A werewolf by inheritance

1889. England, County Devonshire. People dies from the fangs of the devilish dog in the swamps.
2020. The Tambov forests, the ghost of the dead swamps, the terrible howl, torn bodies of the victims.
Fasting from the pandemic, the screenwriter Ilya Samburov leaves the capital to the deaf province in search of the plot for the new series. He was invited to visit a longtime friend Anton Zavyalov, who works as a doctor in a small village.
On his outskirts there is a gloomy estate “Old Blinds” - not to find a better place for the filming of the future film. In addition, the first owner of the estate was found dead in the alley, near the body - traces of a huge dog. Ilya became interested in the legend of the beast, which in bad weather comes from the swamps and kills people. Locals consider it an evil spirit.
Who is the first to track the beast - werewolf hunters or screenwriter Samburov? And what nightmares are the “old visas” keep?