A life of Filmmaking that begins in Texas ends, oddly, enough in the United Arab Emirates. See how Tobe Hooper's last Film came about...
After more talk of Djinn and how one had a kid with a human, the foreshadowing is over and the latter is killed.
In America, an Arab Couple is grieving the loss of their child.
They go to a Therapist who gives them a (strange) solution- move back home.
Bye, America!
They move back and meet her family. They are all very happy.
When they learn the duo are living in a random Building in the middle of nowhere, less so.
Literally minutes after the guy leaves for work, the Wife starts to see weird stuff and slightly-freak out.
This Movie sure is in a hurry!
As people die (there's only like 10 people in the Film, so, I guess SPOILERS) and she gets more worried, will the Wife find out what is going on?
UPDATE: An Actress who's now in Moon Knight is in this. Neat.
Will the Djinn win?
To find out, watch the Film now.
A pretty decent Ghost Story...just with something other than Ghosts. It succeeds at it wants to be.
It just doesn't aim to be all that much. It's just 'people under threat from vague evil' thing.
At least Under the Shadow had a real historical setting and used the Horror to accentuate the subtext. Seriously, check it out.
At least Under the Shadow had a real historical setting and used the Horror to accentuate the subtext. Seriously, check it out.
Djinn really just aims to be a Grudge-style Film, just with a light bit of accent. I'm still not sure how and why Tobe Hooper ended up doing this- other than money for him and 'hiring the guy from Poltergeist' for the Producers). It's a weird final Chapter for the guy.
Djinn isn't terrible. Djinn isn't great. I'm told that if you add 'The' to the Title that it gets better though.
A decent Film that doesn't seem to aspire to be all that unique. For what it is, it's fine and simple enough to watch for fans of this kind of Film.
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