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The Jinn (El-Cin)

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Movie · 2013 · 13 people

Hasan Karacadağ produced, wrote and directed El-Cin, a Turkish horror film about the world of the jinn. Running about 106 minutes, it mixes drama and fantasy elements into the horror. Its release date was first announced as August 3, 2012, but postponed, and the film reached cinemas on April 5, 2013, where 421,052 people saw it in Turkey.

The story begins in Şile, a coastal district of Istanbul, when a little girl is abducted by unidentified people. Five university students living quietly nearby, unaware of the crime, are suddenly surrounded by telepathic visions, vague whispers and cursed events. They have no link to the girl or her family and cannot see why this is happening to them. As they look for a way out, the secret behind the kidnapping pulls them toward the realm of the jinn, and suffering worse than death comes closer. Fulya Zenginer and Sevinç Erol appear alongside Serdal Genç, Oğuzhan Yıldız, Hande Kaptan and Alper Kadayıfçı.

Karacadağ was already known for local horror films such as Dabbe and Semum, and here he brought one of the region's best-known mystical notions to the screen.

DirectorHasan Karacadağ

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Fulya Zenginer Fulya Zenginer Actor · 37 years old Sevinç Erol Sevinç Erol Actor · 59 years old Serdal Genç Oğuzhan Yıldız Hande Kaptan Hande Kaptan Actor · born 1985 Alper Kadayıfçı Ebru Unurtan Elif Erdal Sultan Köroğlu Kılıç Sultan Köroğlu Kılıç Actor · 57 years old Çetin Yeltekin Hakan Bozyiğit Mine Vurankaya Dora Sarıkaya

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A kidnapped girl, telepathic visions, whispers and cursed events: there's plenty of material for horror. Five university students trying to work out why this is happening to them gives the story a decent tension engine. The problem, as one critic noted, is that the film leans too hard on genre clichés; in my view it isn't hard to guess what's coming. If you liked Dabbe and Semum, it's still worth a shot.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

With El-Cin, Hasan Karacadağ, known for home-grown horror like Dabbe and Semum, continues that line through the world of the jinn, bringing one of the region's best-known mystical ideas to the screen. The idea is strong: drawing fear from local belief rather than imported templates is one of the genre's most fertile veins in Turkey. Yet the film relies heavily on horror's clichés and exaggerations, which makes it hard to do justice to its original premise. Devices like telepathic visions and whispers can slide into repetition rather than building atmosphere. More than 420,000 admissions show that interest in local horror is alive; the film could have answered it with bolder storytelling.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

This is a horror film, and the story opens with the kidnapping of a little girl; jinn, cursed events and suffering worse than death are all part of it. It isn't suitable for children. Since jinn are a sensitive subject in some households, it may be worth a second thought before watching with older relatives too. An option for adults and older teens who like horror.

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