"Having cleaned the uniforms, the film-makers then had to dirty them up again so they looked suitably lived-in, some vests bore names and crossed-out entries. Ukrainian actors found wearing those captured uniforms emotionally challenging."
"The movie, also known as The Konotop Witch, is about a witch who has renounced her powers but re-summons them after the Russians kill her fiance. It was a runaway hit at the Ukrainian box office last year, making $1.4m a very big number for a country during a war, facing curfews and electricity cuts. It's also the first in a horror universe cycle, called Heroines of the Dark Times, that Kostyuk is overseeing."
"Kostyuk and her team have now completed the second film in the series, The Dam. A zombie splatterfest, full of gore and severed heads, it follows a unit of Ukrainian soldiers, led by a female fighter codenamed Mara, who uncover a cold war era laboratory where Soviet scientists conducted nefarious experiments in the 1950s. Mara and her team face the inevitable battle with undead Soviet soldiers but must also confront their own innermost fears, and learn to trust one another."
Filmmakers sourced real Russian military uniforms from the battlefield, cleaned them, and then re-dirtied them to appear lived-in, some vests bore names and crossed-out entries. Ukrainian actors found wearing those captured uniforms emotionally challenging. The Witch: Revenge follows a witch who renounces and then re-summons her powers after Russians kill her fiance, and earned $1.4m at the Ukrainian box office during wartime. The film is the first in a horror cycle titled Heroines of the Dark Times. The Dam, the second film, is a zombie splatterfest about a female fighter, Mara, confronting undead Soviet soldiers and inner fears in a Cold War laboratory.
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