Resident Evil Village features some of the best locations and explorable environments in the series' history. Easily one of the most iconic is Castle Dimitrescu, the home to Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters of the night. This downright ominous and equally brilliant fortress provides for both a literal background to the player's exploration but also as a story-centered setpiece.

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While Castle Dimitescu has been featured a lot in the marketing lead-up to the game's release, many players might have missed some of the more subtle, spooky details while exploring. The castle truly shines with opulence and grandeur but lives and breathes with its tiny, creepy details hidden in plain sight.

10 Portrait Of The Daughters – Bela, Cassandra, and Daniela

RE Village Bela, Cassandra, Daniela Portrait

One of the first spooky details that players will see when entering Castle Dimitrescu for the first time is a portrait of Bela, Cassandra, and Daniela. What makes this portrait off-putting is that it was clearly painted when these women were in their regular, pure human form.

These three women, the daughters of Lady Dimitescu, have been warped, transformed, and made to be vampiric monsters who happen to be able to shapeshift. Simply seeing this otherwise innocuous portrait really hits home the point of how heinous Mother Miranda's experiments truly are.

9 The Duke's Shop Prior To His Arrival – How Does He Do It?

RE Village The Duke's Shop

The Duke is quite the crazy and quirky character throughout Resident Evil Village. It's hard to tell if he is truly a friend or foe. Although he does aid Ethan in his quest, it's clear that he has also had business interactions with Lady Dimitescu and the other lords of the village.

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Adding to this air of mystery is the fact that The Duke seems to be able to instantly be in any location, no matter how far it may seem. One example of this is when Ethan makes his way to the Castle. Here, Ethan discovers a chamber where a shopkeeper would set up his goods. This may be a bigger detail but shows that The Duke may be more ethereal than players first imagined.

8 Norshteyn's Labyrinth – What Lies Beneath

RE Village Castle Labyrinth

Norshteyn's story is marred by darkness and tragedy. He was a craftsman that was driven out of his homeland, deemed a heretic. He eventually settled in the eponymous village from this game where he then created four different, intricate, and ornate labyrinths. These labyrinths are pure works of beauty.

Dig just a bit more into the lore though and you learn that Norshteyn built each one of these for the burial remains of each one of his wives. Upon completing the fourth and final labyrinth, Norshteyn took his own life. His tale is one of pain mixed with sheer artistry.

7 The Chains – You Won't Escape

RE Village Castle Bedroom Chains

Early on in Ethan's exploration of Castle Dimitrescu, he finds himself at the hands of Bela, Cassandra, and Daniela, taken hostage, and strung up within the walls of a castle bedroom. Here he officially meets Lady Dimitrescu for the first time.

After a grisly encounter with these four characters, with Ethan literally having to tear his hands off the hooks holding him up, he is free to move about the castle. Players who take the time to explore this room will find shackles laying near the fireplace, suggesting that this room is where the ladies perform their dark torture.

6 The Moldy Food – More Than A Set Decoration?

RE Village Moldy Food On Table

It's no surprise to anyone that has played Resident Evil 7 and 8 that mold is a central theme. One small yet ominous detail all throughout the castle is that platters or bowls of food, more specifically fruit, lie rotting with mold covering their once sweet outer layers.

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It might be easy to dismiss this as detailed set dressing in order to flesh out the castle's juxtaposition of elegance yet decomposing from within. This spooky detail shows that mold continues to thrive all through the castle from central characters to the very food that has been left to rot.

5 Maidens Of The Harvest – A Painting Tells A Story

RE Village Maidens of the Harvest Painting

Castle Dimitrescu's walls are adorned with all sorts of unique paintings, some darker than others, not just in tone, but in style. One such painting is Maidens of the Harvest. This painting shows a group of women dancing in revelry as they glorify the recent harvest.

Now, this painting is clearly about a village celebrating the literal harvest of food in order to feed family and friends. Yet, in a more creepy and ominous way, the Maidens of the Harvest foreshadows the harvesting of the villagers by Lady Dimitrescu and Mother Miranda in an attempt to create a new, more evil being, draining them of blood and life, for their purposes.

4 A Simple Doll – Most Likely Not

RE Village Doll Picture on Table

Easily one of the spookiest enemies in the game, Angie is the sentient abomination created by lord Donna Beneviento. Angie is first encountered during a meeting with the village lords and Mother Miranda, with Ethan in shackles, awaiting his grisly fate.

This may not actually be the first time players encounter Angie the doll. In Castle Dimitrescu stands a small photo of a doll in a white dress, sitting at what appears to be a tea party. Sure, this doll could be any random doll, but it seems more likely that this would be Angie, prior to her becoming possessed by Donna's power.

3 The Haunted Castle – More Than Ethan Bargained For

RE Village Castle Note

This very spooky detail is unbelievably easy to miss considering it's just written on one little note deep in the castle cellars. Should you manage to read this note though, it brings to light a whole bunch of other creepy moments throughout your stay at Castle Dimitrescu.

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Essentially, one of the castle workers believes the castle to be haunted due to hearing wailing and moaning as if ghosts are all over. Now, these sounds are most likely from the villagers that Lady Dimterscu has locked away to experiment on. However, as you wander the upper chambers of the castle, there are all sorts of other ghostly sounds which could mean this castle is also quite haunted.

2 Here Lie The Rats – Dried Up And Discarded

RE Village Rats on Table

Vampire lore and myth are filled with accounts of lesser vampiric beings draining smaller creatures of their blood, such as rats and rabbits. Alternatively, many vampires who are seeking to keep humans safe might also drink the blood of these animals so as to not harm the human population.

Sitting on a table in the room where Lady Dimiterscu leaves as you enter it from a crawlspace are a half dozen or so rats, withered up on a table. Clearly, these rats have been drained of their blood. The question remains though, were these rats used by the villagers being experimented on, or by Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters? Either way, it's a small yet creepy detail.

1 Cellar Dungeon Shackles – All Tied Up

RE Village Dungeon Shackles

Castle Dimitrescu hides a dank and ominous dungeon deep in the castle's cellars. Ethan learns from his exploration that these cellars were used for the women being experimented on by Lady Dimtrescu. There is little to no light or fresh air down in this dungeon, meaning the vampiric creatures could survive longer.

Unfortunately for them, the dungeons are lined with torture equipment and shackles that seem to be hovering over barrels. Since one of the best wines, the Sanguis Virginis, is quite literally a blood wine, these shackles and chains were most likely used to hold the women down in order to drain their blood for the wine. It's harrowing and disgusting in equal measures.

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