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Movie poster: Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (1970)
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Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach

1970 · 100 min Fantasy Horror History
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area's pagan past still have a hold on the population.

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Original Title Lokis: Rękopis profesora Wittembacha
Year 1970
Country Poland
Genre Fantasy, Horror, History
Director Janusz Majewski
Runtime 100 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.2/10 (22 votes)

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The film constructs its horror from a clash of worlds: rational academia against primal superstition. It relies on a pervasive sense of unease and explores the terrifying idea of an ancient past that is not dead, but merely sleeping beneath a thin veneer of civilization.

What lingers after the final frame is a profound, chilling dread. Those who tire of jump-scares will find a deeply atmospheric and intellectually unsettling tale of inherited darkness. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Janusz Majewski

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Best viewed alone, late at night, to fully absorb its slow-burning, folkloric dread.

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