Elizabeth Bathory (Lady of Csejte)

Countess Elizabeth Bathory is the primary antagonist of the 2015 film Lady of Csejte, also known as Blood Countess. She is a Hungarian noblewoman and serial killer based on the real-life countess of the same name.

She is portrayed by Svetlana Khodchenkova.

Background
Elizabeth Bathory is the head of the Bathory household, owning land in the Kingdom of Hungary and Transylvania. She was married at one point, though her husband died. Bathory was known to have taken in multitudes of children to work as servants in her household. Unknown to much of the populace, however, Bathory secretly abused the children under her care, and would imprison them in the cellars beneath her castle, where they would be tortured and mutilated until eventually dying from their injuries. At one point, Bathory took a gypsy girl, Katja, under her wing, and had her take part in Bathory's tortures.

Trivia

 * In real-life, Elizabeth Bathory was purported to have killed young women. In the film, however, her victims are children.