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While losing himself, wandering home whilst on leave from his seminary, novice monk Khoma stays in the barn of an old woman. A scuffle breaks out. Later, he is summonsed to stand and prey over a young dead woman, in the local church, for three nights. It is here that while in the long, dark nights, of the locked doors, that the dead regain life, the souls of Hell taunt the young monk to near terrifying insanity and the test of Faith will be as powerful as the witches, monsters and the mighty demon Viy who haunt his every step and bay for his very soul.
Also Known As:
Viy or Spirit of Evil
Title: VIy
Release Date: August 21, 1970
Runtime: 77 mins
Genre: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Languages: Russian
Country: Soviet Union
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 7.3
Buried.com Rating: 8.3 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With V
MPAA Rating: 12
Director(s):
Georgi Kropachyov
Konstantin yershov
Cast:
Leonid Kuravlyov ...Khoma Brutus - the philosopher
Natalya Varley ...Pannochka
Aleksei Glazyrin ...Sotnik
Nikolai Kutuzov ...Witch (as N. Kutuzov)
Vadim Zakharchenko ...Khaliava - the theologian
Pyotr Vesklyarov ...Rector / Dorosh (as P. Vesklyarov)
Vladimir Salnikov ...Gorobetz - the orator (as V. Salnikov)
Dmitri Kapka ...Overko (as D. Kapka)
Stepan Shkurat ...yavtukh (as S. Shkurat)
G. Sochevko ...Stepan
Nikolai yakovchenko ...Spirid (as N. yakovchenko)
Nikolai Panasyev ...Comforter
Remaining Cast:
Writer(s):
Nikolai Gogol
Georgi Kropachyov
Aleksandr Ptushko
Konstantin yershov
Composer(s):
Karen Khachaturyan
Movie Quote(s):
- Pannochka: By the shades of night, may he go blind, turn his hair white. Bewitch him. Cover him with snow.
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Pannochka: A curse upon you! With the wings of a bat! With the blood of a serpent! I shall curse you! Curse you!
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Pannochka: I summon the vampires! I summon the werewolves!... I summon Viy!
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Movie Trivia:
- Originally a Ukrainian folk story.
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The first horror film to be made in Russia.
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Keywords:
Village, Witch, Priest, Church, Corpse ...[more]
Keywords All:
Defying Gravity, Drunkenness, Supernatural Power, One Word Title, Folk Tale, Poetic Justice, Old Man, Chicken, Torment, Pig, Surrealism, Dead Body, Fantasmagoria, Cossack, Vigil, Peasant, Demon, Mud, Theology Student, Gargoyle
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Rating: 8.3 out of 10.0 - 58 votes cast total
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