FilmComedy Horror Demonic & Possession Witchcraft & Occult

Kutsal Damacana2007

Name: Kutsal Damacana
Genre: Comedy Horror, Demonic & Possession, Witchcraft & Occult, Supernatural
Released: 2007-12-20
Rating: 5.2

Directed by Ahmet Yılmaz, Kamil Aydın

5.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.1TMDB 4.8

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Year

2007

Runtime

105 min

Box Office

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$4,866,495

The premise

Former sailor Fikret is having trouble settling into his new life in Istanbul and has begun to make use of the local church's facilities. When priest Artin goes on a trip to Vatican, Fikret starts selling off the church's cellar of expensive wines and stays in the priest's room at night. Fikret spends most of his remaining time gambling on horse races and lecturing Asim, a naïve young boy working at the car wash located next door to the church who perceives him as a surrogate as a father figure. Fikret and Asim learn of a rich widowed businesswoman, Deniz, who thinks that her sister, Selen, has had a spell put upon her and is prepared to pay anything to have it lifted. Fikret decides to go to Deniz's house disguised as a priest but gets more than he bargained for.

Horror Vault's take

A fast-talking former sailor with no shortage of confidence disguises himself as a priest to con a wealthy widow out of her money — only to discover that the alleged curse haunting her sister may be very, very real. What starts as a screwball hustle in Istanbul's streets quickly spirals into something neither Fikret nor his naive young sidekick could have anticipated. This Turkish comedy-horror blend leans into slapstick and culture-clash humour while keeping one foot firmly planted in genuine supernatural unease. Think fish-out-of-water farce colliding head-on with demonic chaos.

Content: Mild Horror Imagery, Supernatural Themes, Slapstick Violence