Wingrave (film)

2007 Egyptian film
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
91 minutesCountryEgyptLanguageEnglishBudget$7,500 USD

Wingrave is an Egyptian horror film written and directed by Ahmed Khalifa and starring Ashraf Hamdi, Diana Brauch, and Karim Higazy. It was the first English-Language Egyptian feature film in history.[1] The film was designed as a tribute to Gothic literature, Expressionist Cinema, and the ghost story genre.

Plot

As renowned parapsychologist Henry Wingrave struggles conducting a forbidden seance, he recollects three of his most disturbing and challenging experiences with the restless dead. Throughout these experiences, he is asked to contact the dead brother of a grieving young woman, to cleanse a newly bought house of the malicious entities, and to determine whether a young woman is possessed by a demon, or simply insane.

Production

The film was the shot in 9 days in Alexandria and Cairo with a budget of $7,500.[2]

The film's crew consisted of Writer/Director Ahmed Khalifa, Production Manager Noha Said, and Assistant Director Mohamed Waheed.[3]

The film was the first Egyptian film to be exclusively distributed in the U.S. on DVD and to be available for paid download and Video on Demand (VOD).[3]

References

  1. ^ Simpson, MJ, [1], News, Jan-Jun 2007
  2. ^ IMDB [2], IMDB, Locations page
  3. ^ a b Wingrave-film.com [3], about page

External links

  • Wingrave
  • Wingrave at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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