Viĭ /
Вий /
Based on the short story "Viĭ" by Nikolai Gogol.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Russian |
| Language Notes: | In Russian or dubbed English ; with optional English subtitles. Closed-captioned in English. |
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[Los Angeles, California] :
Severin Films,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Based on the short story "Viĭ" by Nikolai Gogol. "Getting lost, wandering home whilst on leave from his seminary, novice monk Khoma stays in the barn of an old woman. A scuffle breaks out. Later, he is summoned to stand and pray over a young dead woman, in the local church, for three nights. It is here that, while in the long, dark nights of the locked doors, the dead regain life, the souls of Hell taunt the young monk to near terrifying insanity, and the test of Faith will be as powerful as the witches, monsters and the mighty demon Viy who haunt his every step and bay for his very soul"--IMDb. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. "Viĭ in Eastern Slavic mythology, a character from the underworld, whose gaze kills. His eyes are usually covered with huge eyelids and eyelashes, which he cannot lift without help"--Wikipedia. Special features include: Viy the vampire: an interview with Richard Stanley ; The woods to the cosmos: John Leman Riley on the history of Soviet fantasy and SF film ; short silent films: Satan exultant, The queen of spades, The portrait ; trailer. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc; regions A,B,C ; 1080p, full HD resolution; mono sound format ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Viktor Pishchalnikov, Fyodor Provorov ; music, Karen Khachaturyan. |