Gogol. Viy
Seen it?2018 | 99 min | Mystery, Adventure, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and adventure fans.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the more fits he has, causing macabre visions. When he learns the next victim is his beloved, Liza, he doubts that he can protect her and resist the murderer. Fortunately, he meets somebody who can help him: Khoma Brut, the witch hunter, martial artist and philosopher. Together they spend three dreadful nights in an old chapel reading the funeral service for Ulyana, the witch, and calling upon the ghastly evil spirit Viy.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$7 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Egor Baranov
- Alexander PetrovGogol Nikolay Vasilievich
- Aleksey VertkovHoma Brut
- Evgeniy StychkinBinh - Investigator
- Taisiya VilkovaElizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - Countess
- Artyom TkachenkoAleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
- Maksim Mironov10 years-old Gogol
- Yuliya FrantsOksana
- Yan TsapnikBomgart (doctor)
- Sergey BadyukVakula (blacksmith)
- Marta KesslerVasilina (Daughter of Vakula)