

Viy
1967 · Movie · 1h 16m
DramaFantasyHorror
"The Soviet Union’s first horror film!"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Key crew
- Konstantin ErshovScreenplay
- Georgi KropachyovScreenplay
- Aleksandr PtushkoScreenplay
- Karen KhachaturyanOriginal Music Composer
- Georgi KropachyovDirector
- Konstantin ErshovDirector
Cast
- Leonid KuravlyovKhoma Brut
- Natalya VarleyPannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
- Aleksey GlazyrinCenturion
- Nikolay KutuzovWitch
- Vadim ZakharchenkoFreebie
- Petro VesklyarovDorosh
- Vladimir SalnikovHorobets
- Dmytro KapkaOverko
- Stepan ShkuratYavtukh
- Georgiy SochevkoStepan
- Mykola YakovchenkoSpirid
- Nikolay Panasevcomforter
Stills
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Themes
witchvillageevil spiritcorpsedemongothic horrorfolk horror











