Kifn

No. that's the actual name, not a misspelling of knife or anything. This is a Kurdish horror movie.

Strange things are afoot for Pari, so she looks into her history in the form of video tapes. Video tapes and horror, that's a good mix. Weird things are a happenin', and eventually not just to her (disbelieving husband, ha!). She gets help from an old woman, and she is helped... and we find out that the woman was helping her husband first. Unfortunately, it's not that easy, as there's an actual curse involved, and we turn from Paranormal Activity to Exorcist.

From what I'm reading this is a) the first Kurdish horror movie, and b) "just" a rehash of Turkish horror movies. I definitely can't say this is feeling original, but it's nice to see non English horror movies with non-English folk lore causing problems. (There might be some parts that those in the know go "oh yeah, it's a one of them" but aside from naming movies similar to above, it's original enough to me.)

While not amazing, it's a good first try.

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