Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (Russian: Яга. Кошмар тёмного леса, romanized: Yaga. Koshmar tyomnogo lesa) is a 2020 Russian supernatural horror film based on the Slavic tale of Baba Yaga. The film was directed by Svyatoslav Podgayevsky about a strange nanny who looks after the youngest daughter in a family that moved to the outskirts of the city, the film stars Oleg Chugunov, Glafira Golubeva, Artyom Zhigulin, Svetlana Ustinova, Maryana Spivak and Aleksey Rozin.

The film was released in Russia on February 27, 2020. The distributor is Central Partnership.

Plot

The film centers on a young family that moves to a new apartment in the outskirts of the big city. The nanny they hired to look after their newborn daughter quickly becomes trustworthy. However, the eldest boy, Egor, notices frightening behavior of the woman, but his parents do not believe him. The surveillance cameras installed by his father for reassurance only confirm that everything is in order. However, one day, Egor returns home and does not find any traces of either the nanny and his little sister. His parents seem to be in a strange trance and do not even remember that they have ever had a daughter. Then Egor together with his friends arranges a search, during which they find out that the disappeared nanny is actually an ancient Slavic demon.

Cast

• Oleg Chugunov as Egor
• Glafira Golubeva as Dasha
• Artyom Zhigulin as Anton
• Svetlana Ustinova as Tatyana, nanny / Baba Yaga
• Maryana Spivak as Yuliya, stepmother
• Aleksey Rozin as Alexey, father
• Igor Khripunov as Mrachnyy
• Marta Timofeeva as Seta
• Evgeniya Evstigneeva as Egor s mother
• Olga Makeeva as Dasha s mother
• Ilya Ludin as Micha

Production

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest will go to the United States and Latin America – Ledafilms acquired all rights, including movie theater rental, in these territories. The film will also be released in Vietnam & Indonesia (CGV), Malaysia (GSC), Singapore (Purple Plan), Taiwan (GaragePlay) & Hong Kong (mm2 Entertainment) and other countries in Southeast Asia (Suraya Filem), Japan (IPA Asia) and the Baltic States (Garsu).

Filming

Principal photography in April to June 2018 in Mozhaysky District, Moscow, the Skolkovo Innovation Center.

Release

The film was released in Russia by Central Partnership on February 27, 2020, and the world premiere of March 1, 2020.

Year	2020
ReleaseDate	2020-02-27
RuntimeMins	97
RuntimeStr	1h 37min
Plot	When Egor’s mom dies, he gets a stepmom and then a baby half sister. Things get seriously twisted when his dad gets a hot nanny, who’s the witch, Baba Yaga.
Directors	Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy, Nathalia Hencker
Writers	Natalya Dubovaya, Ivan Kapitonov, Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy
Stars	Oleg Chugunov, Glafira Golubeva, Artyom Zhigulin
Produced by	Natalya Dubovaya, Ivan Kapitonov, Inna Lepetikova, Sergey Melkumov, Rafael Minasbekyan, Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy, Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnyanskyy, Vadim Vereshchagin
Music by	Nick Skachkov
Cinematography by	Anton Zenkovich
Film Editing by	Anton Komrakov
Casting By	Samantha A. Morrison
Art Direction by	Vlad Ogay
Costume Design by	Dzhamilya Dadaeva
Makeup Department	Aleksey Ivchenko, Darya Terekhova
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Maria Libova
Sound Department	Arkady Molotkov, Arcady Noskov
Visual Effects by	Vahagn Amirkhanyan, Eugene Antsiferov, Aleksandra Kazankina, Vladimir Lamzin, Ksenia Lugovkina, Andrey Murashov, Andrey Velikov, Nadezhda Zezyukova
Stunts	Anton Smekalkin
Camera and Electrical Department	Denis Danilov, Ilya Kuvshinov, Anton Zenkovich
Casting Department	Madeline Dorroh
Location Management	Denis Iordanov
Genres	Horror
Companies	Central Partnership Productions, Non-Stop Productions, QS Films
Countries	Russia
Languages	Russian
ContentRating	Not Rated
ImDbRating	4.7
ImDbRatingVotes	1820
Keywords	baba yaga,russian horror,folk horror,sex with a nanny,bare breasts