Felt an urge to re-watch Bhoot tonight, after almost 20 years probably?
It’s a generic 00s Hindi supernatural horror affair but holy fuck, this movie actually delivers — gargling sound bites of the television, gray color grading and the floating camerawork provides the film with a unique sheen.
My favorite scene has to be when Urmila, Ajay, Rekha, Tanuja, Fardeen and Seema Biswas are casually chilling out in the bedroom.
STRAY NOTES
SWATI UNABLE TO SPEAK, CLAMOURING AT HER OWN NECK IN BED BECAUSE OF THE SPIRIT IN HER DOORWAY
DROP OF THE CHILD’S CORPSE IN THE BASEMENT PARKING, CENTERED DIRECTLY IN THE SHOT ITSELF
ALL NANA PATEKAR MONOLOGUES DO NOT MAKE SENSE
THE 180 SHOT OF THE SECURITY GUARD
EASILY HAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HINDI FILM POSTERS
IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT ON THE FORESHADOWING OF THE METAL BARS AFTER SWATI’S FIRST DOCTOR’S VISIT
Felt an urge to re-watch Bhoot tonight, after almost 20 years probably?
It’s a generic 00s Hindi supernatural horror affair but holy fuck, this movie actually delivers — gargling sound bites of the television, gray color grading and the floating camerawork provides the film with a unique sheen.
My favorite scene has to be when Urmila, Ajay, Rekha, Tanuja, Fardeen and Seema Biswas are casually chilling out in the bedroom.
STRAY NOTES
SWATI UNABLE TO SPEAK, CLAMOURING AT HER OWN NECK IN BED BECAUSE OF THE SPIRIT IN HER DOORWAY
DROP OF THE CHILD’S CORPSE IN THE BASEMENT PARKING, CENTERED DIRECTLY IN THE SHOT ITSELF
ALL NANA PATEKAR MONOLOGUES DO NOT MAKE SENSE
THE 180 SHOT OF THE SECURITY GUARD
EASILY HAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HINDI FILM POSTERS
IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT ON THE FORESHADOWING OF THE METAL BARS AFTER SWATI’S FIRST DOCTOR’S VISIT