Movie Review: Bhoot Returns..yawn..really I hadn’t noticed..

 

At the outset, I would like to state that I haven’t seen Bhoot which I’ve heard is a decent watch. In fact, I avoid horror movies altogether as a genre but have been rather intrigued by it off late. So when ‘Bhoot’ decided to make a ‘return’ I thought I’d check it out. 90 minutes later it was pretty obvious I had made the wrong choice

Remember Aahat? That TV series that was a standout on Indian television for so many years and provided some real spooks? Well, even though I haven’t seen much of it, I can still safely say that even Aahat was much better than the rubbish you get with Bhoot Returns and even that’s putting it lightly.

Most of the first half of the movie is spent in..yawning. I think they shot about 3 scenes and then decided to run them at a quarter of the normal speed. So in extra slow motion you’ll have characters ascending and descending stairs, over and over again. And then there are the regular clichés – the creaking doors, the clock ticking (boy that clock ticks and ticks like there’s no tomorrow) and the jarring sounds that are supposed to shock and awe. Well they don’t – all they do is hurt the eardrums and jolt you just as you were planning to get into peaceful slumber

Worse is, the second half doesn’t make up for it either, going into a tangent of unnecessary humour and bizarre action with a pathetic climax. There are pretty much only one or two sequences which you are willing to admit are nicely pulled off..but that too would be on a relative scale

When the movie is this bad, the performances generally make it watchable. Well sadly that’s not the case here..there’s pretty much amateur acting by everybody and the panic and shrieking is rather forced than genuinely felt by the characters. The 3D effects will make your eyes hurt and there is a huge amount of blurring of images across scenes- lot of catching up to do in that department as well

All in all, Bhoot Returns offers you very little by way of a spooky experience and with the ear splitting background effects you can’t even plan to take a nap in the theatre as well – I can’t think of any reason you should catch this. Bhoot was better off lone and distant – this is an unnecessary comeback