scary and fascinating tale set in 1912 greece . a bunch of people be quarantine on an island ( which contain a graveyard ) by the plague . a general ( boris karloff ) be in charge and but people die from the plague and the isolation and close quarter begin to eat away at him . he start to believe a young and healthy woman among them be a vorvolaka ( a vampire ) . and there the woman who have an extreme fear of be bury alive . quick paced and very literate horror film . there lot of dialogue about faith and war and superstition all of it interest . the setting be very dark and eerie with a spooky wind always blow . there be scary moment throughout but they really shift into high gear during the final 15 minute . this movie give me nightmares when i be little . the cast be adequate ( except for jason robards sr. boy and be he annoy . ) but karloff and katherine emery be excellent . truly frighten old horror film . a definite must see .