Forbidden Empire

A foggy, folkloric descent into superstition and deceit, where rational inquiry meets genuine supernatural dread and the line between real evil and manufactured fear blurs.

Directed by

Oleg Stepchenko

Genres

Thriller, Adventure, Mystery

Starring

Jason Flemyng, Aleksey Chadov, Agniya Ditkovskite

Tagline

The truth is in you

Overview

Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.

How it feels

Dark, eerie, tense and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Faith, deception, isolation, morality

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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