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VIY - SPIRIT OF EVIL

1967

Director

Konstantin Ershov

Georgiy Kropachyov

Starring

Leonid Kuravlyov

Natalya Varley

Aleksey Glazyrin

Nikolay Kutuzov

Runtime

77 min.

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"Nothing makes my heart race faster than an undead Russian witch wearing a flower crown and surfing through the air on a coffin." - Patrick Pryor

SPIRIT OF EVIL, legend holds, was the first horror film ever made in the Soviet Union, and for a long time the only one. Based on Nikolai Gogol's Ukrainian folk tale, VIY recounts the story of a debauched novice priest who, one dark and spooky night, encounters an old witch whom he mortally wounds. But when the witch inhabits the body of a young and beautiful noblewoman, she dies with a curse on her lips: the priest must spend three nights alone in the church praying for her. And every night is filled with fresh horrors and crazy demons! A brilliant interplay of special effects and folk motifs, VIY is a beautiful beautiful example of the insurgent national cinemas emerging in the USSR during the 60s, and also just plain creepy fun! (Church of Film)

FOR FANS OF: Aleksandr Ptushko, Hausu, Kwaidan, Sergei Parajanov, The White Reindeer, Mario Bava, magik chalk circles, yokai