Baskin

Baskin

Year: 2016

Runtime: 97 min

Language: Turkish

Director: Can Evrenol

FantasyHorror

A seasoned police unit, including a rookie officer grappling with past trauma, investigates a disturbing scene in a remote town. They discover a decrepit building that leads them into a monstrous lair, and a split within the team only accelerates their descent into a nightmarish realm. As they confront gruesome horrors, the officers struggle to distinguish reality from madness, and their own fears threaten to consume them.

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Timeline – Baskin (2016)

Trace every key event in Baskin (2016) with our detailed, chronological timeline. Perfect for unpacking nonlinear stories, spotting hidden connections, and understanding how each scene builds toward the film’s climax. Whether you're revisiting or decoding for the first time, this timeline gives you the full picture.

1

Opening night terrors in the boy's room

A young boy wakes in the night after hearing strange noises from his mother's bedroom. He sees his TV display static and is terrified by a vision from his room. He screams and frantically knocks on his locked mother's door as a shadowy hand seems to reach from the darkness.

Night Boy's bedroom
2

Hooded figure delivers meat to the restaurant

A hooded figure arrives at a small restaurant, delivering a bucket of raw meat. Moments later, five police officers—Remzi, Arda, Yavuz, Apo, and Seyfi—sit down to eat and begin discussing sex, setting a surreal tone for the night.

Night Small restaurant
3

Seyfi's illness, frog sighting, and a confrontation

Seyfi, feeling unwell, goes to the toilet and notices a frog on the soap stand. Yavuz starts a fight with the restaurant owner's son, and the men decide to leave. The night takes a darker turn as they prepare to part ways.

Night Small restaurant
4

Drive-off and backup call to Inceagac

Seyfi insists on driving despite his illness. While on the road, they receive a call for backup from colleagues headed to Inceagac, a village shrouded in rumors. The mood grows tenser as they leave the restaurant.

Night On the road
5

Vision and the van crash into the lake

Seyfi has a terrifying vision of a bloody figure while driving. He panics and loses control, sending the van veering off and crashing into a lake. The officers find themselves stranded and in danger.

Night Road and lake
6

Stranded and warned in Inceagac

The officers are stranded and decide to head toward the town of Inceagac. Locals warn them of hidden dangers and strange rites in the village, heightening their sense of unease.

Night Inceagac outskirts
7

They head to the abandoned police station

The men follow the distress call to an abandoned Ottoman-era police station, hoping to find answers. The building looms with a sense of history and menace as they step inside.

Night Abandoned Ottoman-era police station
8

Catatonic officer and investigation begins

Inside, they discover a fellow policeman in a wildly catatonic state. Seyfi stays with him while the other four begin to explore the dark corridors and rooms of the building.

Night Police station interior
9

Discovery of the cult room

Seyfi discovers a room filled with cultists covered in blood and viscera. The cultists swarm him and drag him into their midst as the others confront mounting horrors surrounding them.

Night Inside the police station
10

Flashbacks reveal Remzi and Arda's bond

As they move through the building, the men experience horrifying images and surreal sequences. Flashbacks reveal that Remzi has acted as a father figure to Arda, and that Arda was the boy from the opening scene.

Flashbacks Within the police station
11

The Father and the dungeon killings

The remaining men are tied up in a dungeon guarded by a hooded figure known as The Father. He and the cultists kill Apo, Yavuz, and Remzi in a brutal culmination of the night.

Confrontation Dungeon
12

Arda's escape with the key

Remzi dies, handing a key to Arda. Using the key, Arda overpowers The Father and makes a desperate escape from the building.

Ending Dungeon
13

Final road chase and lake crash

Arda runs onto the road and flags down a passing vehicle, but the driver fails to see him and runs him over. The vehicle turns out to be the same police van from earlier, linking Seyfi's vision to reality as the group crashes again into the lake.

Ending Road and lake

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