Welcome aboard all our new visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar! (Wow... Myanmar?) The Scariest Things would like to know if there's anything good and scary from your region.
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Familiar family themes resonate in the Indian immigration tale of generational trust issues and the classic trope of the lover with a deep dark secret. The movie vacillates between being poignant to predictable, but it is always buoyed when veteran character actress Sarita Choudhury (Mississippi Masala) is on screen. It works much better as a family drama than a horror film, but it does have a thriller payoff at the end.
It's Bollywood horror! I think I've found my elusive great Indian spooky movie. Rahi Anil Bahrvi's film Tumbbad is going to be premiering at the Venice Film Festival, and then later on at Austin's Fantastic Fest.
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It Lives Inside is a fresh look at the assimilation of an Indian family into the United States that pits a teenage girl against a demon that feeds on loneliness and despair. The story is resonant, and the examination of Southern Asian -American culture is nicely done. The scares are as much as you can hope for in a PG-13 film, and the non-cultural elements feel a bit mechanical. Still, for those of us who have lived this experience, it is a welcome entry into the genre.