Sveto Mesto (1990)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	01.05.09

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Sveto mesto (A Holy Place, 1990) is based on a literary classic, Nikolai Gogol's 1835 short story, 'Viy'. However, Kadijevic uses it only as a starting point for his own explorations into the dark side of eroticism. Gogol's story deals with Toma, a reluctant theology student who is forced to read the Psalms over an (un)dead girl for three nights in a row. All the while supernatural forces are trying to grab him from the Holy Circle drawn on the church floor. Kadijevic adapts and enriches 'Viy' by inventing a new backstory for the witch-girl and her father. The dead girl, Catherine (unwittingly killed in the prologue, while in the shape of a hag), is referred to as a 'saint' and her father is a harsh and unpleasant man. Kadijevic departs further from the original story, and introduces an excess of perversity and horror more reminiscent of the Anglo-American gothic than the milder Slavic attempts in a similar mode. Incest is the name of the game here. Also Known As: A Holy Place Title: Sveto Mesto Release Date: September 29, 1990 Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama All Genres: Drama, Horror Languages: Serbo-Croatian Country: Yugoslavia Colors: Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 8.6 Brimstone Pit Rating: 9.6 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With S Director(s): Djordje Kadijevic Cast: Dragan Jovanovic ...Pop Toma Branka Pujic ...Katarina Aleksandar Bercek ...Gospodar Zupanski Mira Banjac ...Gospodarica Zupanski Danilo Lazovic ...Doros Maja Sabljic ...Lenka Predrag Miletic ...Nikita Rados Bajic ...Spira Dragan Petrovic ...Bogoslov Dusan Janicijevic ...Upravnik skole Mihajlo Bata Paskaljevic ... Igor Pervic ...Marko Bogoslov Dragan Zaric ...Slikar Slavoljub Plavsic Zvonce ... Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Dusan Kalmic Zoran Otasevic Zoran Otasevic Writer(s): Nikolai Gogol Djordje Kadijevic Composer(s): Lazar Ristovski IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Father, Church, Incest, Witch, Witchcraft  ...[more] Keywords All: Seen it? Rate it Currently 9.59/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 9.6 out of 10.0 - 69 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST