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Born of Fire

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An astronomer (Suzan Crowley) and a flutist (Peter Firth) have a showdown in Turkey with a music master (Oh-Tee) out to melt Earth.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The overall mystical atmosphere created gives the film a truly otherworldly look. Rated: B Feb 9, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sohnya K I see where this film was going with the symbolism and tone (Or at least one way you could interpret it). I feel like there were great visuals, music, and lore that made you excited for the film to pick up and become a film... It never really got there for me. It felt like they built up a story but didn't tie together the knots in a compelling or satisfying way. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Bizarre English/Turkish production about a flutist that is searching for the master musician in Turkey. Being a supernatural story I guess it doesn't have to make complete sense, very strange characters fill the screen. The ending seemed thrown together at the last second, which will leave you feeling underwelmed. Either way highly original and does offer some decent scares. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member The best films based on non-western mythology are the ones that don't explain the symbolism. This one didn't bother and was all the better for it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Another great release from Mondo Macabro that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. What we have here is a British/Arabic horror/mysticism film mostly taking place in Turkey. There's a lot of meaning behind this little gem though it could be interpreted in many ways. Easily compared to El Topo and Holy Mountain (wrongly referred to as The Magic Mountain on the back of the DVD. Also, they misprint Hugh Grant as High Grant in the "About the Film" section. C'mon folks, buy Mondo Macabros awesome DVDs so they can at least afford a proof reader) in it's melding of genre cinema with mysticism. As with all Mondo Macabro DVDs, this is also to offbeat to miss if you're into strange cinema. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member The location, costumes, acting, and makeup are all stunning, it's just a pity the movie is impenetrably enigmatic and unapproachable in its symbolism. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member much underated a cool movie - Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An astronomer (Suzan Crowley) and a flutist (Peter Firth) have a showdown in Turkey with a music master (Oh-Tee) out to melt Earth.
Director
Jamil Dehlavi
Producer
Jamil Dehlavi, Therese Pickard
Screenwriter
Raficq Abdulla
Production Co
Dehlavi Films, Film Four International
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Runtime
1h 24m