COVER STORY
Bengali cinema has a rich tradition of ghosts and spirits, though, unlike in Bengali literature, most of these are benevolent or funny and rarely scary
Outlook Magazine - 18 April 2022
The horror movie as a separate genre has long been a favourite of cinephiles. Why is horror such a fascinating subject? The current issue of Outlook looks at horror and its various manifestations.
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A film director uses characters playing ghosts in two films to voice political issues he believes in strongly
Goans in denial continue to feast on their own flesh as they continue to invite their own doom and convert their tiny, unique state into zombieland
Hindi horror movies of the ’80s were meant to titillate. Anyone scared in the process was purely incidental.
Indian horror was once all about sleazy movies from the Ramsay stables. It’s now seeking to scare the audience with better fare.
In a post-apocalyptic world, with a war playing out on our handheld screens and bodies dumped on the streets, with mindless consumption ravaging our planet, the zombies have taken over
From a pale woman clad in a white sari to eerie sounds of ghungroo coming from a distance, the genre of horror in Bollywood has mostly been similar, though OTT promises a brighter future
Lonely, alienated people and haunted houses are two of the most distinct tropes of the horror movie. And sometimes the twain do meet
The landscape and setting of a story often set the tone in literature and cinema dealing with horror
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A film director uses characters playing ghosts in two films to voice political issues he believes in strongly
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Goans in denial continue to feast on their own flesh as they continue to invite their own doom and convert their tiny, unique state into zombieland
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Hindi horror movies of the ’80s were meant to titillate. Anyone scared in the process was purely incidental.
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“How was your day?” I ask my wife as if I can still ruin it...
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Indian horror was once all about sleazy movies from the Ramsay stables. It’s now seeking to scare the audience with better fare.
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In a post-apocalyptic world, with a war playing out on our handheld screens and bodies dumped on the streets, with mindless consumption ravaging our planet, the zombies have taken over
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From a pale woman clad in a white sari to eerie sounds of ghungroo coming from a distance, the genre of horror in Bollywood has mostly been similar, though OTT promises a brighter future
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Lonely, alienated people and haunted houses are two of the most distinct tropes of the horror movie. And sometimes the twain do meet
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The landscape and setting of a story often set the tone in literature and cinema dealing with horror
OTHER STORIES
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Bad djinns may offer fodder for films, but it was through the help of good djinns that the author saw aflatoons produced from thin air
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With its overload of superstition, myths, ghosts and evil spirits, the Indian market for ghost hunters is niche. But social media may have finally given it wings
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Hallucinations? Fear? Rumours? In the Valley and beyond, people keep finding threats from the unknown
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The genre has never taken root in Bollywood. Maybe because real-life horrors are enough to give us sleepless nights.
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The ghost as the empowered woman is a new theme in Hindi horror movies
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Like many small businessmen in post-Partition India, Fatechand Uttamchand Ramsinghani was drawn to the film industry. And Ramsay Films was born.
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For the most part the world of spirits is judged to be a bad thing. Think black magic, evil spirits trying to possess people.
