful, manipulative presence that comes to claim Baba Valya’s soul.
• The summoned dead: Nadya’s grandmother and two other restless spirits.