tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post7817197237724506094..comments2023-10-21T05:24:49.615-07:00Comments on The Obscure Hollow: VIY (1967)October Effigieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03856167254375793687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post-28244271470668216312008-10-18T09:10:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:10:00.000-07:00Certainly, Gogol's Viy was intended as comedy but ...Certainly, Gogol's <I>Viy</I> was intended as comedy but the movie is what it is. If it makes you laugh, it's a comedy; if it creeps you out, it's a horror movie. I was captivated by its imagery years ago when fragments of it turned up at the end of a tape a friend had duped for me of some other horror movie - I had to know what this was. Now, of course, I own the Russico DVD and it's one of my prized possessions.<BR/><BR/>You probably couldn't tell by looking at it but Mario Bava's <B>Black Sunday</B> was influenced by the same Gogol story. And I see in Sam Raimi's <B>Evil Dead</B> a touch of Gogol, too.Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post-10737993591302960372008-10-17T21:56:00.000-07:002008-10-17T21:56:00.000-07:00I disagree that VIY is more comedy than horror... ...I disagree that VIY is more comedy than horror... I mean, for a non-Hollywood film in 1967, I think the ghouls and demons were pretty darn impressive! Very Goya-esque. And the Witch flying around in her coffin, then trying to get at Khoma, but being invisibly blocked - Wow! I thought it was downright chilling! Perhaps I am naive, but I loved every second of it. It's one of my very favorites.rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976184436247100656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post-11432304255399667742008-10-17T07:34:00.000-07:002008-10-17T07:34:00.000-07:00i bought this film on dvd a few months back. i th...i bought this film on dvd a few months back. i think i actually read about it on monster brains. so much fun. the church scenes are my favorite. you gotta love ukrainian folklore.micha michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16332649342155031077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post-733113783966262022008-10-14T12:24:00.000-07:002008-10-14T12:24:00.000-07:00Love that blog. Its one of my favorites! Thanks LL...Love that blog. Its one of my favorites! Thanks LL!October Effigieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856167254375793687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post-6398138129601205602008-10-14T00:27:00.000-07:002008-10-14T00:27:00.000-07:00Hello m' Lady!I think you would like this blog...c...Hello m' Lady!<BR/>I think you would like this blog...check it out!<BR/><BR/>http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>xo LavonaLady Lavonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05896512560744076775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post-74378829315938140422008-10-13T23:34:00.000-07:002008-10-13T23:34:00.000-07:00This movie is actually more comedy than horror. Ev...This movie is actually more comedy than horror. Everything Ukranian - the language and lifestyle - is pretty funny for a Russian, and this humor was extensively exploited both in Gogol's novel and in the movie.<BR/>And of course both leading talents (Kuravlyov + Varley) are well-known comedy actors.Bosnukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415984640117337805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571500675658023951.post-17746045266627854702008-10-13T22:49:00.000-07:002008-10-13T22:49:00.000-07:00Oh yes!! All the scenes with her in the church whe...Oh yes!! All the scenes with her in the church where so spectacular..October Effigieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856167254375793687noreply@blogger.com