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Play Time: 76 mins
Drama, Fantasy, 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.

Original Title:Вий
Status: Released (1967-11-27)
Screen:Konstantin Ershov, Nikolay Gogol, Georgiy Kropachyov
Productions: Luch, Mosfilm
Production Countries: Soviet Union
Spoken Languages: Pусский
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I gather this is one of the few "horror" films ever made during the Soviet era and it plays rather well on the superstitions of a rural population who are pretty much scared of their own shadows! "Khoma" (Leonid Kuravlyov) is a young priest who is charged with sitting with the corpse ....

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