Djinn - the devil's brood

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Movie
German title Djinn - the devil's brood
Original title Djinn
Country of production United Arab Emirates
original language Arabic ,
English
Publishing year 2013
length 82 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Tobe Hooper
script David Tully
production Tim Smythe ,
Daniela Tully
music BC Smith
camera Joel Ransomware
cut Andrew Cohen
occupation

Djinn - Des Teufels Brut (OT: Djinn ) is an Emirati horror film by director Tobe Hooper from 2013. It was the last film before the director's death.

action

A few years ago a genie , an Arab spirit, gave birth to a horribly disfigured child and hid it in a fishing village. When the villagers gave this away, the mother destroyed the village.

Years later the child has grown up and knows nothing of his origin. Khalid and his wife Salama are going through a difficult time as Salama has lost their child. Khalid urges them to move from America to Ra's al-Khaimah to start over. They move into a newly opened hotel. But even the journey through the fog is mysterious. Strange incidents pile up in the hotel, and again and again a dark ghost appears, which first drives Salama insane and then haunts Khalid.

After a few inexplicable incidents, Salama confesses to her husband that they murdered their child because it looked disfigured and inhuman. Khalid, as if out of his mind, pushes his wife out of the window.

Production and publication

Djinn is a production by the Emirati film company Image Nation and is based on a screenplay by David Tully. Tobe Hooper could be won as a director . The director Nayla Al Khaja took part in the film as a cultural advisor . The budget was $ 5 million. The film was shot in the original locations in 2011, avoiding any mention of a jinn in order not to unsettle the local people. A first test screening took place in London at the end of 2012, after which the film was withdrawn and did not see its premiere, as announced, at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival . The reasons for this are the subject of speculation. Actress Razane Jammal spoke of problems in post-production as well as some errors that still had to be fixed during re-shoots in Los Angeles.

The film was finally released on October 31, 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and had its premiere a week earlier at the Emirates Palace Hotel . Tobe Hooper himself was not present. In Germany, it was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on July 31, 2015.

reception

Overall, the mix of Rosemary's Baby and The Curse - The Grudge fell through the criticism. Although Razane Jamal was very involved in her role and found it difficult to let go, she was still afraid of being nominated for the Razzies . Ronan Doyle called the film a "catastrophe" in his review for IndieWire . Jay Weissberg from Variety didn't leave the film good either, in particular all horror film elements would be practically absent and the story would have no life in it.

The editorial staff of the film magazine Cinema rated the film with one of five possible points and summed up:

“Hooper initially surprises with the sensitive portrait of a western-secular Arab couple who feel strange in their country of birth, but soon becomes bored with familiar fright effects. Author David Tully clumsily copies 'Rosemary's Baby' and ' Ju-On - The Grudge ' and annoys with lousy dialogues. Unfortunately, the Arab production is also one of those unsatisfactory films that have no real ending, but just stop. "

- Cinema.de

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Djinn - The Devil's Brood . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2015 (PDF; test number: 152 875 V).
  2. ^ Dave McNary: Hooper teams with Imagenation. Variety , February 28, 2011, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The disappearance of Djinn, the United Arab Emirates' first horror film. The Guardian, December 12, 2012, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Hugo Berger: Terrorized from the making of Djinn. Arts & Culture, October 28, 2013, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Ronan Doyle: Review: Why Is Tobe Hooper's 'Djinn,' the First UAE-Produced Horror Film, Such A Terrible Movie? IndieWire, October 28, 2013, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Jay Weissberg: Film Review: 'Djinn'. Variety, October 29, 2013, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Editorial criticism . Cinema.de, accessed on January 3, 2020 .