Şeytan

Şeytan is a 1974 Turkish cult horror film based on William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973), directed by Metin Erksan, featuring Canan Perver as a 12-year-old girl named Gul, living a high society life with her mother in Istanbul, who becomes possessed by the Devil himself after experimenting with a Ouija Board. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on November 1, 1974 (1974-11-01), is commonly known as "Turkish Exorcist" because of plot and stylistic similarities copied from The Exorcist.

Şeytan
Theatrical Poster
Directed byMetin Erksan
Produced byHulki Saner
Written byYılmaz Tümtürk
StarringCihan Ünal
Erol Amaç
İsmail Hakkı Şen
Ahmet Turgutlu
Agah Hün
Ali Taygun
Ekrem Gökkaya
Ferdi Merter
Meral Taygun
Muzaffer Yenen
Sabahat Işık
Canan Perver
Ergün Rona
Ahu Tuğba
CinematographyNihat Çifteoğlu
Release date
November 1, 1974
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

The film was apparently shot with a low budget, resulting in a grainy and poor image quality. Şeytan was out of print until 2007, when it was released in DVD.

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