Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

beyoglu I saw this movie for free and I still want my money back. Where to start? This is a low budget film, though on various sites the budget has been listed anywhere from 1,000,000 Turkish lira (about $550,000) to 150,00 Turkish lira. I really hope it wasn't the higher figure, because putting out a film like this for so much money is a crime. The story is a confusing part spin on themes from The Ring. The director spent time in Japan and took film courses there. He doesn't live in Japan as someone wrote, but lives in Istanbul with a Japanese wife, who works as an art director. After the death of Tarik, people close to him begin getting terrifying emails. We never really get to understand what Tarik's relationship with the others is except a friend and rejected love interest of one. This comes out in the first seconds of the film. The story has elements of Islamic mythology and superstitions from Turkey, but it's hardly referenced in a way that a non-Islamic myth knowing audience would understand. The acting is awful and the dialog is even more so. The subtitles in English were insultingly bad. Since we speak Turkish, we just ignored the subtitles and suffered through the original dialog. The animation, done by supposedly one of the best animators in Turkey, was actually very good. The opening credits show was very good. But what the animator was doing on this film I'll never know. Most every scene begins with the camera placed at the ceiling level, giving a perspective of the room and then pans down to eye level. I'll repeat that, almost every scene. One great contrived scene has a woman going to the market and listing everything she's planning on buying, "Bread, and eggs, and some chocolate for myself." Another has three friends sitting precariously on top of a locomotive just, you know, for a chat. Ridiculous is too kind a word.See it if you're a fan of schlock cinema and confusing plots and bad lines. Or if you're really masochistic, watch part 2 and don't forget to check out the poster for his latest film Bir Cin Vakasi. Worth a look for a good laugh. Absolute dreck.

Coventry In case you're intrigued by discovering the significance of that oddball title, just remember that goofy trick with the calculator we all tried at least once back in grade school. If you type 58008 and subsequently turn the device upside down, it looks as if it says "boobs" on the display. "D@bbe" is a similar type of gimmick, only times evolved towards the use of Internet lingo now, of course. There! Sorted out that little mysterious piece of the "D@bbe" puzzle for you already! Don't ask me what it means, though. Apparently the titular entity (?) is some sort of Djinn like in "Wishmaster", but this Muslim version doesn't grant any wishes yet homes inside modern media (mobile phones, internet…) and gradually forces people to commit suicide in the most gruesome fashions.There really isn't that much to say about "D@bbe" except that it turned out a major personal disappointment. The plot and narrative structure is very reminiscent to the overload of lame and unexciting Asian ghost we've been receiving ever since "Ringu" came out around the late 1990's. You know, those movies that desperately try to be mysterious and scary, through brief ghastly appearances and supernatural hodgepodge, but miserably fail because they can't hide the fact there isn't an interesting and/or original story to tell. Usually these films open promisingly and atmospheric, but as soon as the events start requiring clarity and explanation, the whole thing becomes hopelessly implausible and even ridiculous. "D@bbe" is exactly like that. The first half hour is still fairly compelling, with three young people investigating the sudden and horrendous suicide of their mutual friend. The police are interested in the case as well, as similarly disturbing suicides like his come reported from all over the globe. There's undoubtedly a connection with the Internet and a bizarre email address that continues to send messages even after Tarik's death. The more the trio of friends and the overzealous police detective get closer to the truth, the more they too begin to suffer from nightmarish visions and stalking websites. I personally presumed duds like "Fear.Com" and "Horrorvision" made it clear that the Internet isn't scary horror movie material, but I'm mistaken yet again. "D@bbe" isn't frightening, with the exception of a few notable moments near the beginning and one ghoulish end shot that I nevertheless don't understand, and it's intolerably slow-paced and overlong. Sine it's primarily a ghost story, there's a total minimum of gore and a very low body count, so fans of splatter and spectacle should definitely beware. Director Hasan Karacadag knows a thing or two about cinematography and stylish compositions (either that or he worked with a talented cameraman), but the handful of beautiful shots can't save the dullness and incoherence of the script. The acting performances are abominable and I certainly wouldn't advise these Turkish players to quit their day jobs in exchange for a professional career. I sincerely hope they haven't already! But, what perhaps bothered me the most about "D@bbe" isn't the actual film's fault. The copy I watched suffered from the absolute most horrendous subtitling job I ever witnessed in my life. It was so bad it nearly ruined the viewing experience regardless of the movie's own quality! There were words missing, incomprehensible sentence structures, misspelled expressions and senseless phrases. In the whole of Turkey, there's must be someone who speaks and writes better English than the person who did the translating for this film?

poetricus I saw this movie a few day ago. It's not originally and unique movie but have a few newness in Turkish Horror cinema. Dabbe is first movie of KIYAMET(Doomsday) trilogy. We wait for "Deccal and Mehdi" and last movie "Isa Mesih". A director used metaphysical and technological elements together in a movie. This is a revolution for Turkish cinema culture. Writer and Director Hasan Karacadag knows Asian, especially Japanese horror movie well. Dabbe remind me Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Kairo" and Hideo Nakata's "Ringu". He adapted Islamic believes to Asian horror aesthetic and telecommunication technology. Dabbe is a sign of end of world. Movie has inspired by Neml Sura in Koran. Director preferred darkness and and blurred colors. Sciences are not enough for explain some events. As in this movie. Sound effects are very successfully. I recommend watching!

oziloz Dabbe is the best Turkish horror film ever.Most of people thinks that the film is very bad.But i don't think like them.There are some reasons.First this film is first cinema experience for the director.He is trying to do something.And i think he is very good for the first time.He covers the films expense.They have too much impossibilities but they were made it.Everybody knows that the Turkish horror film sector is very bad.But this film is different to them.Its effects are too realistic against the others.And its theme is not used before.It uses the Islamic belief.Dabbe will come the world at the doomsday.This film trying to uses it.After that too many people gone this film.But they have too much prejudice.That gives negative energy to the film.There are bad things in film.First is the players.They are really bad.The second one is dialogs.it may be better.Finally; this film isn't a classic.it is not perfect.But it was tried.And i think its successful.