Haunted (2007 film)

Haunted
Film poster
Directed by	Alper Mestçi
Produced by	Banu Akdeniz Murat Toktamisoglu
Written by	Güray Ölgü Alper Mestçi
Starring	Bigkem Karavus Burak Özçivit Kurtulus Sakiragaoglu
Music by	Resit Gözdamla
Cinematography	Feza Caldiran
Editing by	Alper Mestçi
Studio	Dada Film Mia Yapim
Distributed by	Özen Film Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH
Release date(s)	November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)
Running time	90 min
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish
Budget	$1,500,000 (estimated)
Box office	$2,170,188

Haunted (Turkish: Musallat) is a 2007 Turkish horror film directed by Alper Mestçi about a young Turkish guest-worker who it is haunted by dark visionsin Berlin. The film, which opened nationwide on November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16) was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2007.

Production

The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey and Berlin, Germany.^[1]

Plot synposis

Suat (Burak Özcivit) is a young Turkish man who leaves his new bride Nurcan (Bigkem Karavus) behind in Turkey and joins his childhood friend Metin (İbrahim Can) 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 (Kurtuluş Şakirağaoğlu).

Cast

• Burak Özçivit as Suat
• Biğkem Karavus as Nurcan
• Kurtuluş Şakirağaoğlu as Haci Burhan Kasavi
• İbrahim Can as Metin

Release

The film opened in 125 screens across Turkey on November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16) at number 3 in the box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $372,573.^[2]

Opening weekend gross

Date	Territory	Screens	Rank	Gross
November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)	Turkey	125	3	$372,573
February 7, 2008 (2008-02-07)	Germany	23	24	$69,936
February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08)	Austria	2	21	$11,999
February 27, 2008 (2008-02-27)	Belgium	2	23	$18,878

Reception

Box Office

The film was the tenth highest grossing Turkish film of 2007 with a total gross of $1,802,504.^[2]

The worldwide total gross rose to $2,170,188 following ineternational release in 2008.^[2]

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.^[3][4][5]

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.^[6]

See also

• 2007 in film
• Turkish films of 2007

External links

• Musallat at AllRovi
• Musallat at the Internet Movie Database
• Haunted at the TCM Movie Database

References

1. ^ "Filming locations for Musallat". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077091/locations. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Turkey Weekend Box Office for Musallat". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=TR&wk=2007W46&id=_fMUSALLAT01. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
3. ^ Brown, Todd. "Website and Trailer for Turkish Horror Musallat (Haunted)". twitch. http://twitchfilm.net/news/2007/08/website-and-trailer-for-turkish-horror-musallat-haunted.php. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 
4. ^ Brown, Todd. "Full Theatrical Trailer For Turkish Horror Musallat". twitch. http://twitchfilm.net/news/2007/09/full-theatrical-trailer-for-turkish-horror-musallat.php. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 
5. ^ Brown, Todd. "A Stunning New Theatrical Trailer For Turkish Horror Musallat". twitch. http://twitchfilm.net/news/2007/10/a-stunning-new-theatrical-trailer-for-turkish-horror-musallat.php. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 
6. ^ Churchill, Chris. "Turkish Horror 'Musallat' receives English friendly DVD release". twitch. http://twitchfilm.net/news/2008/06/turkish-horror-musallat-receives-english-friendly-dvd-release.php. Retrieved 2010-02-18.