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{{Infobox film
| name           = Baba Yaga:Terror of the Dark Forest
| image          = Baba Yaga, Terror of the Dark Forest.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Svyatoslav Podgayevsky]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Ivan Kapitonov
* Svyatoslav Podrigovski
* [[Alexander Rodnyansky]]
* Sergey Melkumov
* Vadim Vereshchagin
* Rafael Minasbekyan
* Inna Lepetikova 
* Natalya Dubovaya 
}}
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Natalya Dubovaya 
* Svyatoslav Podgaevsky 
* Ivan Kapitonov 
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|	
* Oleg Chugunov
* Glafira Golubeva		
* Artyom Zhigulin
* [[Svetlana Ustinova]]
* [[Maryana Spivak]]
* [[Aleksey Rozin]]
}}
| music          = Nick Skachkov
| cinematography = Anton Zenkovich
| editing        = Anton Komrakov
| studio         = [[Non-Stop Production]] <br> QS Films
| distributor    = [[Central Partnership]]
| released       = {{Film date|2020|02|27}}
| runtime        = 97 minutes
| country        = Russia
| language       = [[Russian language|Russian]]
| budget         = 80 million [[Russian ruble|RUB]]
| gross          = 75 million [[Russian ruble|RUB]]<ref>[http://ekinobilet.fond-kino.ru/films/detail/111002320/ Box Office], [[Russian Cinema Fund]]</ref> <br> ($956.197)n<ref name="BOM">{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8006374/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |title=Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''''Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest''''' ({{langx|ru|Яга. Кошмар тёмного леса|Yaga. Koshmar tyomnogo lesa}}) is a 2020 Russian [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[Horror film|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]].<ref>[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3687730 Фольклор уходит в хоррор]</ref><ref>[https://spbdnevnik.ru/news/2018-07-14/zubastaya-nevesta-rusalka-ozero-mertvyh Зубастая невеста: «Русалка: озеро мертвых»]</ref><ref>[https://weburg.net/news/57345 20 российских фильмов 2019 года, которые не стоит пропускать]</ref>

The film was released in Russia on February 27, 2020. The distributor is [[Central Partnership]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kinometro.ru/release/card/id/32298|title=ЯГА. КОШМАР ТЕМНОГО ЛЕСА|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923192823/http://www.kinometro.ru:80/release/card/id/32298 |archive-date=2018-09-23 |access-date=}}</ref>

==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 the 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. 

One day, Egor returns home and does not find any traces of either the nanny or 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 demonic witch known as [[Baba Yaga]].

==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
* {{ill|Marta Timofeeva|ru|Тимофеева, Марта Андреевна}} 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.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=8006374}}

[[Category:2020 films]]
[[Category:2020 Russian films]]
[[Category:2020s Russian-language films]]
[[Category:2020s supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:2020 fantasy films]]
[[Category:2020s monster movies]]
[[Category:2020s teen horror films]]
[[Category:2020s dark fantasy films]]
[[Category:Russian supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:Films about nannies]]
[[Category:Films about babies]]
[[Category:Films about children]]
[[Category:Films set in forests]]
[[Category:Films about shapeshifting]]
[[Category:Films about child abuse]]
[[Category:Films based on fairy tales]]
[[Category:Films based on Slavic mythology]]
[[Category:Russian dark fantasy films]]
[[Category:Russian mystery films]]
[[Category:Russian fantasy adventure films]]
[[Category:Baba Yaga]]
[[Category:Films about witchcraft]]
[[Category:Russian-language fantasy adventure films]]
[[Category:Russian-language horror films]]
[[Category:Russian-language mystery films]]

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