Bloody Mistress(2018)

Bloody Mistress is a historical drama series set in 18th-century Russia that chronicles the true story of Darya Saltykova, a noblewoman whose brutal treatment of her serfs earned her the grim nickname "the Russian Elizabeth Bathory." Raised in a monastery, Saltykova became a landowner whose sadistic torture of nearly 150 peasants shocked even the Russian Empire. Her crimes led to imprisonment in an underground dungeon, where she remained for 33 years until her death. The series explores the dark transformation of a woman raised in piety who descended into monstrosity, examining how privilege, power, and isolation corrupted her completely. It's a haunting portrait of cruelty and its consequences in imperial Russia.