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 ZIBAHKHANA
(aka
Hell’s
Ground)
With
Ashfaq
Bhatti,
Sultan
Billa,
Osman
Khalid
Butt,
Rubya
Chaudhry,
Rooshanie
Ejaz,
Najma
Malik,
Salim
Meraj,
Haider
Raza
Directed
by
Omar
Khan
Zibahkhana
(Hell's
Ground)
is
the
first
modern
horror
film
to
be
shot
in
Pakistan.
It
breaks
all
of
the
rules
of
local
productions
and
was
made
entirely
independently
with
no
film
industry
or
government
assistance.
In
the
spirit
of
the
old
EC
comics,
the
film
tells
the
story
of
five
teens
who
get
lost
on
their
way
to
a
rock
concert,
are
menaced
by
flesh
eating
mutations
and
then
fall
into
the
clutches
of
a
family
of
back
woods
killers.
The
film
includes
copious
amounts
of
gore
alongside
a
splattering
of
social
commentary
and
several
slices
of
dark
humour.
It's
best
seen
as
a
tribute
to
the
cinema
of
Lucio
Fulci
and
George
Romero,
but
viewed
from
a
distinctly
Pakistani
perspective.
The
film
is
directed
and
co-written
by
former
film
critic
Omar
Ali
Khan.
Its
cast
combines
some
of
the
country's
most
exciting
new
talent
alongside
Pakistani
film
veterans
such
as
Rehan
and
Najma
Malik.
The
gruesome
make-up
effects
were
done
by
Nawab
Sagar,
another
industry
veteran
who
has
worked
on
numerous
mainstream
productions.
The
film
was
shot
by
London
trained
cinematographer
Najaf
Bilgrami
and
was
edited
by
the
UK's
Andy
Starke.
Zibahkhana
made
its
South
African
premier
and
African
debut
at
the
2007
South
African
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