Whats a scary movie like?

[vivek]

Controlled fear as it is called is found to be the most sought after experience that audience across the world have preferd. Roller Coasters and such forms of controlled fear called ' thrill' ( to be pseudo scared) are very successful.



Going on the same lines, what do you folks think are the basic ingredients for a scary film. Heres my list



1. Sound and Light

2. Don't show the devil/ghost/whatever

3.Link to legends an folklore. Verus from actualy religious texts work wonders

4. Use every day situations



Whats your list like

[Scorpion's Sting]

My lists pretty similar to what you put up:

• Sound!
  


• Darkness
  


• Eerie vocals
  


• One thing that really creeps me out little children singing eerie songs! *brrr*
  


• Something which seems plausible and is scary too

Thats all for now!

[vivek]

Yup!, all that. I like the way Manoj night shyamalan tries to make scenes spooky without any content. The main thing is to let you have an unique interpretation of the whats evil. You should be scared on what you conclude, not what the scene depicts. Thats a scary movie then.



I am waiting for Exorcist - The Begining. That would be awesome, i am sure

[Sharjeel]

Very nice topic!



My List:

1. A Hideously ugly monster (Alien, Watchers).



2. Evil.



3. People who jes stare n stare n don't blink (dey scare me pants off).



4. Mysterious Butlers/Maids.

[*]One thing that really creeps me out little children singing eerie songs! *brrr* Thats all for now!

Thats one of the creepiest things. Jes watch Nightmare on Elm street.

[vivek]

I think I have just seen the worst horror movie made in Hindi, ever. Vaasthu Shastra is an all time low. The film doesn’t scare, let alone kill. The word Vaasthu is mentioned just 4 times. The movie had a dumb kid, who the director wanted to look and talk cute. The father of the kid is a dud too. Chekravarthy is a stone. Sushmita should go back to where she belongs – wearing chiffons and trying to act. She was surprisingly good in Samay though.



The house where this idiot family moves in has nothing in its neighborhood. The writer played by chekravarthy needs some solace and tranquility it seems. All though this is never mentioned in the movie. Its our job to assume all that. Also, when Chekravarthy’s lap top shuts down, it makes a ‘quink-quink’ sound. How come?



The kid should be going to pre-school at his age, and all the time his mom goes “ Rooohaann… jao khelo” at least 1000 times a day. Which educated mom does that? May be the ones married to writers who want to spend a ton of money to get some inspiration. When the kid starts to behave like crazy, the educated mom in Sushmita concludes that her dumb kid is a victim of the large empty space and the fact that he has no friends is making him .. as said before, dumb. Why can’t she put him in pre-school?? Or better so, vacate the damn house. Nope, they chose to stay for intelligent reason.



When yoru kid comes and says … “ mummy, our maid man-handled me and even tried to kill me” Will you keep the maid or believe your kid, however dumb he may have grown?



And what the hell is that annoying sound of a bullet shot or something in the movie. The sound annoys you, so much so that the director has nothing to offer and its like “ Hey didn’t get scared?.. ok listen to this every 15 mins… bang”



When the dead kid- (junior bhoot) is first shown, the audience burst out in laugher. What an idiotic make up man! Its like paint on your face that smells. The ‘bhoot-kid’ looks as if he wants his bhoot mom to take him to bathroom. Added to this, the bhoot-dad is even funnier and when all the bhoot make a cameo, the scene is rip-roaring. Its like, they look in each other’s eyes and say “ Ok now we have painted our faces white…. Now what?



I paid to watch a horror flick, and if I laughed the purpose would have been defeated!



The tri-cycle which Roohaaan.. drives reminds if you the movie The Omen, the fat bhoot girl reminds you of The Shining .The story reminds of you of… well every other horror movie.



This movie should have been tweaked a little bit and positioned as a spoof, just like Scary movie. The concept is yet to be tried in India and it would have been an awesome hit from The Factory. Verma just missed to see and opportunity.



May be I should open a movie production house, name it ‘Assembly line’ and make such movies.



The Assembly line presents.. from the makers of…Khatharnaak Bhoot..and Daravni raat mein sunsaan haveli…presents Mallika ‘ smooch’ sherawat.. in ‘ Bhoot kissers’… with the hit song from bappa lahari..” “main bhoot, tu bhootni… dheko yeh raat pyaari”



Vaasthu Shastra is just that.

[azazel]

^^^^^^^^ rotflmao.. but, i still wanna watch it.

[vivek]

dumb dad, dumb mom and dumb kid make a dumb movie

[Alexis]

Im still gonna watch it......I love Sushmita!

[CtrlAltDel]

i'll watch it too......i love cheap scares n thrills....





...plus i am gr8 fan of RGV.....whether his films hit the bull's eye or not, he doesnt confirm to a formula...truely hatke. this film will definitely break even like most of his other so-called flops. curiosity and RGV brand name wud pull ppl in atleast in cities.

[vivek]

not all rgv films are good...

[azazel]

not all rgv films are good...

yep.. infact, most of the last Factory products were quite lame..

[CtrlAltDel]

not all rgv films are good...

yep.. infact, most of the last Factory products were quite lame..

lame or not, lots of ppl flock to see his movies....thats his speciality. he creates innovative and different films which no main stream producers wud even dare to imagine. most of his so-called flops never lost money actually.

[Scorpion's Sting]

[quote="CtrlAltDel"]lame or not, lots of ppl flock to see his movies....thats his speciality.[/qupte]



That happens with Salman Khan also Just the name is not enough. He has to live up to it also.

[CtrlAltDel]

Just the name is not enough. He has to live up to it also.

thats coz he allows any interested person to direct....he believes in grooming new talent, but sadly most of the 'talents' haven't had perfect starts...