Movielogr

Viy (1967)

Directed by Georgiy Kropachyov, Konstantin Ershov

Horror | Supernatural | Fantasy

Most recently watched by archstanton43, sensoria

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.

Length 76 minutes

Actors

Leonid Kuravlyov | Natalya Varley | Aleksey Glazyrin | Nikolay Kutuzov | Vadim Zakharchenko | Pyotr Vesklyarov | Vladimir Salnikov | Dmitriy Kapka | Stepan Shkurat | Georgiy Sochevko | Nikolay Yakovchenko | Nikolay Panasev | Borislav Brondukov | Sergey Vanyashkin | Boris Veselov | Aleksandra Denisova | Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya | Михайло Крамар | Viktor Kolpakov | Aleksandr Lebedev | Елена Муратова | Dmitriy Orlovskiy | Anna Pavlova | Сергей Степанов | Nikolai Yudin | Klara Rumyanova

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
10/29/2016Movie ScreenDVDTheater7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Movie 2 of the Halloween marathon. Slow burn until the final sequence when it goes totally batshit with some amazing visuals. A very cool new discovery for me and a nice addition to the line-up.

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