Attempts to break out of romantic social topics
Arab drama uses "horror" and science fiction to attract young people
Nelly Karim confronted the starring of the Egyptian horror movie "Blood Line."
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Amr Youssef starred in the movie "The Lullaby".
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It seems that horror and suspense acts have become preferred options for Arab cinema and TV drama makers in the recent period, after they have seen the great turnout that this type of artworks finds from the audience, and the echoes it achieves among viewers, which makes the bet on this type of work guaranteed to a degree It also reflects the desire of the makers of these works to get out of the repetitive romantic social issues, and to put forward topics that are more capable of attracting the audience of the youth and youth.
By following the opinions of the audience and their interaction with these works, it appears that the "horror and suspense series", whether shown on television or through digital display platforms, were more successful than the films that came under this artistic classification.
In the field of cinema, it is expected that the screening halls will receive during the current year a number of films that fall under this type, including the movie "The Lullaby", starring the artist Amr Youssef, directed by Tariq Al-Erian, written by Tamer Ibrahim, while she was nominated for the female lead for the film the artist. Dina El-Sherbiny, and its events take place in the late fifties in the context of a teaser, and the date of the presentation of the film is still not specified, due to the postponement of filming earlier due to Amr Youssef's preoccupation with the preparations for the series "The King", which deals with the championships of the Pharaonic King Ahmose, and the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt. It is presented in the month of Ramadan 2021.
The film "Ammar", which was shown during the 42nd session of the Cairo International Film Festival, last December, has not yet been shown in cinemas.
The events of the movie revolve around a family who moves to live in the Al Ghraib Palace, and the joy of the couple and their three sons quickly dissipates in their new home, after the house gradually begins to absorb them one by one into a terrifying world full of old crimes that occurred between its walls, or that the sinister walls were behind those crimes .
It is directed by Mahmoud Kamel, written by Haitham and Ahmed El-Dahan, and starring Sherif Salama, Iman Al-Asi, Hani Adel, and others.
"Blood streak"
During 2020, the arena witnessed another Egyptian horror movie screening, "Khatt al-Dam", which was shown on one of the digital platforms only, starring Nelly Karim and Zafir al-Abidin, directed by Rami Yassin, and revolves around a trick invented by a father and mother to save the life of one of their twins after an accident Painful, but this plan blows the family's peace.
It is noteworthy that modern Arab horror films have not gained remarkable public success or wide critical acclaim. Most of the criticism directed at them focused on the absence or weakness of the artistic plot, and the weakness of the techniques used in these works, in addition to the focus on trying to create a state of fear and terror among the viewer, to a degree. The focus was on employing the horror factor in an integrated story.
Horror drama
Arab drama has also not escaped from the wave of horror and excitement, especially after the success of some of the works shown, such as the series "Beyond Nature", which was shown in 2020, and is considered the first Egyptian production among the productions of "Netflix", which is about the series of the late writer Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq, bearing the same address.
The series “My Share and Your Division” preceded it, by presenting a story entitled “604”, within the episodes of the second part that was shown in 2018. Evil powers with their purity, kindness and faith.
This cat met with great success among the audience, and they are what encouraged Amr Mahmoud Yassin, the writer of the work, to present another story that revolves around the same atmosphere of terror and ambiguity in "My share and your division 3", which was shown in 2019, titled "What the Listeners Want", and starred by the artist Nermin El-Feki, who embodied the character of a radio broadcaster presenting a horror program entitled “Kalam Bekhov,” but while she was in the studio, something unexpected happens, and the horror fictional story on the radio turns into a real nightmare inside the radio.
The series "Jamal Al-Harem", which is currently showing, has also achieved great success due to the strangeness of its topic, as it deals with the story of a girl wearing a jinn, starring Nour, Khaled Selim, Salah Abdullah and Dina Fouad and directed by Manal Al Saifi, written by Sawsan Amer and produced by Synergy.
New business
In the same direction comes the series "Wadi Al-Jin", which belongs to the genre of science fiction. The work presents the story of four university students, who explore the caves of the mysterious Wadi Al-Jin area, and find themselves trapped in a hidden underworld controlled by evil magic powers.
The first episode of it was previously shown during the 42nd session of the Cairo International Film Festival, and it will be presented in its entirety through a digital platform.
It is directed by Hossam El-Gohary, starring Khaled Kamal, Firas Saeed, Youssef Othman, Laila Ahmed Zahir, Hassan Malik, Sinita Khalifa, Hana Dawood, Mohsen Mansour, Ru'aa Shanuha, and Abdul Rahman Al-Yamani.
Flat 6
The series "Flat 6", which is currently being filmed, takes place inside a residential building, and something happens inside an apartment that turns the lives of neighbors.
The series consists of 15 episodes, and is scheduled to be shown on one of the digital platforms, written by Rafiq Al-Qadi, Mahmoud Wahid, Souad Al-Qadi and Nabil Shuaib, directed by Mahmoud Kamel, and starring Ruby, Sherif Salama, Sayed Ragab, Ahmed Badir, Mahmoud Al-Bazawi, Salah Abdullah and Hamza Elili.
In recent years, Arab television screens have shown a number of dramas that revolve in an atmosphere of terror and suspense, including "Zodiac", "The Witch of the South", "Kafr Dalhab", "The Seven Commandments", "The Gates of Fear" and " Red sulfur », and others.
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Acts of terror and suspense have become preferred options for Arab producers in the recent period.
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