Haunted 3DHaunted 3D: Hindi Horror Film

Starring: Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Tia Bajpai, Achint Kaur, Arif Zakaria

Genre: Horror

Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes

Rating:***(3 Out of 5)

Vikram Bhatt’s fascination for horror continues, even as the Indian film industry — and the desi viewer — desperately awaits the first authentic bone-chiller from Bollywood. Is Haunted the answer to the chill hunters’ prayers?

The film works — and it works quite well — is only because of the special effects of the film. Experiencing the horror in 3D is indeed a novel experience for the viewer, specially since it is smartly done. Each time the ghosts lunge out at you, stick out their tongue or flail their limbs, you jump back in your seat. And yes, there are a lot of ghosts, performing a lot of ghastly acrobatics. There’s even a snake sticking out its venom at you and a hurtling brick, almost missing your nose….Great fun.

Almost every horror film has the wailing ghost of a nubile young maiden who sends outs desperate SOSs to anyone who dares to enter her domain. And don’t we know why she’s wailing! Still, we won’t reveal the secret, which in any case, is hardly a secret..

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