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| The film is directed by Oleg Stepchenko, based on the first manuscript of Nikolai Gogol. The film had been in production since December 2005 and stopped several times due to lack of funding. In October 2012, the filming was completed.<ref>[http://inter.ua/ru/news/2012/04/02/4778 Закончились съемки фильма "Вий" 3D], The filming of "Viy 3D" completed, Inter Channel, April 2012, {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ''Viy'' was a huge commercial success, even breaking a record for opening weekend in Russia, but was met with mixed reviews.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.kinofilms.ua/movie/7252_Viy/videos_filming/?video=8623 История создания. Часть 1 Вий 3D<!-- Заголовок добавлен ботом -->]</ref> | The film is directed by Oleg Stepchenko, based on the first manuscript of Nikolai Gogol. The film had been in production since December 2005 and stopped several times due to lack of funding. In October 2012, the filming was completed.<ref>[http://inter.ua/ru/news/2012/04/02/4778 Закончились съемки фильма "Вий" 3D], The filming of "Viy 3D" completed, Inter Channel, April 2012, {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ''Viy'' was a huge commercial success, even breaking a record for opening weekend in Russia, but was met with mixed reviews.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.kinofilms.ua/movie/7252_Viy/videos_filming/?video=8623 История создания. Часть 1 Вий 3D<!-- Заголовок добавлен ботом -->]</ref> |
| ==Premise== | ==Plot== |
| Early-18th-century [[cartographer]] Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Western Europe to the East to map the entire world. Having passed through [[Transylvania]] and crossed the [[Carpathian Mountains]], he finds himself in a small village lost in impassable woods of [[Dnieper Ukraine]]. A year before his arrival, a demonic entity has allegedly killed a woman, after which the village elder Sotnik hired young monk Panas to pray for his daughter Pannochka‘s dead body in the village church. However, the malevolent spirit of the girl seemingly kills him, after which the village priest Paisiy declared the town to be cursed and locked it from the outside world. The villagers theorize that she turned into a witch, while the town was seemingly overrun by demons. | Early-18th-century [[cartographer]] Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Western Europe to the East to map the entire world. Having passed through [[Transylvania]] and crossed the [[Carpathian Mountains]], he finds himself in a small village lost in impassable woods of [[Dnieper Ukraine]]. A year before his arrival, a demonic entity has allegedly killed a woman, after which the village elder Sotnik hired young monk Panas to pray for his daughter Pannochka‘s dead body in the village church. However, the malevolent spirit of the girl seemingly kills him, after which the village priest Paisiy declared the town to be cursed and locked it from the outside world. The villagers theorize that she turned into a witch, while the town was seemingly overrun by demons. |
| When Jonathan arrives in the village, the priest mistakes him for an envoy of the Devil due to his coded scientific writing. However, the other villagers, tired of the lockdown, do not take him seriously. As Jonathan is an atheist, Sotnik lures him to the cursed church under the pretense to make a map of the [[oblast]]. At dinner, Jonathan is attacked by the villagers, who have seemingly turned into demons and, after using a chalk circle to ward them off, is confronted by the demonic entity, Viy. As he looks into its eyes, he is cursed to die. However, the demon offers him a challenge: should he save Pannochka‚a soul, he shall lift his death curse. | When Jonathan arrives in the village, the priest mistakes him for an envoy of the Devil due to his coded scientific writing. However, the other villagers, tired of the lockdown, do not take him seriously. As Jonathan is an atheist, Sotnik lures him to the cursed church under the pretense of wanting a map of the [[oblast]]. At dinner, Jonathan is attacked by the villagers, who have seemingly turned into demons and, after using a chalk circle to ward them off, is confronted by the demonic entity, Viy. As he looks into its eyes, he is cursed to die. However, the demon offers him a challenge: should he save Pannochka’s soul, he shall lift his death curse. |
| At the top of the church, Jonathan begins drawing the map but is knocked down. At the order of Paisiy, the villagers imprison him and the blacksmith‘s daughter, Nastusya, blaming them of Devil worshipping. As it turns out, Paisiy is a charlatan that uses smokes and mirrors to suggest the gullible villagers the demonic presence. Furthermore, he has raped and killed Pannochka disguised as a demon. Panas, who has witnessed the murder, fled for his life in Paisiy‘s disguise and has hid costumed in the cursed church for a year, being fed by a fearful Nastusya. Jonathan uncovers the ruse and Paisiy is killed. | At the top of the church, Jonathan begins drawing the map but is knocked down. At the order of Paisiy, the villagers imprison him and the blacksmith‘s daughter, Nastusya, accusing them of Devil worshipping. As it turns out, Paisiy is a charlatan that uses smokes and mirrors to suggest the gullible villagers the demonic presence. Furthermore, he has raped and killed Pannochka disguised as a demon. Panas, who has witnessed the murder, fled for his life in Paisiy‘s disguise and has hid costumed in the cursed church for a year, being fed by a fearful Nastusya. Jonathan uncovers the ruse and Paisiy is killed. However, it is implied that his encounter with Viy and Pannochka‘s spirit was real. |
| ==Cast== | ==Cast== |
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