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TRAILER 1:30

Cast & Crew

Gorkem Kasal

Arda

Ergun Kuyucu

Remzi

Mehmet Cerrahoglu

Baba, The Father

Sabahattin Yakut

Sabo

Mehmet Fatih Dokgoz

Apo

Muharrem Bayrak

Yavuz

Can Evrenol

Director

Can Evrenol

Writer

Ercin Sadikoglu

Writer

Cem Ozuduru

Writer

Ogulcan Eren Akay

Writer

Muge Buyuktalas

Producer

Todd Brown

Executive Producer

Mike Hostench

Executive Producer

Alp Korfali

Cinematographer

Erkan Ozekan

Film Editing

Sila Karakaya

Production Design

Sinan Saraçoglu

Costume Design

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Critic Reviews for Baskin

Audience Reviews for Baskin

• Aug 10, 2016

  Talk about a sick and twisted horror movie. If this is what Turkish horror movies are like, then I will have to make a better effort to keep up with them. Though, obviously, not every Turkish horror movie is gonna be like this. The most intriguing thing about this movie, outside of the insanity that is its second half, is the fact that it came from such a religiously conservative country, as 99.8% of the population practices Islam. I guess it's sort of the same way that some Japanese movies can be so fucked up due to the fact that their culture is so repressed when it comes to certain things, that their art sort of reflect that. I can imagine this film is a result of that religious conservatism. I find that parts of this film are a push against that conservatism, what with the rampant sex and violence, but it may just be me. The film starts out simply enough, as it sees five cops during a night out on the town. Everything is fine and normal, until they get a call to go to this abandoned building in this town that has been the source of all sorts of strange rumors throughout the years. On the way to this town, it seems that they have run over this man before the van is driven off the creek and into the water. A shallow river. This is when the weird shit starts to happen. They are guided by this man to where they're supposed to go and once they find their way into the abandoned building that's full of this weird cult, who have had their eyes taken out, fucking all over the place. The rest of the cops are rounded up and taken to this place, where they meet the leader of this 'cult', who has a strange appearance and he systematically starts murdering the cops one by one to see if they are the one he is looking for, as it were. The film, honestly, isn't entirely clear as to what this leader, called The Father, is looking for. So that was one of the flaws. The film also embraces some surrealist visuals, as every so often, Arda has a dream/nightmare where he's back at the restaurant with his boss and they're having discussions about death, the afterlife. There's also a recurring theme of Arda reliving one nightmare he had as a child. Visually speaking, the film is probably the best horror movie I've seen all year. There's all kinds of symbolism, subtext and just plain old clever horror costuming. Some of the DIY costumes/look the cult has reminds me of what it would look like if Mad Max's universe had an illegitimate love child with the Hellraiser universe. So that was really fucking cool to me. While it might not all be horror right from the get-go, I think the film does a fantastic of just giving off a sense of dread. Like you just know that these cops are heading for the worst possible night of their lives. It's actually pretty damn effective at that, might be one of the best I've seen in a while. The acting is damn good as well. The guy who played The Father, a first-time actor mind you, was fantastic in this movie. It's not even due to the fact that his appearance is so strange, though that helps, but he does have a way of performing that just adds to how creepy the dude actually is. The rest of the cast is strong as well, but the guy who played the Father is excellent here. No joke. The movie isn't perfect, of course, no horror film is. Like I said, I had problems with some of its narrative threads and how they didn't fully explore/explain them in a satisfactory manner. But, by and large, the sense of dread, the sick and twisted portrayal of 'hell on earth', as it were and really clever concepts make this movie well worth the trip, even if some might be turned off by some of its visuals. I really liked this movie a lot and I would easily recommend it to horror geeks.
  

  jesse o Super Reviewer
• Aug 06, 2016

  Some interesting nightmarish ideas in a film that bears a resemblance to Hellraiser and its first sequel, but lacks those films pace, logic and verve.
  

  Super Reviewer
• Apr 07, 2016

  This isn't a bad film. In fact, the first 30-40 minutes of it are wonderful. That synthesizer solo blew my mind, and the diner sequence was very fun and Tarantino-esque. The buildup to the actual "horror" was done quite nicely, and there was some really creepy stuff happening. Then it devolves into torture porn and it ceases to be scary, just disgusting. I will say that Mehmet Cerrahoglu is genuinely terrifying to look at and makes a very convincing demon/satan/cult leader/wizard. I would recommend this if you aren't looking to be blown away, and you like bloody, disgusting films. The twist will make you roll your eyes, unless you are easily impressed by predictability.
  

  Super Reviewer
• Mar 30, 2016

  Love the stylish cinematography, beautiful lighting, and playful story structure. The artfulness of the film reminds me of Italian masters of Horror such as Mario Bova and early Dario Argenta. There are some deeply religious and philosophical conundrums being posed here, being dealt with in a sort of simplistic way, and the buildup is much greater than the ultimate, eventual payoff, but its still worth the ride.
  

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