richardnolk Is anyone actually concerned with what goes into the mind in this day and age? How can watching this nightmare benefit the watcher? Indeed, films like this ebb away at a person's ability for disgust, gore and madness, some say this is the point. I love horror movies, but less is more, something few director's today realise. Just because you have better effects and cgi doesn't mean you have to destroy the fright factor (as well as the viewers minds) but showing each gore filled act. I only managed the first part of this movie before shutting it off, and it was very well done.

Michael Ledo The films centers on Arda, a young policeman who lost his brother as a child. He is cared for by the police chief who he calls uncle. We have a long scene in the beginning with dialogue that sets things up for later in the film. While out, the group of cops get a call to go to a different part of the city they don't patrol. They have an accident, but manage to find their way to an old precinct headquarters used during the Ottoman age.About an hour into the film we discover they are in the Inferno, a plot spoiler given to us in the stock film description.From what I can find, Baskin means "raid." This has been called Turkey's "Hellrasier" and I would agree with that from the torture point of view. The hell master is creepy looking at there are a lot of frogs in the film, either to show us a plague of frogs or to promote "Hell Comes to Frogtown." While the horror and torture aspects were good, watching a Turkish film with English subtitles prevented me from getting to know the one dimensional characters, or caring.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity.

Caroline Phillips Baskin is a a beautifully made film. I'll give it that. The visuals are striking and beautifully composed, the sound design is interesting, the actors appear competent, and even the general concept has potential for greatness. Unfortunately, the pacing is all over the place. I was told this was originally a short film and you can tell. It feels padded in strange places where it shouldn't be and feels like it takes nearly an hour for our lead characters to get to this film's vision of "hell." It picks up steam a bit in this section and supplies us with some very creepy, nightmarish visuals. After our leads are captured, the pacing slows back down again and the climax never feels very satisfying.All in all, this is a film to watch simply for the visuals and atmosphere. Don't go in expecting much of a story or attention to pacing and you should be fine.

yuvarlananyaratik Baskin is really terrifying from the beginning to the end. Psychological horror elements were set intelligently to assist its atmosphere. I was very surprised to see a different kind of horror movie since Turkish horror movie industry was always focusing on that genie topic. Its a brave movie that can change your perception of the hell. It is disturbing the audience by cannibalism, gory-porn and demonic ritual influences. Also it presents one of the best OST album in horror movie genre. I think Baskin catches that deep-immersing atmosphere thanks to its soundtrack. They are well made and perfectly integrates within the story. Can Evrenol is a must-follow director if you're a horror movie fan.