As critics will no doubt point out, the trailer for Rajeev Virani's Help plays like a slick compilation of greatest hits from a wide assortment of other, better known horror films, only with the added benefit of an attractive woman in a bikini thrown into the middle of it. I say what, exactly, is the problem with this? Heh.
Bollywood has a long history of dabbling in horror films and, while never as popular as the musical melodramas that flood the market, there is a healthy appetite for scares there. Couple that with high end production values and you can count on at least a few very slick horror flicks emerging every year. Here's the synopsis on this one:
Bollywood has a long history of dabbling in horror films and, while never as popular as the musical melodramas that flood the market, there is a healthy appetite for scares there. Couple that with high end production values and you can count on at least a few very slick horror flicks emerging every year. Here's the synopsis on this one:
While it seems to me that the plot may owe a thing or two to Thai hit Alone and there are definite nods to a number of J-horror films in the trailer this looks like slick, entertaining stuff. There are a series of teasers on the official site and we've got the full trailer below.Vic (Bobby Deol) is a successful film director in Bollywood and is married to Pia (Mugdha Godse). Pia and Vic are going through a difficult time in their marriage and in the midst of these troubles they have to suddenly rush to Mauritius to take care of Pia's ailing father. On landing in Mauritius, Pia is confronted by her distant past which she has not had to face since she left as a young 5 year old. Little do they know that there's something in this house. Something ancient and dark that remains hidden and silent. It can only wait, having been concealed in the shadows for years, poised to strike again. When Pia finds out that she is pregnant this darkly vicious spirit possesses Pia and starts to brutally kill the people close to her. As the darkness spreads, things start to get worse and the spirit tries to annihilate everything and everyone that comes in its way. Now Vic must race against time to save his pregnant wife, who seems to be possessed by the spirit of her twin sister Dia who died when they were both 5 years old. With the help of a renowned parapsychologist, Dr. Aditya Motwani, Vic has only 36 hours to discover the dark and terrifying truth behind Pia's family history of murderous madness and break the curse that has been put on them by a third mysterious other.