Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- nightmarish
- oppressive
- visceral
- late night horror viewing
- halloween horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's oppressive atmosphere, imaginative visuals, and genuinely upsetting gore while finding its plot and character development thin or incoherent.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The police squad passes through a trapdoor into a carefully constructed antechamber to hell surrounding a Black Mass.
Critics specifically describe the film's lavish gore, appetite-ruining imagery, and splatter-film extremity.
The descent into hell is presented through madness, childhood and dream themes, abrupt tonal shifts, and deliberately unclear phantasmagoria.
The film creates an abandoned-building underworld through languorous shots, painstaking imagery, and an atmospheric antechamber to hell.
Films like Baskin, and why
The Beyond
atmospheric supernatural horror, dreamlike nightmare logic, and graphic gore
Event Horizon
surreal descent into hell, religious imagery, and visceral body horror
A Nightmare on Elm Street
psychological dread, childhood nightmares, and escalating supernatural violence
The Void
stylized occult horror, oppressive atmosphere, and grotesque practical effects
Movie Details
- Director
- Can Evrenol
- Release Date
- 2015-12-31
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (377)
Cast
- Mehmet Cerrahoglu
- Görkem Kasal
- Ergun Kuyucu
- Muharrem Bayrak
- Fatih Dokgöz
- Sabahattin Yakut
- Berat Efe Parlar
- Şevket Süha Tezel
- Seyithan Özdemir
- Sevinc Kaya
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Baskin about?
- A squad of Turkish police officers descends into a ritualistic underworld where madness, cult violence, and grotesque nightmare imagery overwhelm ordinary reality.
- What is Baskin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Baskin as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Baskin violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Baskin as graphic.
- What did critics think of Baskin?
- Critics broadly praised the film's oppressive atmosphere, imaginative visuals, and genuinely upsetting gore while finding its plot and character development thin or incoherent.
- Which films are like Baskin?
- Films with a similar feel include The Beyond, Event Horizon, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Void.
- How long is Baskin?
- Baskin runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Baskin?
- In United States, Baskin streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
