Viy (1967)
"The Soviet Union’s first horror film!"
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.
Cast
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Leonid Kuravlyov
Khoma Brut
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Natalya Varley
Pannochka, the Centurion's Daughter
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Aleksey Glazyrin
Centurion
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Nikolay Kutuzov
Witch
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Vadim Zakharchenko
Freebie
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Petro Vesklyarov
Dorosh
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Vladimir Salnikov
Horobets
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Dmytro Kapka
Overko
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Stepan Shkurat
Yavtukh
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Georgiy Sochevko
Stepan
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Mykola Yakovchenko
Spirid
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Nikolay Panasev
comforter
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Boryslav Brondukov
bursak (uncredited)
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Sergey Vanyashkin
piper (uncredited)