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Viy 12 rating

The only Soviet horror film ever made.

Horror 1967 77 mins

Director: Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachov

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Overview

Circumventing the restrictions of Soviet film production, Viy is a loose adaptation of a Nikolai Gogol story in which a seminary student is asked to say prayers for the soul of a young, recently deceased woman who turns out to be a witch. Over three nights, the witch torments him relentlessly. With special effects by Aleksandr Ptushko, Viy possesses nightmarish imagery that has lost none of its punch with the passage of time.

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