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I’d seen it discussed and I thought I’d give it a try. Promising premise but meh. I didn’t really care for it. Like someone else it felt clunky.

I did finish watching it because I wanted to see how it ended. But it was definitely a one and done watch. Not worth watching again for me anyway. YMMV.

The Egyptian Film That Recorded a Real Curse

“He Returned to Take Revenge” is a banned Egyptian film, originally titled عاد لينتقم (ʿAad Le-Yantaqim)

Released on March 28, 1988

Many people have watched this movie without ever realizing the unsettling truth behind it.

While filming a scene involving the summoning of jinn, the director demanded absolute realism. He wanted the moment to feel authentic—unsettling, believable, alive. To achieve this, a spiritual practitioner known as El-Sayed El-Husseini El-Falaky السيد الحسيني الفلكي was brought to the set and asked to say a few meaningless words in front of the camera.

The cameras rolled.

And El-Husseini began to speak.

What no one realized—not the actors, not the crew, not even the director—was that he was reciting a full, perfectly executed incantation.

It was Al-Azima Al-Barhatiyya العزيمة البرهتية , a spell whispered about in occult lore, feared for its intensity and destructive power.

The words were real.

And they were recorded.

The scene made it into the final cut. The film was released to the public. Only later did the truth emerge.

Years passed.

In 2003, El-Sayed El-Husseini El-Falaky was found dead in his office. There were no signs of violence. No forced entry. No explanation.

Just one detail that unsettled everyone who saw the body:

His face was locked in overwhelming terror, as if, in his final moments, he was confronting something unseen—something that had come for him.

The case was officially registered against an unknown party.

A real story by the way !

If I had to choose a single title as the "ultimate horror film," the answer is The Exorcist (1973).

It's considered the ultimate reference in cinematic horror because:

It's still scary today

It was shot like a great "serious" film, not just as a genre

It changed the way horror was made forever

It combines terror, drama, and universal themes

Immediately after, often cited as absolute masterpieces:

The Shining (Kubrick) – perfect psychological horror

Halloween (1978) – the model for all slashers

Psycho – the father of horror Modern

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – raw and disturbing terror

Hereditary – the best modern horror film according to many critics

I've been alerted to a hidden horror gem from India, which won the Guinness World Record for the longest film with an unbroken, unedited take at two hours and twenty minutes. I have been scouring all over trying to find a place where it's streaming or something, but I'm coming up blank. In the original post I discovered it from, the OP explained they saw it at a film festival recently. Anyone here also at that film festival who can give some news? Thanks!

Normally wifey and I turn something on to fall asleep to and she’s usually ko a few minutes after the movie starts, I follow after. But we ended up making it through the whole movie, me cuz I’m an Alison Brie fan and her because she got drawn in after seeing the dogs half fused. Great performances from both, would have been the movie that convinced me they were married irl if I didn’t know that already.

Most movies don’t make me make any real facial expressions and I was like this 😬😣😧 a lot. The school bathroom scene was hilarious and traumatic at the same time cuz my wife asks if I think I could handle that and it reminded me of when I zipped my tip one time when I was drunk and cried so, no. And the hair scene when they were sleep was so gross but also incredible and will stick with me forever. Not really a body horror fan and I thought this was really good. 10/10 most definitely.