Barabashka (Season 1)

Barabashka (2022) is a Russian comedy series you can watch online on iFILM. Stuck home alone through quarantine, office drone Artyom is enjoying the quiet — the family's off at the dacha and the boss only nags him by phone.

Then the quiet turns strange. Half his fried eggs vanish off the plate, a glass of whiskey relocates itself to the bathroom, and the fridge magnets rearrange into something rude. Artyom blames stress, then burglars, before the truth lands: a barabashka — a mischievous house spirit out of Russian folklore — has moved in, and no amount of mopping will evict it.

Anton Filipenko leads, with Olga Dibtseva, Nikolai Shrayber and Timofey Tribuntsev filling out the cast. The show works because it stays small — one apartment, one increasingly unhinged man losing a war against an invisible prankster. Light, silly domestic comedy, best for an evening when you'd rather laugh than follow a plot. Stream Barabashka (2022) online on iFILM.