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: ''Musallat'') is a 2007 Turkish

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directed by

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about a young Turkish guest-worker who is haunted by dark visions in Berlin. The film, which opened nationwide on was one of the highest-grossing

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Production

The film was shot on location in

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and

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Plot synopsis

Suat is a young Turkish man who leaves his new bride Nurcan behind in Turkey and joins his childhood friend Metin in Berlin where he can earn some money. Here he is haunted by dark visions that eventually drive him to attempt suicide. When the doctors in Germany can find nothing wrong, Suat and Metin return to Istanbul to seek the advice of spiritual healer Haci Burhan Kasavi. Suat and family of Haci except a daughter of Haci was killed by a demon angry about him for being killed when born as the baby of Nurcan. ''Musallat 2: Lanet'' (2011) by the same company is about a young woman find she is a relative of a jinn and being born after a couple asked a witch to ask for a child for a jinn through the cut animal ''legs sorcerery ritual.''

Casts

* Burak Özçivit as Suat * Biğkem Karavus as Nurcan * Kurtuluş Şakirağaoğlu as Haci Burhan Kasavi *

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as Metin

Release

The film opened in 125 screens across Turkey on at number 3 in the box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $372,573.

Reception

Box office

The film was the tenth highest grossing Turkish film of 2007 with a total gross of $1,802,504. The worldwide total gross rose to $2,170,188 following international release in 2008.

Reviews

Todd Brown, writing for '' Twitch Film'', claims to have been, ''drawn in by the simple but compelling story of a young family haunted and possessed,'' with, ''a pretty compelling blend of pulp with legitimate tension,'' which ''looks to ride that same split in influences,'' ''of technical proficiency and just plain pulp'' that has long been the mark of Turkish genre films, ''though the technical end looks stronger than most,'' with, ''truly moody and unsettling imagery.'' ''If the film comes close to living up to the trailer this thing is EASILY going to be the best Turkish genre picture of the past five to ten years,'' he concludes. Chris Churchill, also writing for ''Twitch Film'', adds that, ''The film also scored Theatrical releases in a few European countries earlier in the year, something quite rare for Turkish genre films in the past, so there could be something that makes Musallat stand out from the recent crop of Turkish Horror films produced.''

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References

{{Reflist 2007 films 2007 horror films Films set in Turkey Turkish horror films Genies in film 2000s Turkish-language films