#viy

[lucy-harker]

A curse upon you! With the wings of a bat! With the blood of a serpent! I shall curse you! Curse you!

ВИЙ (VIY) 1967 | dirs. Konstantin Ershov & Gueorgui Kropatchev

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

pavel orinyansky

[charnel-grounds]

Viy | Вий | 1967 | dir. Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov & Aleksandr Ptushko

[userdrama]

I summon the vampires! I summon the werewolves!… I summon Viy!

Вий / VIY (1967) dir. Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov

[paristexaz]

folk horror /ˌfəʊk ˈhɒrə/ a genre of film or fiction that uses themes of rural isolation, superstition, folklore, or sinister aspects of the natural world to create an atmosphere of dread, menace, or unease.

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) - Sweden/Denmark

VIY (1967) - USSR (modern day Ukraine/Russia)

The Blair Witch Project (1999) - United States

The Witch (2015) - United States/Canada

Midsommar (2019) - United States/Sweden

Lamb (2021) - Iceland/Sweden/Poland

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: witch

[isabelleadjani]

VIY (ВИЙ) dir. Konstantin Yershov & Georgi Kropachyov, 1967