#Cult (2026): Vishwak Sen’s Slasher Gamble Buckles Under Its Own Premise
The doors of a Goa underground party seal shut, and a voice informs the assembled revellers they are…
418 (2023): Chaitra J. Achar Faces a Sealed Room That Refuses to Explain Itself
The door to Room 418 has been shut for fifteen years, and the film’s wisest instinct is to…
Korean Kanakaraju (2026): A Cross-Cultural Horror-Comedy With A Samurai-Sword Climax
The title glimpse ends on a full-moon night at a police station in Korea, where a blue-eyed Kanakaraju…
Aroopi (2026): A promising Malayalam horror debut held back by its own ambition
Two thieves break into the Aryanattu estate and fumble with a vintage doll, unleashing a centuries-old Yakshini from…
Alpha (2025): Mélissa Boros Anchors a Foot in Raw Territory
We open on a 13-year-old girl, Alpha (Mélissa Boros), returning home with a crudely incised ‘A’ tattooed into…
Dark Giant (2026): K. Bhagyaraj Anchors A Family Horror That Prefers Mood Over Mayhem
K. Bhagyaraj doesn’t so much play a character in Dark Giant as embody a walking weather system of…
Karakkam (2026): Cemetery Incident Triggers Genre Gamble Without Clear Direction
Two drunken young men uproot five brass crosses from a church cemetery on New Year’s Eve, and the…
Day 11 (2026): Sritika J. crafts a restrained, precise Tamil thriller.
Day 11 (2026) is not the loudest Tamil Thriller, Horror release of the season, but it is arguable…
Isolation : The Call. (2026): Siddharth Kumaresan’s taut 8-minute horror crafts trauma into dread.
Isolation : The Call. (2026) lands at an interesting moment for Tamil Mystery, Horror cinema. Directed by Siddharth…
Bhooth Bangla (2026): Priyadarshan’s restrained horror-comedy crafts a hauntingly consistent gem.
Bhooth Bangla (2026) is not the loudest Hindi Horror, Comedy release of the season, but it is arguable…
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026): Cronin’s restrained direction elevates a familiar mystery.
There is a certain kind of English Mystery film that earns its audience without spectacle. Lee Cronin’s The…
Amaravathiki Aahvanam (2026): GVK crafts a restrained thriller with precise storytelling.
Amaravathiki Aahvanam (2026) is not the loudest Telugu Thriller, Horror release of the season, but it is arguable…