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Cinematic Creeps => Modern Monster Movies => Topic started by: Penny Dreadful on February 13, 2008, 03:52:44 PM

Title: Viy with Christopher Lee
Post by: Penny Dreadful on February 13, 2008, 03:52:44 PM
 Apparently Christopher Lee is slated to appear in a new adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's story Viy directed by Robert Englund.  For those who haven't read it, Viy is a great classic horror tale.  I've also seen the atmospheric 1967 Russian film and enjoyed that very much as well. 

  Here's the brief article on Lee's casting..

http://classic-horror.com/newsreel/christopher_lee_returns_to_horror_in_robert_englunds_the_vij


~Penny~
Title: Re: Viy with Christopher Lee
Post by: NekroDave on February 13, 2008, 06:27:20 PM
Oh, cool. Honestly, I'd completely forgotten about the Russian version. I remember there being a brief moment of fame for it when it was released on dvd some years back, but somehow I never did get around to seeing it.
Title: Re: Viy with Christopher Lee
Post by: SpankRamen on February 13, 2008, 07:02:09 PM
I've never seen the movie or read the book (man, do I feel dumb). I read about it on IMDB & now I must go out & find this DVD.