1993 · thriller · psychological · horror
Manichitrathazhu
Directed by Fazil2h 49m1993
A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.
Our read: Manichitrathazhu (1993) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · psychological · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / psychological, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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