This is going to be a weird one for some people. If you are only expecting a gore fest or a straight forward horror, this is not it. Baskin is a surrealist movie more than anything else, and as in most of the surrealist movies, it's a bit pretentious, it has a lot of symbolism, it leaves lots of things to your own interpretation, it jumps between dream-like sequences(nightmare-like, in this case) without preparing you or letting you know if what you are seeing is real or not, and it doesn't have a really linear plot. That might create confusion and might not seem rewarding for the average viewer, so i understand the bad reviews.
For me, as a fan of both horror and surreal, it was a good movie. Not the best one, but a very respectable one. With a limited budget and coming from Turkey, it managed to deliever decent acting, mythical atmosphere, well done hellish imagery, a disturbing journey and a mind twisting end. It also unravels in a very Lynchian way and i liked that, everything seems pretty normal and easy to follow at the beggining, until at some point where everything just goes crazy and you have no idea what to think about what you are seeing.
Recommended, but only for the people who love unusual rides, or are at least ready to enjoy one.
For me, as a fan of both horror and surreal, it was a good movie. Not the best one, but a very respectable one. With a limited budget and coming from Turkey, it managed to deliever decent acting, mythical atmosphere, well done hellish imagery, a disturbing journey and a mind twisting end. It also unravels in a very Lynchian way and i liked that, everything seems pretty normal and easy to follow at the beggining, until at some point where everything just goes crazy and you have no idea what to think about what you are seeing.
Recommended, but only for the people who love unusual rides, or are at least ready to enjoy one.