The Talisman (التعويذة) 37 years old

Protagonist Mahmoud is a high school teacher, who lives with his entire family in a tiny apartment. The landlord is desperately trying to force them out to the point of enlisting the devil’s help. Like “Al-Ins wal Djinn,” the film’s opening scenes establish a sense of tension that continues to mount until, for some reason, a goat shoots a star-shaped laser out of its forehead, and everything quickly falls apart. Furniture spontaneously combusts, an invisible presence settles in Mahmoud’s apartment, and the devil rapes his wife and she thinks it’s an earthquake. Things reach their peak when, for the second time on this list, Yousra is drenched in actual chicken blood.

Credits

The Talisman Cast

Name Character
Abla Kamel She was 30, now 67 years old as Faten
Yousra She was 32, now 69 years old as Rawya
Mahmoud Yassine He was 45, now 82 years old as Mahmoud
Taheyya Kariokka She was 68, 80 years old when she died as Om Mahmoud

The Talisman Crew

Name Department
The Talisman poster
The Talisman (37 years)

  • Release day: Monday, October 05, 1987
  • Runtime: 98 minutes