Name: Strange World: “VIY” (aka “Spirit of Evil” - 1967)
Start: 2025-04-21T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Husets Biograf

$Strange World: \u201cVIY\u201d (aka \u201cSpirit of Evil\u201d - 1967)$

“VIY” (aka “Spirit of Evil,” aka “King of the Ghosts”), directed by K. Ershov, G. Kropachyov, and A. Ptushko, 1967, 87 minutes.
Film with English subtitles.
This is the first part of our new series, "Strange World" that seeks to explore films you probably never suspected the existence of. All films with English subtitles.
This is – some claim – the first Soviet horror film, so why not give it a chance to work its magic? It’s unlike anything you’ve probably seen before. It’s also an adaptation of a Gogol tale that closely adheres to the tone and sinister eeriness of the original short story. Having previously served as the inspiration for Mario Bava’s La Maschera del Demonio, Nikolai Gogol’s short story The Viy receives a more faithful adaptation here. The Bava connection is an important one, as Georgi Kropachyov and Konstantin Yershov’s film has a look that brings to mind the Italian’s attempt at another Russian tale, namely Aleksey Tolstoy’s The Wurdalak from his portmanteau feature I tre volti della paura (Black Sabbath).
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