A pretended to be original horror movie from Turkey with ethnic touch... In fact it succeeded in some spots such as the moon, the abandoned village and the ancient spell ever lasting concept, or the first usage of the visual metaphors in a very serious way not seen before in Turkish cinema in this genre especially, made it seem original...I didn't like the crying and mourning scenes with half naked women because of being unnecessarily long. Those scenes gave it a taste of arabesque. In fact catharsis in an oriental way scenes is a rare idea but there must have been a balance. Bloody terror with demonic possession idea ornamented with a religious McGuffin isn't new (ref: Exorcist episodes), but an unexpected serious work from the local movie makers on such an extreme idea really surprised me, even the tempo of the movie or even the stone village panorama is enough to satisfy my expectations while watching a local horror movie...I haven't laugh, no, I haven't even grin and nobody else did such a noise in a crowded theater while watching this surprising performance...
Review of Dark Spells
