It’s the winters, it’s chilly, its cold and little sunshine at times. The nights are the best part of this time of the year and if we add horror movies to it, the nights get better and better for sure. Even if someone doesn’t like the genre, they get pulled to watch these horror movies. They seem to be like some kind of addiction. If someone gets sucked in, there’s no looking behind.
India being a diverse country, we have film industries from all corners of the country, the Bengali film industry being one of them. This winter try a different film industry for once, get those blankets, get someone or you can do it on your own, but definitely watch these horror movies before the year ends
Bhooter Bhabishyat
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The movie is of the horror comedy genre. A comedy movie that includes the ghosts of an abandoned building. The abandoned building is being broken down and turned into a shopping complex. The ghosts residing in the house have no other address to go to or haunt to. They try all kinds of tactics to let the construction workers leave the site. Will they be able to keep their house or will they have to leave?
Shob Bhooturey
Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
Aniket wants to close down the magazine that his late father started. A magazine that focuses on horror and ghosts. Just when he had decided to close down the magazine, Nandini comes in to join the magazine because apparently she can see ghosts. A school is being shut down and they decide to investigate it as people say the school is haunted by the spirits that have led to this.
Goynar Baksho
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Starring Konkona Sen Sharma and based on the novel of the same name and short story Rashmonir Sonadana, both written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and published in Desh Magazine. The story is based on a woman and her beloved box of jewelry which she is so attached to that she will go to any limits. To any limits, meaning she rises up from the grave to protect it. She wants to make sure that only her niece-in-law knows about the box and protects the box of her jewellery. This horror comedy is a must watch, because this story will tell people about the attachment of things to people.
Golpo Holeo Shotti
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The story follows the journey of Rudra, a pizza delivery boy who falls in love with a ghost novel writer Anuradha. The movie follows their love story as the movie proceeds. The love birds start a live-in relationship as they progress in their lives. One day, as Rudra delivers a pizza to a certain house, his world shakes up. The movie showcases Rudra’s psychological issues and as time goes on he starts to question Anuradha’s existence.
Kuheli
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
This is a gem of a movie. The movie follows the journey of Shankar, a widower who hires a woman to watch his daughter after his wife’s demise. They reside in a bungalow in a remote hill town. The governess, Sheba starts to realize that there is something odd going on in the house, she feels like there is some sort of dark power residing in the house. She starts to dig deeper into the mystery and realizes that there is a lot more to the story of the house than it is known.
Angti Rohosso
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The movie name literally translates into “Mystery of Ring”. The story of the movie follows the journey of a married couple that goes on a honeymoon and stays in a guest house. Urmila, the wife, feels like there is some kind of dark energy surrounding the area as she feels like something is wrong with her ring. As time proceeds they try to solve the mystery behind the dark secrets of the guest house.
Kankal
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
This “old is gold” movie is Bengali horror drama film. This movie was released back in 1950 under the banner of Madhuchakra Limited. Kankal was the first horror film released in Bengali language. The story is a revenge story of a young woman. She meets and marries a wealthy man named Ratan. Her ex-lover tries to disrupt her happy married life and accidentally kills her. Her spirit now roams around seeking revenge for her death.