Though the first instalment fails to impress, yet it sets the tone of the movie which is more or less continued in the second instalment. Raju Gari Gadhi 2 (“The King’s Room”, 2017) If you can ignore the movie’s uncanny similarities with Steven Spielberg’s classic ‘Poltergeist (1982)’, ‘Deyyam’ is an enjoyable affair.ħ. The film is open-ended, and we don’t know whether Mahi and her boyfriend Narsingh survive the volley of ghosts coming to them. As the story progresses, Chinni starts talking to ghosts and is eventually killed, after which the couple comes to know that the property had been built upon a graveyard which is causing all the killings and disappearances. The story begins with Murali and Sindhu, a married couple moving into a thrown away farmhouse along with their 3-year-old son Chinni and Sindhu’s sister Mahi. Not too overwhelming, yet not completely missable.Īnd now to Mr Ram Gopal Varma’s second venturing into making horror movies for Tollywood after Raatri (1992), ‘Deyyam’ is far spookier than it sounds. Though there’s nothing in the movie we haven’t seen or heard before, ‘Raksha’ offers a simplistic storyline, with scares in between and a typical RGV stylised theme. To revive her, Rajeev now resorts to the non-scientific methods and also to teach the perpetrators a fitting lesson. Owing to his atheism, a bunch of employees who were ousted from his company perform black magic on Rajeev’s daughter, thus making her behave weirdly.
‘Avunu’ is good, but it is good only in parts.Īn official remake of the Hindi feature ‘Phoonk’, ‘Raksha’ is the younger daughter of Rajeev, who owns and runs Raksha Construction Company. Unbeknownst to them, Captain Raju has also followed them and the amulet is the only thing that can stop Captain Raju’s spirit from forcing him upon Mohini. The second instalment picks right from where the first one ends, with an amulet around Mohini’s neck, Mohini and Harsha have settled down in a posh new locality. Alas, they leave the house in search of a new one as the movie ends. The first instalment depicts two newly weds, Mohini and Harsha who’ve moved into a newly purchased house, only to know that there’s been an evil spirit of a deceased Captain Raju who has gotten infatuated with Mohini and also eliminates anyone who crosses its way or appears to be a hindrance. There are a few moments of genuine scare and more or less the handi-cam video makes us divert our attention from both cinematography and performances, which are just about average. As the reporter finds their memory cards, the footage reveals that the three, along with a stranger had ventured into a haunted guest house inside the forest to prove their point, and chilling details follow through as with any horror movie. The movie has a journalist on the trail of 3 friends – Bhaskar, Chaitanya, and Durga, who went missing six months ago. ‘Case No 666/2013’ is the first and only such Tollywood’s effort so far which follows a “found footage” narrative and closely mimics the Hollywood’s timeless classic ‘The Blair Witch Project (1999)’. The plot promises a lot, yet the execution is lacklustre which makes ‘Tripura’ a diminishing and predictable affair. Add a murder, a ghostly spirit which intends to kill its murderer and the perpetrator of the crime, and the whole story becomes a relatable yet boring mess. One fine day, she dreams of killing her husband, and things become awry. She falls for a doctor named Naveen, who is also treating her of the ailment, they marry and move into a new house. The story revolves around Tripura, a girl who has a disorder of dreaming things or events which happen to her in real life as well. Here’s the list of top Telugu horror movies ever made. With this list, we bring to you the best Telugu horror movies of all time, which have managed to scare us all or made us fall off our chairs and these can hold the fort for some time for the entire genre unless a ‘Baahubali’ like revolution happens. Though many Telugu horror movies have managed to spook us considerably, yes, but many of these had rather clichéd portrayals common to a typical horror movie (like creaking doors, leaking faucets, eerie calm, windy nights etc.) which, I’d say, appears archaic.