Egyptian journalist vs. mad scientist with a freezer full of secrets. Zero chill, literally.
Fekry is a journalist who discovers that there some patients disappear suspiciously from a hospital, and doubts that Dr. Halim is behind this. Fekry is able to get into Dr. Halim's remote house in Helwan , to discover that he is conducting experiments to freeze humans to preserve them.
Production
Helwan desert house as creepy isolation chamber.
Acting
Nour El-Sherif's obsessive reporter energy carries everything.
Practical Effects
Charming lo-fi cryonics chambers that definitely wouldn't pass FDA.
Director
Kamal El Sheikh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of Egypt's rare 1980s sci-fi films, reflecting Cold War-era global fascination with cryonics filtered through local class anxieties.
Director Kamal El Sheikh was known for Hitchcock-influenced thrillers; this was his strangest pivot into science fiction territory.
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