Hindi horror movies have always been a traditionally fascinating amalgamation of folklore, supernatural beliefs and spine-chilling story lines. Even though numerous movies are complete fiction, a modern spate of horror has been drawing its strength as based on actual events, it is much like the buzz surrounding “Vash Level 2” which like its predecessor is believably based on actual events.
With the second film set to release on theaters today, it is the fans of horror who could spend time trying to identify other films that give them some of the same horror as reality-based horror movies. These horror movies do not just frighten you with jump-scares but leave you in the stomach with an understanding that the horror you have just seen could have been real.
The Reality Behind the Reel
The strength of the horror movie with the true story is in the erasure of the boundaries between the fictional and the realistic. It is an awareness that what is being depicted on the screen is based on real life horrific experiences that advances the horror into a different level. This technique is mesmerizing people and gives them an idea of a horrifying experience that could never be produced in fictional narration.
1. Ragini MMS (2011): Based on a true story that occurred in Delhi, this film has been shot in the format called found footage, recording a frightening weekend trip of a couple. This movie is based on the story of a girl by the name Deepika who has undergone a harrowing experience with her boyfriend that is of a paranormal nature. This rawness, the clumsy camera work and authentic setting made the horror very intimate and intimate.
2. Bhoot (2003): This film falls into the classic genre of this kind and is reportedly based on media reports on some paranormal occurrences in an apartment building in Mumbai. Anxieties that ordinary spaces are where the supernatural occurs have served as a source of the film narrative about an ordinary couple that lost their minds after they moved into a haunted flat.
3. Stree (2018): The plot is based on the Karnataka folklore called Nale Ba. The tale describing the witch who knocks at the door in the night and carries men away is a much spread story. Stree perfectly blended this folklore with a funny touch to make it one of the box-office hits, retaining the chills in the spine of the audience.
4. 1920 (2008): Although its plot is cinematically exaggerated, the movie was based loosely on real life stories of possession and exorcism and is comparable to the accounts that inspired the exorcist. The element of a husband trying to redeem his possessed wife hit the nerve of an unearthly evil that people could not see.
5. Phoonk (2008): This film is the adaptation of the facts of black magic, witchcraft based. The plot of the movie about an atheist who must re-examine his worldview after his relatives fall under the attack by black magic was close to the superstitious and ritualistic states of mind which still exist here and there in India and gave the horror movie these realistic vibes of eeriness.
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