THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH Movie

THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: "We have more ghosts than live people," murmurs the pale, haunted mistress of the mansion of Marsh Firs (Elena Dimitrova) to a scholar of ancient folklore who has arrived at her castle to research the legend of King Stakh, a murdered 15th century nobleman whose spirit supposedly thunders through the woodlands. Part folk horror, part supernatural mystery, the film is a melancholy, chilling mixture of Terry Gilliam, Italian Gothic Horror, 1960s Hammer Films, and The Wicker Man – and a major rediscovery for genre fans. The longer the young scholar stays in this mysterious house of "shadow, gloom, madness and death," the more strange & surreal the film becomes: a mad widow in a white wig; a man bleeding spontaneously from his skull; a dwarf hiding in a decayed doll's house; screeching ravens and maniacal puppet shows.

The Savage Hunt of King Stakh, originally known as Дикая охота короля Стаха (or Dikaya okhota korolya Stakha) in Russian, is directed by the Belarusian filmmaker Valeri Rubinchik, his seventh feature film at the time, right after making Venok Sonetov (1977) before. The screenplay is written by Vladimir Korotkevich and Valeri Rubinchik. Featuring music by Evgeniy Glebov.