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Viy AKA Spirit of Evil (Blu-ray) (1967)
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.Director: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko (uncredited)
Year of Copyright: 1967
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray): Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
DISC TWO (Blu-ray): Eyes of Fire
DISC THREE (Blu-ray): Leptirica and Devicanska Svirka
DISC FOUR (Blu-ray)
Witchhammer (Otakar Vávra, 1970; 106:49)
Audio Commentary by Czech film historian and curator Irena Kovarova (2021)
"The Projection Booth Podcast: Witchhammer" 2021 episode (#537) with host Mike White & guest critics Samm Deighan and Rahne Alexander (plays as an alternate audio track over the film) (62:18)
"The Womb of Woman is the Gateway to Hell: An Appreciation of Witchhammer by Kat Ellinger" 2017 video essay (22:17)
* The Film
"From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film" 2019 interview (34:46)
Silent Film Excerpts (Russian intertitles with English subtitles, 480i; with "Play All" option):
- "The Portrait" (1917; 6:19) (incorrectly listed in the menu as "Satan Exultant")
- "The Queen of Spades" (1916; 13:12)
- "Satan Exultant" (1915; 15:36) (incorrectly listed in the menu as "The Portrait")
Russian Theatrical Trailer (1:53)
DISC FIVE (Blu-ray): Lake of the Dead and Tilbury
DISC SIX (Blu-ray): The Dreaming and Kadaicha
DISC SEVEN (Blu-ray): Celia and Alison's Birthday
DISC EIGHT (Blu-ray): Wilczyca and Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach
DISC NINE (Blu-ray): Clearcut
DISC TEN (Blu-ray): Il demonio and Dark Waters
DISC ELEVEN (Blu-ray): A Field in England and Anchoress
DISC TWELVE (Blu-ray): Penda's Fen and Robin Redbreast
DISC THIRTEEN (CD)
"Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched" soundtrack by Jim Williams (62:49; 39 tracks):
- 1. "Wounds That Were So Red" (1:06)
- 2. "Hell is Deeper That the Sea" (3:00)
- 3. "The Stalk is Withered Dry" (3:20)
- 4. "A Grave Long, Wide and Deep" (1:20)
- 5. "He Shall Sing Us a Mass" (5:22)
- 6. "Mantle of Red Scarlet" (1:32)
- 7. "Order of the Coffin Opened Wide" (2:20)
- 8. "The Darkling Thrush" (1:10)
- 9. "Livelong Winter's Night" (1:40)
- 10. "The Nine Witch Knots" (1:02)
- 11. "The Mirk and the Midnight Hour" (1:06)
- 12. "High Hanged Should He Be" (0:40)
- 13. "An Ill Death May She Die" (0:46)
- 14. "Penance I Will Give Thee None" (1:14)
- 15. "If the Devil Won't Be Damned" (2:22)
- 16. "I Saw Him Laid in Clay" (3:00)
- 17. "She Wept Most Bitterly" (0:36)
- 18. "This Cursed Hand of Mine" (0:54)
- 19. "Heart's Blood ... "(3:00)
- 20. "A Fire of Coals to Burn Her" (3:00)
- 21. "… On the Ground" (3:00)
- 22. "She the Fiend Did Name" (1:10)
- 23. "Gone in the Devil's Name" (1:36)
- 24. "The Stair it Was Full Fifteen Steps" (0:50)
- 25. "A Great and Gruesome Beast" (1:51)
- 26. "Lambkin" (1:06)
- 27. "By Oak and Ash and Bitter Thorn" (0:54)
- 28. "She Saw the Flames Ascending High" (2:07)
- 29. "Your Eyes They Look So Dim" (2:02)
- 30. "Eyes as Black as Sloe" (1:14)
- 31. "The Hour of Gloaming Gray" (1:06)
- 32. "Many a Widow Poor" (0:36)
- 33. "Drinking of the Blood-Red Wine" (0:40)
- 34. "The New Moon Clear" (0:52)
- 35. "Pay for Fouling the Well" (0:26)
- 36. "Witch of the Vilest Kind" (1:11)
- 37. "I Have Come for to See You Hang" (0:54)
- 38. "Vanished in a Cloud of Mist" (0:52)
- 39. "There is a Place Prepared in Hell" (1:52)
DISC FOURTEEN (CD)
"The White People: Part 1" by Arthur Machen, read by Linda Hayden (43:12; 2 tracks):
- Track 1 (19:30)
- Track 2 (23:42)
DISC FIFTEEN (CD)
"The White People: Part 2" by Arthur Machen, read by Linda Hayden (50:14; 2 tracks):
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Subtitles:English (for Russian), English HoH (for English)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Russian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Extras are in English and in 1080p unless noted.
HD restored master supplied by Mosfilm.
Comes in a special case with a 126-page illustrated book curated by Janisse and designed by Luke Insect featuring all-new writings by renowned film scholars, authors and historians.
The image ends at 75:32 with score playing out over black screen till 76:34.
The silent excerpts run shorter than the single disc edition because they have been encoded at 30 frames per second while the latter were encoded at 24 frames per second. -
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Extras:"Viy the Vampire" 2019 interview with filmmaker Richard Stanley (22:57)
"From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film" 2019 interview (34:46)
Silent Film Excerpts (480i, Russian intertitles with English subtitles):
- "The Portrait" (1915, 7:53)
- "The Queen of Spades" (1916; 16:30)
- "Satan Exultant" (1917; 19:30)
Theatrical Trailer (1:53) -
Subtitles:English (for Russian), English HoH (for English)
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Russian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Previously available as a limited edition with a slipcover.
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
"Viy the Vampire" 2019 interview with filmmaker Richard Stanley (22:57)
"From the Woods to the Cosmos: John Leman Riley on the History of Soviet Fantasy and Sci-Fi Film" 2019 video essay (34:49) (34:46)
DISC TWO (DVD Copy) -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Russian LPCM 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Mediabook
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Notes:Extras are in English with German subtitles.
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Extras:DISC ONE: Viy
* The Film
Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke (2021)
"Samuel Goff on Nikolai Gogol" 2021 audio essay (15:05)
"Remembering Nikolai Gogol" 1939 documentary (in Russian with forced English subtitles) (19:06)
Russian Silent Film Fragments:
- "The Portrait" (7:53)
- "The Queen of Spades" (16:30)
- "Satan Exultant" (19:30)
Original 1967 Trailer (in English for export) (2:36)
DISC TWO: A Holy Place -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Russian LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:All extras in 1080p.
A limited pressing of 3,000 copies that includes an exclusive O-Card slipcase and the bonus disc two.
Also comes with a 32-page liner notes booklet "Aleksandr Ptushko: Honest Tales of Bygone Days" by Tim Lucas and "A Holy Place" by Dejan Ognjanović. Also contains viewing notes, a special note and Blu-ray credits.
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke (2021)
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Extras:"Samuel Goff on Nikolai Gogol" 2021 audio essay (15:05)
"Remembering Nikolai Gogol" 1939 documentary (in Russian with forced English subtitles) (19:06)
Russian Silent Film Fragments:
- "The Portrait" (7:53)
- "The Queen of Spades" (16:30)
- "Satan Exultant" (19:30)
Original 1967 Trailer (in English for export) (2:36) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Russian LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:All extras in 1080p.
Comes with a liner notes booklet.
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OVERALL: Draw
Severin 2019 and Eureka have exclusive extras - the Eureka limited edition has an entire additional film - while the Severin boxed set drops one of their exclusive extras but includes several other films and a feature-length folk horror documentary.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror America- Severin Films - No cuts (76:34)
- Blu-ray ALL Standard Edition America- Severin Films - No cuts (76:34)
- Blu-ray B Limited Edition Germany- Camera Obscura - No cuts (76:33)
- Blu-ray B Limited Edition United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts (76:30)
- Blu-ray B Standard Edition United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts (76:30)
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 17/12/19
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 31/07/22UPDATE LOG:
17/12/19: Initial entry.
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25/02/21: Added UK edition.
25/02/21: Updated overall.
26/02/21: Updated director credit.
11/03/21: Added DVDBeaver.
20/03/21: Added caps-a-holic.
31/01/22: Added Severin boxed set.
12/06/22: Revised specs.
31/07/22: Updated box set specs.
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