C. M. Rosens

My first 30 films of the challenge are watched! I’ve passed the quarter mark. This time I mainly watched a load of Turkish films and caught up on the Siccin franchise, and I genuinely enjoyed all the films I watched to some degree. No horror movie so far in the challenge has been awarded 5 stars though…

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• Posthouse (2025) dir. Nikolas Red, written by Nikolas Red, Kenneth Dagatan, Jericho Aguado. This is a good one. I liked Lilim, directed by Mikhail Red and written by Nikolas Red, and I loved In My Mother’s Skin directed and written by Kenneth Dagatan, so I was really intrigued by this film for its director and writers. It’s the first film directed by Nikolas Red that I’ve seen. An editor and his daughter work to restore a family heirloom — an old silent horror film — unaware that each frame inches them closer to a dark spirit.
  {Philippines}

• They Will Kill You (2026) dir. Kirill Sokolov, written by Kirill Sokolov and Alex Litvak. Went in totally cold, had heard of the title but nothing else about it. This one is set in the USA but written and directed by a Russian filmmaker. It took me ages to recognise Tom Felton. It feels like part of the Ready or Not universe. A woman answers a help wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious New York City high-rise, unaware that she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years and may be under the grip of a Satanic cult.
  {USA}

• The Hand (2025) dir. Mak Pichjuli, written by Ngoeuy Bunrath. This one is on Letterboxd but with the bare minimum of detail, so the link is to IMDb which has a summary of the film. This is a Khmer film with some really good moments. Really liked the hand-severing obsession of the ghost when she possessed multiple people. Bopha, a beautiful and talented dancer, is found dead in an eerie manner with one of her hands missing. Her death becomes the center of a chilling mystery, believed to be connected to a jilted lover. As strange events unfold around her death, including eerie ghostly sightings and inexplicable occurrences, Nara, a police officer, begins investigating. Mr. Chak, a wealthy man who collects ancient artifacts, unknowingly brings home a statue with Bopha’s missing hand trapped inside. After the statue is placed in his home, the haunting intensifies, and suspicions arise. As the haunting escalates, Nara must uncover the truth behind Bopha’s tragic death before it’s too late. But the truth may be more terrifying than anyone could imagine. Watched on YouTube.
  {Cambodia}

• Haunted (1998) dir. Chico Ejiro (can’t find writer information). This one wasn’t really for me, I liked the drama of it, and the dynamics, but the audio quality of the version I saw really spoiled it for me. I don’t think it’s a bad film – there’s a lot of nostalgia and love for this one, which I totally appreciate! Bobby, a man who has it all, is suddenly diagnosed with leukaemia and told he has only 3 months left to live. While he deals with this news, dark secrets become uncovered as several supernatural forces begin to appear in his life. Watched on YouTube.
  {Nigeria}

• Siccîn 5 (2018) dir. Alper Mestçi, written by Alper Mestçi. This one is a proper tangled family web of tragedy and deceit. Azra’s brother killed their father over a house sale and vanished 12 years ago, and Azra now lives with her mum, her sister-in-law, and her young niece Hale. Hale is a sickly albino girl possessed by djinn who are owed a sacrifice (Azra). Azra wants to marry Selim, and his friends with Selim’s sister Ebru. Selim starts seeing things, Ebru starts seeing things, all of the things are warnings for Selim not to marry Azra. Shit generally hits the fan. Hale’s father disappeared before she was born and was never seen again. Hale sees a nightmare of a terrible night; her father, whom she never saw, invites her to an old and uncanny home.
  {Turkiye}

• Siccîn 6 (2019) dir. Alper Mestçi, written by Alper Mestçi. This is the one where Orhan (Adnan Koç) comes back into the series properly. He was in Siccîn 4 as well, but I can’t remember what he did in that (I’m guessing he helped them out somehow). It’s been years since I’ve seen that one! Gönül Ürer also appears as the late Hacer, mostly a photo of her but also as a ghost, but she gets to shine in later entries to the franchise. Also: haunted soup. A girl is haunted by an evil spirit in her family home. Several bad things begin to happen around her house and to her family members. An old character rises back and tries to save the family from their doomed fate.
  {Turkiye}

• Siccîn 7 (2024) dir. Alper Mestçi, written by Alper Mestçi. Meral (played by Funda Eskioğlu, whom you’ll also find in Dabbe 6) literally had ONE job. Admittedly the job was to bury a kid alive, but you need to stand by your commitments. Gönül Ürer once more plays the unsettling elderly woman, knocking the role out of the park. Orhan is back, played by Adnan Koç. I think the only ones he isn’t in are 1, 2, and 5? A woman intent on fulfilling the conditions of a ritual insinuates herself into a family home.
  {Turkiye}

• Siccîn 8 (2025) dir. Alper Mestçi, written by Alper Mestçi. This franchise isn’t my favourite one, but I do enjoy it. I think I prefer the Dabbe films personally, but I really liked Siccin 3 and Siccin 2, and this one was domestic melodrama dialled up to 11. Lovely performance from Gönül Ürer as the grandmother. Fatih, who lives with his family in his mother Gönül’s house, cannot stand the pressure of his wife Berna and puts his beloved mother in a nursing home. However, the silence that descends on the house after this decision is a harbinger of an approaching storm rather than peace. The house is no longer under their control; a dark force has insidiously surrounded every corner. As the paranormal events become increasingly frightening, Fatih’s guilty conscience weighs heavily on his shoulders. Finally, he decides to bring his mother back from the nursing home. But it is no longer his mother who returns home…Every secret comes with a price. And secrets written in blood never go to the grave!
  {Turkiye}

• Ölü Kontesin Laneti/Curse of the Dead Countess (2025) dir. Ahmet Arpacı, written by Ahmet Arpacı. An indie film with very low budget. Three stars for effort, the singer, and the Evil Dead rip off plot. Also love that this one is a cursed amulet and not jinn possession! (As we know from Dabbe: Cin Çarpması, one in EVERY FIVE people are possessed by jinn). This is a rare Turkish horror movie that is not about that one person. Tutkum, a university student, is researching an old necklace for her thesis. Guided by her professor, she will visit another professor to hear about past events related to the necklace.
  {Turkiye}

• Đoạt Hồn/Hollow (2014) dir. Ham Tran, written by Ham Tran. I wasn’t expecting this to be a freaky lucky plant type horror, but here we are. Basically, if it doesn’t get an egg every day, bad stuff happens. But also, I really enjoyed the concept here, and way family is bound together. This is more the anxieties of a pregnant teen and first-time mum than it is a possessed child story. I loved the way the family are bound together, and how the mum, teen daughter, (and her unborn child) and 6yo little sister are at the core of it, mirroring and foiling one another. It reminded me a bit of the Doll franchise (Indonesian) where the secrets of the man in the family lead to some vengeful hauntings. A young girl falls into a river and drowns. When her body is found in a remote village along the river, her uncle arrives to claim her body, only to find that she is very much alive. But when she returns to her family, unexplainable occurrences lead them to believe she is possessed.
  {Vietnam}