Horror

During my grad school days, I got a liking for the "X-Files" series and used to get DVDs from local library and watch it around night. Invariably, the haunting music and theme will interfere with my sleep that day but couldnt resist the thrill of the series and finally ended up watching all the volumes my local library had.

After a long time I got a chance to watch another similar creation. This one is a movie in Tamil - titled "yaavarum nalam" - (adapted from a Hindi movie by name "13B"). I felt the same thrill if not more, than what I used to get watching X-Files. Would definitely recommend it if you are have a taste for the paranormal. In addition to the story/screenplay, what stood out and made the film worthwhile was the audio and video. The audio was amazing, using bass to convey much of the horror and to top it all was the video from India's ace cinematographer P C Sreeram. What caught my attention on the videography was unlike regular horror movies, he dint use unable-to-see dim lighting - lighting was perfect plus he used unusual angles of the camera (his forte) to bring out the thrill of the moment. More so, thankfully, again unlike vanilla horror movies, he dint have the camera handheld for most of the time, constantly giving the manual shake to the viewer and creating headache for viewers like me. Different experience after a long time..

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