Viy - The Masters of Cinema Series

Bursting with startling imagery and stunning practical effects courtesy of directors Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov, and perhaps most notably, artistic director Aleksandr Ptushko (the legendary special effects artist whose spectacular stop-motion effects and innovative colour cinematography has seen him referred to as the Soviet equivalent of Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, and even Mario Bava), VIY has influenced generations of directors for more than half a century. In 19th century Russia, a seminary student is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch. But when she rises from the dead to seduce him, it will summon a nightmare of fear, desire, and the ultimate demonic mayhem. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present VIY on Blu-ray from a HD restoration of the original film elements.

Special Features

Commentary: Michael Brooke (film historian/Eastern European cinema expert), Video essay on Russian novelist and 'VIY' author Nikolai Gogol; Archival documentary on 'VIY'; Three Russian silent film fragments: 'The Portrait' (1915); 'The Queen of Spades' (1916); 'Satan Exultant' (1917)

Actors: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksei Glazyrin, Vadim Zakharchenko, Nikolay Kutuzov, Pyotr Vesklyarov

Audio Languages: Russian, English

Duration: 77 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English, English

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