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Viy: Directed by Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko. With Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov. A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village.
An eighteenth century English cartographer, Jonathan Green, sets out on a journey to map the uncharted lands of Transylvania, only to discover the dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical Romanian forest. Director. Oleg Stepchenko. Writers.
Iron Mask: Directed by Oleg Stepchenko. With Jason Flemyng, Xingtong Yao, Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Early 1700: Cartographer Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) from Forbidden Empire (2014) is back to map the Russian Far East.
Full Review on my blog max4movies: Viy is a Soviet horror movie adaption of Nicolai Gogol's short story of the same name, which itself is heavily influenced by dark Ukrainian folklore tales. It is about a young philosopher who is forced to pray for three nights for a witch he previously killed.
Viy points his finger at Khoma and directs all the other demons to get him. The demons penetrate the circle and jump on Khoma. When the villagers open the church doors at sunrise, they find Khoma dead.
"Viy", a.k.a. "Forbidden Empire" is a fantasy film with a confused story about a British cartographer that flees from England (actually from his future father-in-law) expecting to raise a fortune in the East to marry his beloved girlfriend but finding a cursed place.
Viy 3: Travel to India: Directed by Oleg Stepchenko. With Jason Flemyng, Anna Churina, Charles Dance, Martin Klebba. Jonathan Green with his beloved Miss Dudley, accompanied by Russian sailors, arrives to the shores of India. They expect to board an English ship bound for London.
Forbidden Empire, the new fantasy film you see before you today, was originally intended to be a remake of the 1967 Russian film Viy, which was a fantasy/horror film based on the Nikolai Gogol story that takes place in early 18th century Russia.
During the film's climax, a horde of zombies, skeletons and other evil creatures swarm into a church to attack the main character. It is all very theatrical and the makeup and props are very obvious by today's standards.
The best Russian horror movie I saw, which could be the worthy competitor of western horror movies. I love the book and read it many times, I thought the movie will not be able fully describe the mysterious world of Gogol's stories, but I was excited from the first to the last minute.
