Directed by Tulsi and Shyam Ramsay/ Starring Hashmat Khan,Manjeet Kular,Ajay agarwal
A young couple is having trouble producing a child. When offers of gifts and prayers to the gods prove unfruitful the wife is tricked by the mistress of the house to visit Black Mountain , where conception is guaranteed. Once impregnated by the monster of Black Mountain she is made to promise to return the baby to Black Mountain if it is a girl. But she may keep the child if it is a boy to carry on the family name.
It would be a rather short movie if it was a boy, so alas a girl is born. the mother breaks her agreement and refuses to allow her daughter to be turned over to the monster as his slave. The mother is poisened by the mistress, but before expiring she reveals to her husband that their daughter has been stolen, and taken to Black mountain.
The father storms the mountain, kills the monster and rescues his baby girl Kaamya, The end?
Not quite ,all of this takes place before the credits.This movie clocks in at two hours and twenty five minutes. There are many scenes of comic relief, teenage romance, martial arts and being a Bollywood movie, this horror picture even breaks into scenes of singing and dancing. When you understand that these East Indian movies need to appeal to as many people as possible, it makes sense , considering the barely existing budgets these movies have.And with such a low budget it looks like these directors used every frame of film that became exposed. Continuity was thrown out the window on this one folks, and I have my doubts if an editor was even hired.
All the horror movie cliches were here , heavy fogs rolling into the exterior shots of the decrepit buildings adding a gothic look to the setting. The monster had a Dracula type look to him, right down to the cape and fangs, even though the vampire word was never mentioned.Though not very sexy looking the sexual attraction between him and the young women were still quite strong. Also I swear I could hear the infamous chik chik chik kill kill kill from " Friday the 13th.
Eighteen years later and the monster now ressurrected, Kaamya is a young woman and we share her teenage melodramatics , especially when she challenges another cheeky teen for the affections of the village hunk, Kumar. After many trips back and forth , to and from Black mountain, good eventually prevails over evil. The End.
My Thoughts: There sure is a lot going on here, maybe enough for two or three other films. I'm not quite sure what to think of the singing and dancing in a horror film. I know I had enjoyed the little musical interludes from the films Dead and Breakfast and Poultrygeist. But still not totally sold on the idea. any way I have two more Bollywood Horror films to see, I'll let you know more after I watch them.
My Rating: 2 Go Go Girls out of 5
A young couple is having trouble producing a child. When offers of gifts and prayers to the gods prove unfruitful the wife is tricked by the mistress of the house to visit Black Mountain , where conception is guaranteed. Once impregnated by the monster of Black Mountain she is made to promise to return the baby to Black Mountain if it is a girl. But she may keep the child if it is a boy to carry on the family name.
It would be a rather short movie if it was a boy, so alas a girl is born. the mother breaks her agreement and refuses to allow her daughter to be turned over to the monster as his slave. The mother is poisened by the mistress, but before expiring she reveals to her husband that their daughter has been stolen, and taken to Black mountain.
The father storms the mountain, kills the monster and rescues his baby girl Kaamya, The end?
Not quite ,all of this takes place before the credits.This movie clocks in at two hours and twenty five minutes. There are many scenes of comic relief, teenage romance, martial arts and being a Bollywood movie, this horror picture even breaks into scenes of singing and dancing. When you understand that these East Indian movies need to appeal to as many people as possible, it makes sense , considering the barely existing budgets these movies have.And with such a low budget it looks like these directors used every frame of film that became exposed. Continuity was thrown out the window on this one folks, and I have my doubts if an editor was even hired.
All the horror movie cliches were here , heavy fogs rolling into the exterior shots of the decrepit buildings adding a gothic look to the setting. The monster had a Dracula type look to him, right down to the cape and fangs, even though the vampire word was never mentioned.Though not very sexy looking the sexual attraction between him and the young women were still quite strong. Also I swear I could hear the infamous chik chik chik kill kill kill from " Friday the 13th.
Eighteen years later and the monster now ressurrected, Kaamya is a young woman and we share her teenage melodramatics , especially when she challenges another cheeky teen for the affections of the village hunk, Kumar. After many trips back and forth , to and from Black mountain, good eventually prevails over evil. The End.
My Thoughts: There sure is a lot going on here, maybe enough for two or three other films. I'm not quite sure what to think of the singing and dancing in a horror film. I know I had enjoyed the little musical interludes from the films Dead and Breakfast and Poultrygeist. But still not totally sold on the idea. any way I have two more Bollywood Horror films to see, I'll let you know more after I watch them.
My Rating: 2 Go Go Girls out of 5
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