Sijjin

Sijjin is a supernatural horror film series from Turkey debuted in 2014. The original title SİCCÎN Director Alper Mestçi returned to his horror works with this franchise after successfully making a pair of global box office hits. All the films are produced by Muhtesem Tözüm and were released under the banner of his Muhtesem Film studio. Right from the start, each of the films gained global acceptance and were quickly recognized as new wave of Turkish horror genre. The title of this franchise is derived from the Arabic word Sijjin (سِجِّين) meaning either a book that lists the names of the damned or a prison, located in the bottom of hell. The word is derived from the word "Prison" (It appears in the Qur'an in Surah 83:7–9. A similar word (sijill) appears in 21:104 often translated as 'scroll'.