Taglines: The gift that you seek may cost your soul.
The Djinn Movie Storyline. On an unspecified night in 1989, Dylan Jacobs, a mute and asthmatic young boy, finds his mother Michelle crying in front of the kitchen sink with a candle lit nearby. She turns around and the candle is blown out.
In the fall of the same year, Dylan and his father Michael move to a new house. In one of the rooms, Dylan finds a dusty mirror and an old book containing instructions for summoning a djinn and having it grant the summoner’s wish. The book states that at one hour before midnight, the summoner must place three drops of blood in a lit candle’s wax and make their desired wish in front of a mirror; the djinn will grant the wish at midnight if the summoner has the required strength of will, but the wish may cost the summoner their soul. Dylan does not tell Michael about the book.
On the same night, Michael leaves Dylan at home for his job as a host at a radio station. Dylan takes the opportunity to set up the ritual for summoning the djinn, and he uses sign language to wish that he is able to speak normally. Later, the djinn manifests as a cloud of smoke, and after a series of strange events occur, Dylan finds out that the djinn has transformed into a humanoid figure and is searching for him. After knocking the djinn unconscious, Dylan finds that he is unable to escape the house or contact anyone for help.
While hiding from the djinn, Dylan reads through the book again and learns that the djinn is subject to the laws of physics while in the human world, manifests in the form of dead people, and can be banished by blowing out the candle after midnight; he tries and fails to do so due to the time being before midnight. Dylan hears Michelle’s voice begging for help, and finds that the djinn has manifested as a monstrous version of Michelle. Dylan evades the djinn’s attempts to capture him. A flashback reveals that Michelle had shot herself in the opening scene of the film; Dylan was unable to call out to her due to his muteness, and has felt guilty about her death ever since.
The Djinn is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed and written by David Charbonier and Justin Powell. The film stars Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe and John Erickson. It was released in the United States in select theaters and through video on demand on May 14, 2021, by IFC Midnight. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise directed at Dewey’s performance.
The Djinn (2021)
Directed by: David Charbonier, Justin Powell
Starring: Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe as Michelle Jacobs, John Erickson, Isaiah Dell, Donald Pitts, Jilbert Daniel, Collin Joe
Screenplay by: David Charbonier, Justin Powell
Cinematography by: Julian Estrada
Makeup Department: Gage Munster, Christopher Osorio
Art Direction by: Savannah Yergeau
Music by: Matthew James
MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing violence.
Distributed by: IFC Midnight
Release Date: May 14, 2021
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