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Djinns (2010)

Djinns poster
Directed by
Hugues Martin
Genre
horror film, speculative fiction film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
16
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1960 during the Algerian War, a group of French soldiers on a rescue mission are attacked by a jinn in the desert. The haunting spirit traps and hunts them one by one.

tenseclaustrophobicgrimatmosphericparanoidsuspensefuldesertedominous

What happens

Djinns (also known by the title Stranded) is a 2010 French horror film written and directed by Hugues Martin and Sandra Martin, set during the Algerian War in 1960. It stars Saïd Taghmaoui, Cyril Raffaelli and Aurélien Wiik. The film is about a group of French soldiers who are attacked during a rescue mission by a jinn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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