U.S. actor/director Robert Englund, best known as Freddie Kruger in the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise, will direct “
The Vij,” a dark gothic fantasy in which Christopher Lee is attached to star.
Based on an eponymous novel by Russian writer Nikolaj Gogol, “
The Vij” revolves around an evil genie who conditions the actions of a young priest, leading him to commit murder and fall in love with an old witch who is actually not what she seems.