Viy

Just watched "Viy," a 1967 Russian horror film based on a story by Nicolai Gogol. It's a very strange trip of a film, quite hallucinatory.

According to the Internet Movie Database, the film's director Georgy Kropachyov, directed only two films, having spent the rest of his career as a film designer. It shows. "Viy" is a beautifully designed film, slightly talkie in places but with considerable impact once the deliver the horror goods. It's also a very short film, only an hour long.
You can read a review of 'Viy" here:


http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue10/reviews/viy/



Here are some scenes from "Viy."