- Actors: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksei Glazyrin, Nikolai Kutuzov
- Directors: Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Yershov
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 12
- Studio: Fusion Media Sales
- DVD Release Date: 6 July 2009
- Run Time: 77 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0020NNEXU
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 117,802 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Based on a Ukranian folk story adapted by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol s, VIY was the first Horror film ever made in Russia. Produced by Mosfilm Studios, who released works by Eisenstein and Tarkovsky, the film stand as a landmark in Russian filmmaking history. Khoma, a young novice Monk, trvels across the Ukranian countryside whilst on a break from his seminary, and stays for one night in a barn belonging to a seemingly harmless old woman. Whilst sleeping the old woman attacks him, displaying supernatural strength. The scared novice fatally wounds her while fending her off. But before dying, she suddenly transforms into a beautiful young woman. Some time later Khoma, is called to the estate of a rich landowner, grieving the death of his daughter. Khoma has been personally requested to attend, and against his wishes taken by force to the estate. There he must pray for three nights in the chapel until the body of the landowners daughter is buried. On his first night, the woman Khoma had killed rises from the coffin and tries to kill him. Khoma must use every skill he knows for the next 3 nights to prevent this from happening.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I loved this film. It looks beautiful from start to finish with a great sense of care being taken with colour and light.
As the other reviewer has pointed out it's not really a horrifying horror film but it does get quite tense and there's a real sense of drama about it; especially in the build up of each consecutive night.
The protagonist is funny and engaging making for a watchable performance. Elements are camp but if you like a more artistic approach favouring style over realism then this is a little gem of a movie.
Also of note for those wary of foreign/subtitled films, the pace is snappy and I was surprised when it finished as it didn't feel like I had been watching it for that long.
This isn't Hellraiser but it is a wonderful experience that should delight any fan of stylised cinema.
As the other reviewer has pointed out it's not really a horrifying horror film but it does get quite tense and there's a real sense of drama about it; especially in the build up of each consecutive night.
The protagonist is funny and engaging making for a watchable performance. Elements are camp but if you like a more artistic approach favouring style over realism then this is a little gem of a movie.
Also of note for those wary of foreign/subtitled films, the pace is snappy and I was surprised when it finished as it didn't feel like I had been watching it for that long.
This isn't Hellraiser but it is a wonderful experience that should delight any fan of stylised cinema.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you're a fan of the writer or of fairytales,this is for you ,given you're not a snob about trendy effects or reading subtitles...It is a great film because it's a literary translation of an interessant story about a shapeshifty witch, the daughter of a tough rich kulak or lordling,who seems like a hag and is yet a beauteous damsel who abducts frivolous seminary students for piggyback trips through the sky...It's not really scary but it is a fun romp and I thought the effects excellent and effective-It is theatrical and of its time,to be sure but so what?It's a european and a mythical theme and people still love such tales as it is a picturesque antidote to both the thematically bland or shabby and tendentious fare Hollywood stills churns out...It's good but many of the extras never played on my copy although the three silent films did as did the Gogol film...Good extras even then-A worthy buy.Dead Souls (Classics)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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One of the most lushly coloured and beautifully-shot films I've ever watched, The Viy is gripping, funny, creepy and lot of fun!
A young trainee-priest is engaged to watch over the body of a recently-deceased young woman, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy farmer, for three nights before her funeral; but knows something no-one else does - she's a witch! After being locked in to the chapel every evening, he is tormented throughout each night by various ways and things!
I cannot recommend this enough! If you like creepy films you'll love this. It looks like it was shot yesterday, and it genuinely gave me shivers down my spine :)
A young trainee-priest is engaged to watch over the body of a recently-deceased young woman, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy farmer, for three nights before her funeral; but knows something no-one else does - she's a witch! After being locked in to the chapel every evening, he is tormented throughout each night by various ways and things!
I cannot recommend this enough! If you like creepy films you'll love this. It looks like it was shot yesterday, and it genuinely gave me shivers down my spine :)
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Early Russian Horror
Creative and creepy 'Viy' is pretty much forgotten these days but when it was shown in the old communist days in Russia it scared the pants off audiences! Read more
Published on 25 April 2007 by Me
Truly Strange..
Viy (or The Vij) one of the lesser known works of the brilliant writer Gogol's; is a supremely creepy story. However the film isn't really in the same catagory. Read more
Published on 13 April 2007 by Mr. A. Peacock
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