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.
For the most part the world of spirits is judged to be a bad thing. Think black magic, evil spirits trying to possess people.
Like many small businessmen in post-Partition India, Fatechand Uttamchand Ramsinghani was drawn to the film industry. And Ramsay Films was born.
The ghost as the empowered woman is a new theme in Hindi horror movies
The genre has never taken root in Bollywood. Maybe because real-life horrors are enough to give us sleepless nights.
Hallucinations? Fear? Rumours? In the Valley and beyond, people keep finding threats from the unknown
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
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
The landscape and setting of a story often set the tone in literature and cinema dealing with horror
Lonely, alienated people and haunted houses are two of the most distinct tropes of the horror movie. And sometimes the twain do meet
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
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
Indian horror was once all about sleazy movies from the Ramsay stables. It’s now seeking to scare the audience with better fare.
“How was your day?” I ask my wife as if I can still ruin it...
Hindi horror movies of the ’80s were meant to titillate. Anyone scared in the process was purely incidental.
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
A film director uses characters playing ghosts in two films to voice political issues he believes in strongly
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
