Dabbe: Cin Çarpmasi (2013) Reviews

• Psychological and disturbing horror!

  chebkhaled2013-08-03

  Dabbe 4 is a disturbing, unsettling and chilling movie. It is a class film and if you liked The Blair Witch Project and paranormal activity you will love this. Acting was perfect and The characters themselves are believable. There is a interesting and good build up.. of the story and the tension ! The story is about all secrets behind the jinn exorcism and jinn possession Its not important that You believe or not to the Jinn,you will scare. The storyline is unique and makes you think,about the jinns.The jinns are most terrifying unknown beings int he World.Strange and slow storyline mixed with The mystery and unknown elements of old Anatolian chilling tales. Actually It's not your typical American horror with good looking teens etc! Definitely the best Turkish horror I've seen in ages, and I'm hard to please when it comes to scary films, it's clever, very chilling and very jumpy indeed, go ahead and watch it, just sleep with the lights on! Dabbe Cin Carpmasi (Dabbe;The Curse of the JINN) I recommend to any horror fans.

• One of the best!

  mejahanasif2014-12-05

  Frankly speaking it's my first ever Turkish movie and oh man!!! what a movie. superb plot,incredible acting and the places looks horrific. Last year's the conjuring was the best horror movie for me till date. But this movie is definitely will be on my top 5 best horror movies ever. Based on a Muslim country and all the elements are based on Islam. As a Muslim i liked it most. Many of the things seemed pretty much like original. And that's what i seek from a horror movie. The camera work is like the paranormal activity series. Thus the movie got better then the static cam work. unlike paranormal activity series it's not boring. Gonna give viewers shocks time to time. A must watch for the horror lovers.

• If conjuring is 5 star dabbe is 10 star...plz dnt watch it alone...

  salman_sweetboy20002014-11-22

  For all horror genre lovers,this Turkish movie is an epic..please Hollywood viewers,watch this movie if u want to see beyond THE EXORCISM INSIDIOUS and CONJURING...where these movie ends dabbe begins...I cant explain my feelings in words...don't think just go and watch this...This bone chilling epic is a master class of Turkish director Hasan karacadag who make me feel that good directors are not only from holly wood..though the language is Turkish but if u watch this along with subtitle it is perfectly okay..its scary its horrifying its heart trembling experience,This is really different experience when you come to know that this MOVIE IS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS

• Deeply disturbing and Spine-chilling Horror! Beware!

  yarilo-slavic2014-06-04

  Packing 4 times the punch, this movie is a revelation in the Genre. 120 minutes of most terrifying movie experience. Having seen 3 Dabbe movies, I thought I could manage watching this latest addition but I was wrong. The world has taken note of Hasan's work and he is all set to make his mark in Hollywood. I love his style of film-making. He has proved in each of his movies that an excellent movie can be made out of a small budget, hand-held camera work could be as good as the others, good actors, script and direction are enough to make a good movie, and that there is so much to be explored in the Genre. I wonder how he is able to sleep at nights. After watching Dabbe 4, I couldn't sleep for two weeks, whatever little sleep I could muster was filled with the most horrific nightmares(I am not sure if all of them are nightmares). I had to throw the "Evil Eye" charm (one of em was hung in the living room by my Aunt and she had received it as a gift from a friend who happens to live in Istanbul::how creepy is that!). I was scared to look in the mirror, scared of shadows and the darkness. I had to be counseled by a friend so that I could snap out of my fright and be normal. Dabbe 3 and 4 are based on actual events. And the sounds of the Jinns we hear in the movie were retrieved from the original case files of the events. 7 out of 8 movies that he made are in the Horror Genre. I wonder whether he could sleep at all. And the kind of information he has about the world of the Devil and the Jinns is shockingly precise and intricate. Dabbe 3 and 4 are the best Horror movies I've ever seen. I guess, only Hasan could best this record and I hope he makes more of them.

• Compactness and an amazing performance are what make this entry shine in an otherwise extremely limited franchise

  alma-422016-04-09

  Hasan Karacadag uses only one formulaic approach in every D@bbe entry. The same core narrative is told and retold every time, implementing a very limited set of themes, plot devices, and even entire scenes with sporadic, little variations. Here is how it works. 1) A family member exhibits unusual behaviour. 2) Medicine fails to treat said member. 3) An exorcist is brought in. 4) A "code" is discovered, containing a letter or a number. Solving the code would reveal the most important piece of information, so it usually happens towards the very end of the narrative as a plot twist. 5) Black magic artifacts are discovered. 6) An inhabited house in an otherwise abandoned village provides hope for solution. So a visit is made, by night for some reason or another. 7) The trip to the village is found to be a trap. The real danger is back at home, though, masterminded by humans. 8) The force of nature prevails and everybody who tries to defy it dies. 9) The ending is left a bit open. The repeated scenes include: - The discovery of an amulet. - The riddance of Nazar talismans. - The mirrors evocation. - The exhumation of a large quantity of ritualistic material, such as animal parts and effigies, at the shock and disgust of family members. - Exorcist says he/she refers treatable cases to medical doctors, but not metaphysical cases. - Arguing with family over medical treatment. - The visit to the village. - The danger both in the village and at home. - Presentation of the director's favourite theory about WWW. - Humans are the transgressors. The metaphysical creatures are justifiably angry. NOW, what makes Cin Çarpmasi stand out, even though it uses all of these elements, is that it implements it organically and intelligently. 1) Unlike the other entries where information and magical solutions are dumped on the audience by some unjustifiably omniscient supporting character, the characters here investigate and try to find the solution on their own while engaging us in the process. No illogical jumps or narrative gaps. 2) The entire setting is in a displaced village and its surroundings, making the move between locations not only justifiable but necessary. 3) Absolute minimum filling material such as cameras recording nothing happening for 2 minutes. Almost every scene is being used to serve the film. 4) Unlike the other entries, the performance here is actually good. Even very good. Lead actors did a great job. This makes the film extremely compact despite its 2hrs running time. It is also worth mentioning that even though the film is using a pattern very similar to The Last Exorcism, it manages to achieve an identity of its own with a rich background story and more emphasis on the mystery. Recommended with no doubt.