THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH

Valeri Rubinchik, Russia, 1980, Deaf Crocodile, Arthouse

“A rich tapestry that makes for perfect viewing late on a chilly evening.” - Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital

This melancholy folk-horror supernatural mystery is a major discovery for genre fans. “We have more ghosts than live people,” murmurs the haunted manion’s mistress to a folklore scholar who’s arrived at her castle to research the bloody legend of King Stakh: a murdered nobleman whose spirit supposedly thunders through the local woodlands. Soon, a hallucinatory parade of puppet shows, suspicious servants, bleeding relatives, screeching ravens and an ethereal woman submerged in feathery down take the viewer into territory blending Gilliam, Italian gothic horror, Hammer films and THE WICKER MAN.

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Details

  • 127 mins.
  • Color
  • 1.33:1

Formats

  • DCP

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