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The Power of Fear

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The Power of Fear
Directed byOleg Fesenko
Screenplay byIgor Mitushyn
StarringValery Nikolaev
Evgeniya Kryukova
Lembit Ulfsak
CinematographyArunas
Baraznauskas
Edited byYaroslav Mochalov
Music byOleg Fedoseyev
Ilar Oale
Release date
  • 2006 (2006)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian
English
Polish
German

The Power of Fear (Russian: Ведьма, romanizedVedma, lit.'Witch'), also known as Evil, is a 2006 Russian gothic horror film directed by Oleg Fesenko and starring Valery Nikolaev in the lead. It is loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's story "Viy".[1]

Plot summary

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A journalist (Valery Nikolaev) is sent on an assignment to investigate paranormal phenomena occurring in a nearby town, but on the way he gets caught up in a haunted mansion to shelter from the rain, from where all his troubles begin.

Cast

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Production

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The film was mainly shot in Estonia and had early working titles of The Last Prayer and Viy: In the Power of Fear.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kolodziej, Rebecca (27 March 2018). "The Power Of Fear: Vedma (2006)". NightmareNews.net. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. ^ Reznikova, Larisa; Zvegintsev, Valentin (19 October 2006). ""Вий" вашему дому". Moskovskij Komsomolets (in Russian). No. 2418. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
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