Viy

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Viy

1967,

1h 18m,

Horror/

Fantasy

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88%

8 Reviews

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78%

1,000+ Ratings

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8 Reviews

78%

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1,000+ Ratings

A group of seminary students from the city go on summer break, drunkenly wandering the countryside. They end up lost, and spend a night in the company of a haggard witch. A scuffle breaks out, and one of the students, Khoma (Leonid Kuravlyov), murders the witch. Only it turns out he really killed a beautiful landowner's daughter (Natalya Varley), and now he must sit with her body in a church for three days, protecting it from evil spirits. This horror movie was based on a story by Nikolai Gogol.

Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Mar 16, 2021

Ershov and Kropachyov offer us all a glimpse of what such long dark nights of the soul might look like from the inside.

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Fred Camper

Chicago Reader

Oct 17, 2016

Russian director Alexander Ptushko is known for his special effects, which have an appropriately low-tech charm in this 1967 folktale.

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Wael Khairy

The Cinephile Fix

Sep 23, 2022

“Viy” is disturbing, absurd, bizarre, and outlandish at the same time. A real treat for anyone who wants to take a deep dive into a world of phantasmagoria.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Nov 18, 2021

"Viy" is a great film, which goes much further than its supernatural horror premises through the prowess in direction, acting, but most of all, audiovisual aspect that deem the movie a true epic.

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

Mar 12, 2021

Mixes myth and legend with the dazzling visual panache of Aleksandr Ptushko brilliant imagination.

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

Oct 17, 2016

2.5/5

The Viy itself is a disappointment, a lumbering, silly looking thing that would be right at home in The Neverending Story.

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Abraham M

Oct 27, 2018

Viy is a Soviet horror movie adaption of Nicolai Gogol's short story of the same name, which itself is heavily influenced by dark Ukrainian folklore tales. It is about a young philosopher who is forced to pray for three nights for a witch he previously killed. Due to its great atmosphere, the powerful performances - that are, however, mostly apparent in the latter half of the movie - and the eerie score and chanting of the people, the movie is a great example of a low-brow, yet effective horror movie. Full review: https://movie-discourse.blogspot.com/2018/10/viy-su-1967.html?view=flipcard

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Synopsis

A group of seminary students from the city go on summer break, drunkenly wandering the countryside. They end up lost, and spend a night in the company of a haggard witch. A scuffle breaks out, and one of the students, Khoma (Leonid Kuravlyov), murders the witch. Only it turns out he really killed a beautiful landowner's daughter (Natalya Varley), and now he must sit with her body in a church for three days, protecting it from evil spirits. This horror movie was based on a story by Nikolai Gogol.

Director: Georgiy Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov
Screenwriter: Nikolai Gogol, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko, Konstantin Ershov
Production Co: Mosfilm
Genre: Horror, Fantasy
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 6, 2020
Runtime: 1h 18m
Sound Mix: Mono

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