Anyab (Fangs) ━━━ (1981)
DIRECTOR
Mohammed Shebl
GENRE
Fiction
RUNTIME
100 Minutes
COUNTRY
Egypt
LANGUAGES
Arabic
SUBTITLES
English
A lost gem of queer cinema, Anyab (1981) is a remake of the musical cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The story is the same, albeit, with more vampires. The difference? Anyab is Egyptian, and almost too homoerotic to handle. Between the camp costumes, the horror genre references, and the 80s disco numbers, we also get a running commentary on the social situation in Egypt – from unemployment of youth to class war, Anyab intersects politics and sex, in the best way possible. Get ready for ‘Sweet Transvestite’ like you’ve never seen it before!
SCREENPLAY
Hassn Abd Raboo
Tarek Sharara
Mohammed Shebl
MUSIC
Hussien El Imam
Modi El Imam
WITH
Ahmed Adawiyya
Ali El Haggar
Hasan El-Emam
Mona Gabr