D@BBE
2 (2009) 85 Minutes
director: Hasan Karacadag
starring: Muharrem
Dalfidan · Incinur Dasdemir · Leyla Göksun · Deniz Olgaç
· Sefa Zengin
Hason
Karacadag's DABBE series is recognized as the first in the New Wave of
Turkish Horror, a decade before SICCIN,
BLACK
MAGIC and other fare. The director was strongly influenced by
the Japanese horror boom and there are strong similarities here to KAIRO
(Pulse), RING,
THE
LAST FRANKENSTEIN and especially ONE
MISSED CALL. This was apparently the result of Mr Karacadag's
extended time in Japan. He was born in Turkey, 1976, but moved to attend
school in Japan in the mid-90s. Once there, he switched his studies from
Medical to Film. He began submitting his short projects to the JVC Tokyo
Video festival and won top honors three years in a row (2001-2003). He
also won best director awards from the Bunkacho Japanese Agency. With
these impressive stats, Hason returned to Instanbul with a contract to
begin working on this film.
For
this story, many young people in the United States are committing suicide
in graphic style. The wave of self-inflicted violence spreads across the
world, even to the small Turkish town of Selcuk. A young man takes his
life there with a knife to the throat [see pic above left]. A bit later,
unexplained horror begins for his friends as they receive disturbing emails
from him, even though he is dead. They also start seeing themselves surrounded
by beings that seem to rise from the depths of Hell. It's all connected
to the coming Armageddon for the Islamic world and transmitted through
the Internet.
The
End-of-Times continues in the sequel as a family tries to escape from
the disaster. But the world is ending. Black smoke descends from the sky,
infecting people and turning them into zombies, as Istanbul crumbles in
a raging fire.
The name
of the film refers to "dabbet-ul arz" from the Koran,
the Muslim holy book. It means "the ones who walk again on earth."
Dabbet-ul arz is one of the last signs of the Armageddon.
Two
complete Turkish films with English subtitles (110 Minutes) and (85 Minutes)
Both widescreen (16:9); DVD encoded for ALL REGIONS, playable on any American
DVD machine
Graphic
Violence/Adult Material:
Viewer discretion is advised.
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