Master Designer was made after glasnost was established and Viy is based on classic Russian literature.
I'd argue that lack of horror movies had more to do with the genre being disfavoured by the ministry of culture with actually paid for the movies to be made. From my experience there were obvious things that Soviet people feared. People feared nuclear war. Some people feared becoming a target of political repression.
Master Designer was made after glasnost was established and Viy is based on classic Russian literature.
I'd argue that lack of horror movies had more to do with the genre being disfavoured by the ministry of culture with actually paid for the movies to be made. From my experience there were obvious things that Soviet people feared. People feared nuclear war. Some people feared becoming a target of political repression.
There definitely were such films, for example "Letters of a Dead Man".