Wingrave
Directed byAhmed Khalifa
Written byAhmed Khalifa
Produced byAhmed Khalifa
Abdel Rahman Reda
Marwan Younis
StarringAshraf Hamdi
Diana Brauch
Karim Higazy
Music byAhmed Khalifa
Distributed byTempe Entertainment
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,500 USD

Wingrave is an Egyptian horror film written and directed by Ahmed Khalifa and starring Ashraf Hamdi, Diana Brauch, and Karim Higazy. It was the first English-Language Egyptian feature film in history.[1] The film was designed as a tribute to Gothic literature, Expressionist Cinema, and the ghost story genre.

Plot

As renowned parapsychologist Henry Wingrave struggles conducting a forbidden seance, he recollects three of his most disturbing and challenging experiences with the restless dead. Throughout these experiences, he is asked to contact the dead brother of a grieving young woman, to cleanse a newly bought house of the malicious entities, and to determine whether a young woman is possessed by a demon, or simply insane.

Production

The film was the shot in 9 days in Alexandria and Cairo with a budget of $7,500.[2]

The film's crew consisted of Writer/Director Ahmed Khalifa, Production Manager Noha Said, and Assistant Director Mohamed Waheed.[3]

The film was the first Egyptian film to be exclusively distributed in the U.S. on DVD and to be available for paid download and Video on Demand (VOD).[3]

References

  1. Simpson, MJ, , News, Jan-Jun 2007
  2. IMDB , IMDB, Locations page
  3. 1 2 Wingrave-film.com , about page


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