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| Directed by | Alper Mestçi |
| Produced by | Banu Akdeniz Murat Toktamisoglu |
| Written by | Güray Ölgü Alper Mestçi |
| Starring | Bigkem Karavus Burak Özçivit Kurtulus Sakiragaoglu |
| Music by | Resit Gözdamla |
| Cinematography | Feza Caldiran |
| Editing by | Alper Mestçi |
| Studio | Dada Film Mia Yapim |
| Distributed by | Özen Film Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH |
| Release date(s) | November 16, 2007 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
| Budget | $1,500,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $2,170,188 |
Haunted (Turkish: Musallat) is a 2007 Turkish horror film directed by Alper Mestçi about a young Turkish guest-worker who it is haunted by dark visionsin Berlin. The film, which opened nationwide on November 16, 2007 was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2007.
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The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey and Berlin, Germany.[1]
Suat (Burak Özcivit) is a young Turkish man who leaves his new bride Nurcan (Bigkem Karavus) behind in Turkey and joins his childhood friend Metin (İbrahim Can) in Berlin where he can earn some money. Here he is haunted by dark visions that eventually drive him to attempt suicide. When the doctors in Germany can find nothing wrong Suat and Metin return to Istanbul to seek the advice of spiritual healer Haci Burhan Kasavi (Kurtuluş Şakirağaoğlu).
The film opened in 125 screens across Turkey on November 16, 2007 at number 3 in the box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $372,573.[2]
| Date | Territory | Screens | Rank | Gross |
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| November 16, 2007 | Turkey | 125 | 3 | $372,573 |
| February 7, 2008 | Germany | 23 | 24 | $69,936 |
| February 8, 2008 | Austria | 2 | 21 | $11,999 |
| February 27, 2008 | Belgium | 2 | 23 | $18,878 |
The film was the tenth highest grossing Turkish film of 2007 with a total gross of $1,802,504.[2]
The worldwide total gross rose to $2,170,188 following ineternational release in 2008.[2]
Todd Brown, writing for Twitch Film, claims to have been, drawn in by the simple but compelling story of a young family haunted and possessed, with, a pretty compelling blend of pulp with legitimate tension, which looks to ride that same split in influences, of technical proficiency and just plain pulp that has long been the mark of Turkish genre films, though the technical end looks stronger than most, with, truly moody and unsettling imagery. If the film comes close to living up to the trailer this thing is EASILY going to be the best Turkish genre picture of the past five to ten years, he concludes.[3][4][5]
Chris Churchill, also writing for Twitch Film, adds that, The film also scored Theatrical releases in a few European countries earlier in the year, something quite rare for Turkish genre films in the past, so there could be something that makes Musallat stand out from the recent crop of Turkish Horror films produced.[6]
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