Viy

Name: Viy
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 27 Nov 1967
Rating: 6.88
Cast: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov, Vadim Zakharchenko

The Soviet Union’s first horror film! 1967-11-27 Soviet Union 76 minutes.

6.88 257 votes

Drama Fantasy Horror witch village evil spirit corpse demon gothic horror folk horror

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Overview

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.

Year 1967

Studio Luch, Mosfilm

Director Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov

Crew Aleksandr Ptushko (Screenplay), Georgi Kropachyov (Screenplay), Konstantin Ershov (Screenplay), Karen Khachaturyan (Original Music Composer), Viktor Pishchalnikov (Director of Photography), Fyodor Provorov (Director of Photography)

Popularity 5

Language Pусский