Turkish Fantastik Cinema

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A list of Turkish “Fantastik” Genre, Cult, and B-grade films, spanning from the 1950’s to the late 1980’s.

According to Fantastik Turk Sinemasi by Metin Demirhan, the genres that comprise TFC are:

Horror / Superhero / Sci-Fi / Western / Fairy-Tale / Karate / Historical / Fantasy

Mubi is sadly lacking the glut of these (albeit) rare Turkish films, most of which I haven’t seen, and I’m sure few outside of Turkey at the time have. This list is deeply indebted to Bill Barounis, who runs Onar Films, a small and independent DVD label running out of Greece, and his Turkish Fantastic Cinema...


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