Viy - Вий (1967)

[derek_1999]

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Limited Edition Exclusive O-Card slipcase
• LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC: A HOLY PLACE [Sveto mesto] (1990, dir. Djordje Kadijevic) A adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s short story and a stunning example of Serbian Gothic cinema from director Djordje Kadijevic. Described by critic Dejan Ognjanovic as “an unparalleled excess of perversity and terror”
• New Interview with A HOLY PLACE director Djordje Kadijevic (Limited Edition Exclusive Only)
• 1080p presentation on Blu-ray
• Original Russian mono audio
• Optional English mono audio
• Optional English subtitles and English SDH
• Brand new audio commentary with film historian and eastern European cinema expert Michael Brooke
• Brand new video essay on Russian novelist and VIY author Nikolai Gogol
• Archival documentary on VIY
• Three Russian silent film fragments, The Portrait [1915, 8 mins], The Queen of Spades [1916, 16 mins], and Satan Exultant [1917, 20 mins]
• Newly commissioned sleeve artwork by Peter Savieri [TO BE REVEALED AT A LATER DATE]
• A collector’s booklet featuring a new essay on Aleksandr Ptushko by Tim Lucas, and a new essay by Serbian writer and film critic Dejan Ognjanovic

Viy gets a UK release (Collector's Edition) from Eureka/Masters of Cinema on 15th March 2021.