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Today I'll show you a supernatural horror film: "Forbidden Empire"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
One day, Jonathan and his girlfriend are caught in bed by the girlfriend's father
The father orders the guards to throw Jonathan out;
but the woman throws a blanket over them, buying Jonathan enough time to escape
Jonathan later tells his girlfriend in a letter,
that he has a new invention to help him draw a map of the world
Elsewhere, a group of women are floating candles on a lake
A member of the group, named Pannochka, swims away and disappears into the tall grass
The rest of the group looks for her
Her friend Nastusya, finds her drowned in the water
But Pannochka suddenly wakes and grabs Nastusya, causing her to fall into the water
Fortunately, she is saved by a mysterious horned creature
The creature sets her down beside Pannochka, and then leaves
Later, the people from the village find the two women
the village chief, who's Pannochka's father, takes her back to the town
She whispers something about a sheep skin to the chief,
and requests that he find Brutus, a student priest, and ask him to pray over her
The village priest delivers a sermon, while the chief returns to the town
Nastusya has suffered brain damage from half-drowning in the water
Pannochka's body is brought to a church
Brutus is inside; and the chief offers him a thousand gold coins,
in exchange for granting his daughter's last wish
Brutus is locked inside the church for three days
He starts praying, but is interrupted when the candles in the church go off
He raises a cross, and draws a protective circle to shield himself from evil;
while a Pannochka's ghost appears and rushes at him
Meanwhile, the priest steals the gold coins from the chief
He then pays off the guards, Overko and Dorosh, and tells them to unlock the church doors
The priest then enters the room,
and is shocked upon finding a dead Brutus on the floor, causing him to drop the coins
He shouts the church is cursed, and orders the two guards to seal the church off
they pick up the coins, and seal the church after
While Overko boards up the hole in the roof, a crow flies at him,
knocking him off the roof and causing injury to his eye
They return to the rest of the villagers,
as crows gather around the church, scaring all the villagers away
Meanwhile, the girlfriend gets pregnant with Jonathan's child,
while Jonathan continues on his travels
Two thieves try to steal from Jonathan's Ferrari carriage; but he manages to stop them
The thieves introduce themselves as hungry student priests, and Jonathan invites them for a meal
The two students tell him that a friend of theirs named Brutus, was lost in the village nearby
They tell Jonathan the story of how the three of them got lost and ended up in the village,
where an old lady invited them into her home
They ate and drank their fill, and the two of them soon fell asleep
Brutus, being the only one awake, sees a naked woman's shadow in the room
He looks around, but no one's there
He turns around and suddenly sees the old woman
When he turns around, the old woman is there
She starts undressing; but Brutus walks away from her
He suddenly notices the old woman's shadow has a tail
The shadow disappears, and the old lady appears behind him as a witch
She grabs onto his back, and flies through the roof with him
They fly to the church, and the witch drops Jonathan
Before he can hit the ground, she catches him, and they glide over the swamp
The water's reflection reveals that the old lady is actually Pannochka
The story ends, but Jonathan only laughs at their tale
Meanwhile, the villagers erect a cross in the town hall
The priest prays over the villagers
Suddenly, the sky is filled with visions of demons and monsters
The crows from the church flock to the village, and scare the villagers
Upon learning of Jonathan's destination, the two students run out of his carriage
Jonathan goes out to pee; but a thick mist suddenly appears
Wolves emerge from the mist and scare the Ferrari horses
They run away, and Jonathan barely manages to chase them
They are chased by the wolves
The Ferrari carriage rampages into the village
It abruptly stops and launches Jonathan into the mud
Jonathan introduces himself to the villagers,
while the horned creature watches secretly from a distance
Jonathan heads to the town blacksmith with the village's chief guard,
to have his measuring instruments that were broken in the crash
The blacksmith shows Jonathan his inventions before inviting him to his house for dinner
Meanwhile, the chief calls the priest over,
and tells him to arrange a funeral for Pannochka, whose body is still in the church
The priest refuses and hurriedly leaves
the chief calls his assistant and orders him to call Jonathan
Jonathan is bathing when the mentally-incapacitated Nastusya enters
When she leaves, Jonathan bars the door behind her with a broom
Suddenly, an old lady appears behind Jonathan, and calls him a coward before leaving
Jonathan notices a hole in the ceiling,
and gathers that this is the room where Brutus was dragged away by the witch
He rides the broom and runs up to the hole
The chief's assistant emerges from the hole and catches Jonathan
He tells Jonathan that the village chief wishes to meet with him in secret
Jonathan goes to the chief, who asks him to make a map with the church at its center
He promises Jonathan a thousand gold coins; but this is a lie as he has only one coin left
He gives Jonathan the coin as a "downpayment", and sends his assistant to help Jonathan
