该电影由康斯坦丁·叶尔绍夫、格奥尔基·克罗帕乔夫执导，列昂尼德·库拉夫廖夫、纳塔利娅·瓦利、阿列克谢·格拉济林、尼古拉·库图佐夫、瓦季姆·扎哈尔琴科、Pyotr Vesklyarov、弗拉基米尔·萨尔尼科夫、德米特里·卡普卡、斯捷潘·什库拉特、Georgiy Sochevko、尼古拉·雅科夫琴科、Nikolay Panasev等主演，于1967年上映。在77分钟的叙事中，《邪灵》（又名：维、魔鬼的精神、Viy、Spirit of Evil）The movie follows the original tale in a somewhat loose fashion, but manages to retain the majority of the images and action. A seminary student must survive three nights in prayer guarding the deceased witch maiden while she, along with an army of hellish demons, try to lure him out of his Holy Ring of Chalk.