Hooptober 12: 21/31

I was hesitant to get to that part of the Hooptober challenge -- a movie from a former Soviet nation -- on account of the ongoing war crimes and genocide that Russia commits. Viy is an adaptation from Ukrainian novelist Nikolai Gogol, so it's at the very least a conflicting watch (if you want to have a good day, don't read up on what the cast who was still alive in the past three years have to say on Ukraine).

The film itself is endlessly creative, perhaps on account of the wild imagination of its original author, and it uses a lot of cool effects, especially as it comes to an end. It's a fun bit of Slavic folklore, with traces of a fairy tale, and the colourful characters create a weird space between horror and slapstick. I wish there were more witches riding coffins in films.