Forbidden Empire

Forbidden Empire

2014 · 128 min · RU · R · 5.9 (274 votes)
Dir. Oleg Stepchenko · Starring Jason Flemyng, Aleksey Chadov, Agniya Ditkovskite, Yuriy Tsurilo, Olga Zaytseva, Aleksandr Yakovlev · Viy Collection

The truth is in you

ThrillerAdventureMysteryFantasyHorrorScience Fiction

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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A chilling journey into a fog-shrouded village where ancient evils fester. The air is thick with dread and the unsettling feeling that something sinister lurks just beyond the veil of perception. It's a descent into a world where folklore and horror intertwine.

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