Viy

(1967)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 287 votes

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Year: 1967

Runtime: 77 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Георгий Кропачёв, Константин Ершов

Cast: Леонид Куравлёв, Наталья Варлей, Алексей Глазырин, Николай Кутузов, Вадим Захарченко, Пётр Вескляров, Владимир Сальников, Дмитрий Капка, Степан Шкурат, Григорий Сочевко

Plot

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.

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.