The Bride (1973)

Review: The Bride (1973)

Director: Lütfi Akad

Cast: Hülya Koçyiğit, Kerem Yılmazer, Kahraman Kıral, Ali Şen, Aliye Rona,

Hülya Koçyiğit
Hülya Koçyiğit
Kerem Yılmazer
Kerem Yılmazer
Kahraman Kıral
Kahraman Kıral
Ali Şen
Ali Şen
Aliye Rona
Aliye Rona

Plot: The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy. What happens on a Eid morning becomes a breaking point for the family.

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S.F. Brownrigg’s regional horrors

S.F. Brownrigg’s regional horrors

Regional filmmakers working on limited budgets have to rely on ingenuity and imagination; Texan S.F. Brownrigg managed to turn out a number of effective horror movies in the 1970s, the two most notable – Don’t Look in the Basement […]

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