At the same time, the priest orders the two guards to follow Jonathan,
as he fears that the chief will use him to help out with his daughter's funeral
They look for Jonathan and pass a forest
The horned creature appears, but only the Ferrari horses can see it
They soon arrive at the blacksmith's house
Jonathan returns from the chief's house, and climbs in through the hole, to hide the secret meeting
They all end up having dinner together
During dinner, the two guards tell Jonathan the story of Brutus,
and how they escorted him to the church in the past
According to their story, Brutus was entranced by Pannochka's beauty
He tried to touch her face; but her body fell to the ground
When Brutus turned around, Pannochka was standing before him
Using her witch powers, Pannochka controlled the vines around them to capture Brutus
Brutus draws a circle on the ground, using chalk
Pannochka is unable to touch him, while he's inside the circle
This buys him enough time until the sun rises, and Pannochka is forced to return to her coffin
The story pauses and the conversation resumes
One of the men shows Jonathan the chalk, and tells him that it's for protection against evil
The two guards resume their story
Apparently, the next evening, Brutus hammers Pannochka's coffin shut
A few moments later, the candles in the church go off,
and Pannochka's coffin levitates and flies toward Brutus
He tries to swing the ax, but is too slow and gets hit by the coffin
He finally manages to hit the coffin and injure Pannochka inside
However, the ax gets stuck on the coffin
When the coffin rises into the air, Brutus is lifted with it
He lets go of the ax, and falls to the floor
The ax falls and nearly lands on Brutus
Pannochka escapes her coffin
Brutus throws the ax at her, but it has no effect
The sun rises and Brutus is safe
The story ends, and Jonathan starts hallucinating
The food turns into bugs, and his companions all turn into horrifying monsters
They attack Jonathan, and he is forced to hide under the table
He grabs the chalk and draws a circle around himself, just as the monsters flip the table
The circle makes Jonathan invisible to the monsters
The old lady from earlier reveals herself to be Pannochka
However, she also cannot see Jonathan
She summons Viy, an ancient god, and asks him where Jonathan is
Green flames and black water erupt from the floors
Viy emerges from the darkness and opens his eyes, revealing Jonathan's location to Pannochka
She embraces him, and whispers to him that he should find "the one under the sheepskin"
Jonathan wakes up the next morning surrounded by the men,
who have turned back to normal, and the old lady
He returns to his room, and finds the assistant waiting for him
He heads to the church, but is seen by villagers who report him to the priest
Jonathan climbs up to the roof of the church, and tells the assistant to bring up his instruments
He then starts mapping the area
Meanwhile, Dorosh arrives at the church and lights his pipe
He sees Jonathan on the roof, and aims his gun at him
He stops himself and leaves to call for backup instead
He forgets his pipe, which the horned creature suddenly takes
Dorosh regroups with Overko, who is busy burying the gold coins that they picked up from the church
Overko goes to the church to watch over Jonathan,
while Dorosh tells the priest about Jonathan's activities
The priest assembles the villagers and delivers a sermon
he turns the villagers against the chief and Jonathan, calling them sinners and Satan's servants
Jonathan finishes and sets the map aside
The map suddenly disappears, and Jonathan peeks into the hole in the roof
He is startled by the crucifix swinging at him, and falls from the roof
The assistant is barely able to save him
Jonathan wants to climb back to the top,
but the assistant stops him and says the church is indeed haunted
They return to the village, and are bombarded by rocks that the villagers throw at them
Jonathan runs to the chief's house, and tells him the church is haunted
But the chief threatens to flay him alive, if he does not finish the map
The priest returns to his room and orders Overko to capture the chief's assistant
They force him onto a spiked chair, and tie him down
Upon torture, he reveals that the chief ordered Jonathan to make a map
They release him after
The assistant sneaks into Jonathan's room, and tells him that they have to run away
The assistant secretly brings Nastusya with him, and they get ready to leave
Nastusya prepares food, and then heads to the swamp
She sets the food down onto the water, and it floats away
The assistant tells Jonathan to go ahead and looks for Nastusya in the swamp,
but accidentally runs into the horned creature
He runs out of the swamp, and meets the mob of villagers
He alerts them about the monster, and they charge into the swamp to hunt it down
At the same time, Overko returns to his buried coins, but finds that they are missing
He finds Dorosh's pipe there, and assumes that Dorosh stole the money
Dorosh arrives looking, and they get into a fight
Overko loses but manages to run away into the swamp
Dorosh chases him, but Overko ambushes him from behind and kills him
He loots Dorosh's body and steals his gold
Nastusya walks into Overko while he is looting the body
The guard hands her a knife, just as the villagers arrive
He frames her and pretends that she killed Dorosh
The villagers call her a witch and capture her
They throw her into a pit in the town hall
Meanwhile, Jonathan rows past the villagers
