Underplayed Gems

Viy (1996 film) (1996)

Viy (1996 film) poster
Original title
Вій
Directed by
Leonid Zarubin, Alla Hrachova
Genre
animation, fantasy, horror, tv movie
Country
Ukraine
Runtime
19 min
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A seminary student is sent to spend three nights in a church watching over the body of a dead witch. He endures a series of supernatural torments as the witch rises from her coffin.

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What happens

Viy (Ukrainian: «Вій») is a 1996 Ukrainian animated dark fantasy short film directed by Leonid Zarubin, and Alla Grachyova based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, filmed by the Ukranimafilm studio in 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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