Underplayed Gems

Gogol. Terrible Revenge (2018)

Gogol. Terrible Revenge poster
Original title
Гоголь. Страшная месть
Directed by
Egor Baranov
Genre
fantasy film, horror film, adventure film, detective film, thriller film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A resurrected writer teams up with an inspector to stop a murderous horseman. The investigation leads them to a startling revelation.

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What happens

Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (Russian: Гоголь. Страшная месть, romanized: Gogol. Strashnaya mest) is a 2018 Russian fantasy action horror mystery thriller film directed by Egor Baranov and starring Alexander Petrov in the title role. It is the third and the final film in the title trilogy, after Gogol. The Beginning and Gogol. Viy. The film’s plot follows a resurrected Nikolai Gogol (who had died in the last movie) as he continues to try to find and stop the murderous and mysterious Dark Horseman, with the returning help of Inspector Yakov Petrovich Guro (Oleg Menshikov), only to stumble upon a shocking truth. The film was released in Russia and worldwide on August 30, 2018 and has received positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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