The series "The Curse of the Sleeping" is a Russian mystical thriller about an artist who has the ability to trap souls inside paintings. His canvases depict only sleeping people, portrayed so realistically that it seems as if the models' personalities are truly preserved. A modern businessman named Pavel Vorontsov collects these paintings. However, at the same time, a young artist named Alexey Tikhonov is hunting after them, dreaming of acquiring the master's skill. But behind each canvas, there is a long and mysterious bloody trail.