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Friday, August 30, 2013

Sheitan (2006)

"Sheitan" is the word for Devil in Arabic and is a reoccurring theme for this movie. First there is the opening scene with a DJ that goes by the name Sheitan and then later on there is a rapper (or perhaps it's the DJ again) with the same name. And then during a dinner conversation, the topic is discussed after the rapper's name is mentioned. Overall, it's an odd movie that appears to be uneven on purpose with a cast of characters that seem odd and discerning, a is set out in the countryside. Oh how the French love to set there horror out in the country!

Three friends are out at a club enjoying the night. Thai meets a cute girl on the dance floor named Eve, Ladj has a girlfriend but is busy talking to another cute girl, and Bart gets kicked out for being drunk and starting a fight. Once outside, everyone decides to go to Eve's house for the night. It takes all night to get there because she lives out on the country. When they get there they meet Joseph, the house keeper. He is a large and imposing man and quickly begins tormenting Bart like a big brother would. At Joseph's insistence, the group of friends go to the town's hot spring where they are joined by some locals who don't mind jumping in naked. Again Bart is picked on and is clearly not having a fun time. Back at the house, the group is having dinner and talking about why they aren't with their loved ones on Christmas Eve. This spurs a conversation about the Devil and Joseph shares a story about a man who wanted to be invincible and ended up sleeping with his sister, making her become pregnant and having to offer the Devil a gift in return. This creeps everyone out but not enough to go home or stop flirting with each other. But as the clock ticks closer to midnight, the oddities continue until all Hell breaks loose and Bart has a very, very bad time. 


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