'Dachra,' a Tunisian horror film set in a cannibal village, closed the Venice Critics Week with some chills. By Deborah Young A trio of childish, squabbling, blockheaded journalism students stumble ...
On-screen texts bookending “Dachra” claim this thriller is “inspired by true events,” and that “in North Africa hundreds of children are victims of acts of witchcraft.” Nonetheless, one might be ...
Tunisian first-time director Abdelhamid Bouchnak is at the Venice Film Festival with “Dachra,” one of the first horror films to come out of the Arab world, which closed the independently-run Critics’ ...
Dachra has been slated for a US theatrical release beginning July 9th. In celebration of that, we have a brand new one-sheet to share with you. You can check that out below. The flick was written and ...
Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...
EXCLUSIVE: Gotham-based distributor Dekanalog has secured rights to a trio of titles off the festival circuit and is lining up theatrical releases for this year. The pics are: Abdelhamid Bouchnak’s ...
Rich atmospherics lift Abdelhamid Bouchnak’s witchy tale above its stock genre elements. On-screen texts bookending “Dachra” claim this thriller is “inspired by true events,” and that “in North Africa ...
'City slickers wander into a backwards, rural community that is, surprise! actually a cult committing tremendous and vile acts' has to be a classic horror narrative at this point. Add in witches and ...