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Viy (1967)
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A seminarian must keep watch beside a dead woman in a village church, making an enclosed ritual out of the supposedly reassuring act of prayer. This Soviet adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's Ukrainian-set story moves from broad earthy humour to unruly supernatural spectacle. The pleasure is in watching solemn rules meet creatures and effects that seem delighted to break them. A compact, mischievous alternative to the list's heavier contemporary ordeals.
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A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.