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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Ghoul - Review

Ghoul - Betrayal Is Close



Indian cinema and horror, they are like hero and villain they can’t go together. Talking about old horror films, they were really scary, now I don’t know why they were so, maybe I was just a kid that’s why or maybe they were really scary. Who knows? But still the horror element was there even if the same old story of a couple staying at a “haveli” was repeated over and over again. Making a horror cinema is very difficult, because the director has to make people feel two things, the thrill and in the back of the mind the horror element, and that is something not everyone can do. Netflix’s new reel Ghoul is such an attempt towards this, and I must say they have blown my mind!! I mean if we ignore the acting part of extras, Ghoul is something which will really make you feel something. For me it was more of a thriller less of horror but still it was something which I have not seen for many years. 


Radhika Apte’s (as Nidha) and Manav Kaul starrer Ghoul is a story of such a time where nationalism is above all, and every person who questions the State is labelled as “anti-national”. Ghoul is about Nidha who was recently recruited in an advance interrogation camp, for interrogating one of the most wanted “anti-national” of all time. This gist of Ghoul may give you a feeling that the series is more about nationalism rather than a horror flick but believe me, this is not the case. Nationalism is just the cover up given by the writers the main theme is Ghoul.

In conclusion, not a single moment was there, where I got bored, not a single! The three episodes were full of thrill, horror and thrill!! That is something which is missing in most of the Indian horror movies. For me Ghoul is a go!! Don’t miss it!!!

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