The Djinn (2021)

Really not much going on here, very low budget film, I only watched it as there were previous "djinn" films that I enjoyed, I dont know if it has any relation to those.

Fmovies: Ignore the low rating reviews. The film is pretty decent. As a Muslim myself, we believe in Jins and how they grant wishes but with deep consequences. This film got most of it on point.

Well this movie started with a good premise and then went all down the... Djinn that wants to kill you like MacGyver by rerouting the gas from kitchen stove I mean come on. Can't choke a kid with both hands for over a minute while having supernatural powers. This was so laughable I thought I am watching a parody most of the time. I mean any semi-intelligent person in a decent shape would basically beat up this Djinn in no time. I though he was a scary immortal guardian and not a stoned up idiot like in this movie.

The "shocking" ending was quite predictable and felt totally forced while repeating multiple times the words from the book so we REALLY know what they meant by it. Such a clique becoming quite common in modern movies. I guess they think the audience is probably really stupid and can't put 2 and 2 together.

The Djinn fmovies. I'm sorry to say that it appears as though many of the reviewers didn't grasp Messrs. Charbonier and Powell's intent and that's a shame because this movie is better than it wants to be. It is ambitious and layered.

The actors did a fine job, especially Ezra Dewey. The kid has quality. Rob Brownstein was very convincing as a concerned and loving father.

The 'trauma responses' aspect of the movie is what motivates Ezra's character and that storyline is very nicely tied up at the end.

The ambition is crossing the genres of Horror and Psychological Drama with a bit of Mystery. It's not so much Thriller nor slasher Horror (though there are a couple slashes).

The lore of the Djinn is almost always underscored by the 'be careful what you wish for' maxim, which is hinted at very subtly and uniquely in a delicate philosophical exchange between father and son fairly early on.

Personally, I loved the very contained element of the small apartment for the setting of the majority of the film. You can almost imagine this being done as a stage play.

I'm sorry that there are so many negative reviews for what is clearly something slightly askew from the common fare thrown about as modern Pop Horror; this is a solid 7...

...it's just not for everyone.

Maybe the writing of the kid's backstory could've used some work(complete overhaul), but in all other regards a simple plot, the ancient mystical forces not to be taken lightly, and a beautifully crafted music score in all the right places. The eeriness was spot on. And that what this film was aiming at.

Not often I've seen good horror from IFC Midnight. This one it's an exception. Good horror. Nice performance by the young caracter. Nice camera work. Solid direction and photography . Even the soundtrack it's nice . I was not expecting nothing like this. Not in the top of the genre but I like it.