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A couple of
friends get a flat tire when they're on
their way in their car so they decide to make a bon
fire (or as one of the girls here call it; bun fire,
got to love that dialect) and tell each other ghost
stories. What they don't know is that there's someone
in the woods, waiting for them to part from each other
so that he/she can strike. Meanwhile we get "entertained"
with some very interesting horror stories. Read on
and I will guide you through the magical wonders of
bollywood horror.
I know I'm supposed to keep an objective view on the
movie when I write the plot but this is just so silly
that I couldn't help making fun of it. Anyway, the
first story is about a newlywed couple that gets engine
trouble in the middle of nowhere and the husband tries
to scare his wife, well unfortunately I think that she
was the only one scared here. The second story is even
worse, this one is about a man who decides to spend
the night at a small, remote hotel for the night. The
man soon notices all the "No Smoking" signs put up
everywhere in the hotel but decides to disregard them
and smoke anyway. This gets terrible consequences when
the hotel manager finds out about this. You see, now
the man isn't allowed to leave the hotel for six
months because that's how long it will take for him
to quit smoking, very creepy stuff here folks. So that
story basically finishes with the man being cured, oh
no, the terror.
On with the third story. This one is about a teacher
who gets freaked out because one of his bad students
start doing her homework, also, very scary. On with
story number four, and probably the scariest of the
six very scary stories. This one is about apples!
So you're wondering what's so scary about this movie?
Well, you're not the only one but I think it's the
fact that after people have taken a bite from an apple
they turn into one themselves, an apple that is. If
you dare, do read on for story number five. This one's
about a guy who picks up a hitchhiker by the cemetery
at night. Well, it turns out that the hitchhiker is a
ghost, but hang on there's a twist, and you have to see
the movie to find out because I'm not going to reveal the
BIG secret, it is impossible to predict (very serious).
Now to the sixth and the last story. This one isn't
even close to horror. This one's about a guy who's very
unpopular in school and decides to commit suicide but
when he's standing on the edge of the cliff, he can't
do it. He prays to god that he should get a special
power that only he has. And the next day, his wish is
granted, he can now stop people from moving by saying
stop, and then start them again by saying move. So
those were the stories, and between each story we get
to see one or more of the friends get killed by some
guy in the woods. Now, I might have dumbed this movie
down a bit in my review but this movie didn't even
need to be dumbed down.
However I know this was popular in India and among
Bollywood fans but I've seen a couple of Bollywood horror
movies and this was by far the worst one. This wasn't
even scary. The sad thing is that both the acting and
the directing is really good. It's such a waste of
talent. I guess, if you're in for a worse version of
Campfire Tales - Bollywood style, here you have it.
Chop!... a bloody hand is thrown on the ground. That's
all the gore that we get here except for some slit
throats. Very basic stuff.
Well, it opens up with a strange music performance
while the opening credits appear (one can only assume
that someone must've liked this song because it runs
for 5 never-ending minutes). And then we have to suffer
through very forgettable music for the rest of the
movie, mainly consisting of drums, not fast paced,
energetic ones, just drums.
If you've seen Campfire Tales, this is basically the
same movie, only with less scary and more silly and
laughable stories - in Indian. And you want to know what
the worst thing is? It has a running time of no less
than TWO whole hours! Now, THAT's terror.
Review By: AnthroFred
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