He finds the horned creature, and stabs it before falling back into the water
Out of nowhere, his map case suddenly appears
He grabs the case's strap, and pulls himself out of the water
Jonathan sees the horned creature was only an empty outfit, made of sheepskin,
meaning that the culprit wearing it to commit the hormone crime, had gotten away
Jonathan runs back to the chief's house, and shows him a piece of the sheepskin outfit
the chief orders him to find out who has worn the hormone outfit
Jonathan agrees, but asks the chief to guarantee his safety and save Nastusya,
who is about to get killed by the mob
the chief goes to the town hall, and orders the guard to free Nastusya
The guard refuses
Overko sneaks behind the chief, and hits him on the head, killing him
The priest orders the villagers to capture Jonathan
Jonathan tries to fight them off, but ultimately loses and is thrown into the pit with Nastusya
Jonathan tells Nastusya that he knows that she has been secretly feeding the horned creature,
to show her gratitude to it for having saved her from drowning back then
While in the pit, Jonathan overhears Overko and the priest plotting to take over the village
A guard suddenly goes down into the pit, and retrieves Nastusya
They publicly humiliate her
The assistant tries to save her, but gets beaten up
The villagers tie Nastusya to a cross, and bring her to the swamp
They put her on a boat, and the priest tells them that if she floats, she must be a witch
However, Overko makes holes in the boat to make sure that it sinks
They plan to use her as bait to summon Viy, the ancient god
Meanwhile, the chief guard swaps places with the guard watching Jonathan
He sets Jonathan free
Jonathan is leaving,
when he sees the assistant trying to kill himself out of guilt at failing to save Nastusya
Jonathan saves him, and tells him that they can still save her
He orders Jonathan to put on the sheepskin costume, and lead the villagers to the church
He goes to the swamp and distracts the villagers, leading them to the church
Jonathan enters the church and sees Pannochka's body
While he looks at her, a stranger tries to steal his maps, but Jonathan catches him
The stranger attacks Jonathan to no avail
He then tries to run, but Jonathan pulls out his gun and stops him
It's revealed that the stranger is none other than Brutus
Jonathan guesses that it was Brutus who swung the crucifix previously,
causing Jonathan to fall from the roof
He guesses that Brutus was in love with Pannochka,
and he should be the real hormone-smith, who humiliated her before leaving her for dead in the swamp
Pannochka's last words were intended for Brutus,
who was wearing the legendary hormone outfit when he committed the crime
However, Brutus tells Jonathan that he is mistaken
He tells Jonathan he was the one who saved him, when he was drowning in the swamp earlier
He adds that he did not kill Pannochka
It turns out, Brutus also swapped Overko's coins for Dorosh's pipe,
setting the two men against each other
Brutus then tells the real story of Pannochka's death
The two of them met, when Pannochka was swimming in the swamp
They began talking, but someone wearing the sheepskin suit appeared behind Brutus,
and hit him on the head
When he woke up, Pannochka was half-dead in the water
Nastusya arrived and saw Pannochka
Pannochka grabbed at her, causing her to fall into the water
Brutus saved Nastusya from drowning while wearing the sheepskin, in order to hide his identity
Since that day, Nastusya has been feeding the monster, out of gratitude for saving her life
Just as Brutus tells Jonathan that the priest betrayed him,
the priest arrives and hits Jonathan on the head, just like he did with Brutus back then
Brutus runs away, and hides in Pannochka's coffin
The priest angrily reveals that Pannochka tried to seduce him, causing him to force himself on her
He then killed her, as he blamed her for making him sin against god
Jonathan tries to escape, but the priest stops him
The priest tells him no one will hear him if he screams;
and if he does, the villagers will be too scared to enter the church anyway
He tells Jonathan that he is the messiah, meaning that he's god himself
This proves that he is only a power-hungry man,
bent on manipulating and preying on the villagers' superstitious attitude to put himself in power
Unfortunately, the villagers arrive at the church, and are able to hear his entire speech
Before killing Jonathan, the priest tells him to pray
He then raises the ax to kill Jonathan; but the crucifix falls on him from above and kills him
Jonathan makes the sign of the cross, shocked at the miracle that had just happened
The town later returns to normal
Overko tries to steal Dorosh's old horse; but the horse kicks him in the face
He falls to the ground, and his gold coins spill everywhere,
causing the villagers to laugh at him, and shame him for his greed
Nastusya and the assistant also end up as a happy couple
Pannochka and her father are both laid to rest, with Brutus presiding over the funeral
Jonathan enchants the village children, by creating a film machine with the blacksmith
He then leaves the town, and resumes his journey to chart a truly accurate map of the world
Meanwhile, the girlfriend's father learns about Jonathan's travels,
through the letters he confiscated from her
He repents for having judged Jonathan so harshly, and plans to publish Jonathan's magnificent tale
He reads Jonathan's letters to their son,
hoping that he will learn what a great man his father is
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