I came across this film completely by chance. I have never heard of it before even though I was born in Slovenia , which used to be a part of Yugoslavia. The She Butterfly has a very simple premise. It is shot in a beautiful countryside whose inhabitants are puzzled and shocked by the murders of five millworkers. It is clear that it is a doing of a malevolent presence. 1h3min running time is perfect. The film never drags or loses momentum. It also contains some quirky humour which you will especially enjoy if you are from the Balkan region. But the highlight of the film, in my opinion, is the soundtrack. It amplifies the general atmosphere and gives the whole film a haunting and eerie feel. Definitely recomended if you are a fan of old school horror.

"The She-Butterfly" is a genuinely frightening Serbian fairy tale revolving around a cursed mill and the young man willing to spend a night there to win the hand of a village maiden.The IMDb reviews are pretty funny -it seems this Yugoslavian TV movie was inadvertently screened in a time slot reserved for kids and it scared the bejezus out of a whole generation of impressionable Slavs. I didn't quite get the connection between the vampire and the butterfly but felt better about it later on when I read no one else did, either. You have to know Serbian folklore, it seems, but it really doesn't matter since the film's got the look of a Grimm fairy tale and the toothsome demon doesn't disappoint. Recommended!

Wonderful, I've seen this movie ONCE when I was a kid and since then it's burned in my mind as of the most scary films I've ever seen. And I've seen A LOT of horror. Hm, I think I will try to find this film again, I'm pretty curious about how I would feel now while watching it. It certainly did contribute to my love for the horror-genre, and vampire figures in films, in general. This particular vampire , leptirica, is very old in Slavic folklore. The female vampire shapeshifter, upir, can even be considered as a metaphor for many things. Feminine mystery or sexuality is one of them.Interesting !

Forget about Scream or Night mare in Elm Street. This is scary. You feel like 5 years old child after that film. You are afraid to go to toilet on your own. You can't sleep. This is what horror movies should be. Really scary not funny.