Though audiences abroad may not be familiar with the name of Alper Mestçi he has quickly become one of the dominant forces within Turkish genre film. Having started as a writer Mestçi first appeared on the feature scene with 2007 horror effort Musallat, winning notice at home and abroad for his feature debut and launching a career that spans eight features as a director. And the latest - Üç Harfliler 3 - features plenty of what caught the eye in his earliest work.
You want local religion, superstition and folk tales rolled up into a dark phantasmagoria of spooks and scares? Because that's what Mestçi does best and there's a whole lot of it on display in the trailer for this latest effort, a trailer which he has kindly provided in English subtitled form. The production values are fantastic, the imagery shocking and the mastery of tone obvious. Take a look below.