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Forbidden Empire

Вий

2014 ·2h 8m · ★ 5.9 (332)

Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
14
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
80
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
36
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
50
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
17
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Setting

Church

Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanization
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

dark fantasydemonmystic

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