Les Chroniques de Viy: Les origines du Mal

Original title: Gogol. Nachalo

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Les Chroniques de Viy: Les origines du Mal (2017)

The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering ... Read allThe year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro ... Read allThe year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that c... Read all

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7Foutainoflife

Well,

I'm gonna be honest by saying that the subtitles for this film were difficult to understand. However, I watched it anyway, making my own conclusions as to what was going on and I liked it anyway.

I think the film was well made. The costuming and details, while not overly dramatic, were also well suited. From my translation of the film there is an interesting story going on here. I really hope to find better subtitles eventually.

If you enjoy period horror, you may very well like this. I'd tell you to check it out. As I mentioned, the English subtitles I found were awful but if you soldier through or have decent subtitles you'll be glad you checked it out. I'm about to check out the second film after I finish this review. Maybe that will tell you something. I'm curious as to what is going to happen next.

bruja-79659

funny ukro - horror

Brutal. Hot. Dirty. ghoulish, beastly, scaly.Nasty.Uglish.Macabreous.Sexy.Little Lovecraft (sick!) Burton stylish. WTF ???

3zac610

Slightly above average

The genre of the movie can be defined as horror with detective elements. On the whole, it looks easy enough. I was personally stressed by the inserts with Gogol's visions, they were not always to the point, and sometimes confused the plot and were boring. Toward the movie's end, you may think "What's going on here at all?". Some scenes are written by the sick imagination of the scriptwriter, which is just made to please the viewer allegedly with beautiful effects. The degree of nonsense is at a high bar in this movie.

You can watch it for fans of Slavic literature or as a simple horror movie. But it is better to find something more interesting.

7viktoriyadrovosekova

You should watch this movie!

I think, it's very interesting film for viewers, who like mystic. There are a lot of scary and frightening scenes. Film tells as many stories about different people, so the plot is difficult to understand. Protagonist is extremely unpredictable! His acting is very realistic. Other actors are not convincing, in my opinion. All characters are unusual. For example, Gogol, countess Elizabeth, Oksana. CGI and special effects aren't gripping, really bad:( In all, script is fantastic. The end doesn't reveal the mysteries to us, I will wait for the continuation. Who is the same villain horseman?

7kosmasp

Sleepy Russian Hollow

Of course there is more to it than just this being a "copy" of Sleepy Hollow (it isn't, and I generally have to rewatch that movie asap anyway)! But it has things that may feel like there are quite the few comparisons one can take. There are also references to many other Science Fiction movies and books.

Having said that, the movie does not shy away from being violent and sexy (though some may beg to differ on the latter). The acting is quite fine and the story is more than intriguing. The sound design and the cinematography more than live up to what the movie sets out to do - and anyone watching will not be dissapointed. The first of a trilogy - you kind of can feel it. And it is tough to say how you'll like it if you only watch one of those (this for example) ... you may feel it deserves more or less rating wise ...