It was a unique, exotic story that took place in an equally exotic (and beautiful) location. Adored the fact that it felt very foreign (even the Indian mythology was super interesting). Loved it and recommend it. One of the best horrors I've seen in 2016!
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shareI agree. I LOVE suspense thrillers like this. Though I was sad about Winston. I really hate when directors/writers kill animals. I'm just glad they didn't "show" it happening.
I even liked the ending.
EMOTICONS ARE BACK! YAY!
I really like it too. It is an enjoyable standard horror movie and one of the best-looking horror movies of the year.
shareYes I enjoyed it too. Seeing horror films made in other places in the World always interests me. Sure there were bits of ideas from other flicks in there, but on the whole it held my interest all the way. B+ from me.
shareThis film was so appallingly racist in its portrayal of "scary Hindus" and India that any value it had as a "horror" film was lost on me. And honestly the horror part was very lame -- ridiculous jump scares with cheap, loud music, weak writing throughout and a dumb, unmotivated ending (for one example -- the husband disappears for the majority of the film?) There are a billion Hindus in the world -- it is a complex, rich, and vibrant tradition for many millions of believers. It is not a nighttime fairy tale to scare moronic white people (whoever this film was targeting -- I am butt white and this film disgusted me).
I am not a Hindu nor Indian but I have taught/taken courses in religion and learned basics, and this type of portrayal is something that is so obvious that it made me cringe. The "scary Hindus" that keep scaring the white woman with their "evil" mantras and "scary" appearance?! The "sinister" Indian housekeeper who leads the poor white woman astray by telling the poor depressed bereft white woman of of a secret, magical, exotic Hindu temple?! Good lord that crap is so nineteenth-century that I can't believe this garbage was even made.
"Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I am talking about the central nervous system!"
1.) The ancient temple referred to in the movie is based on a real place with similar lore surrounding it, at least according to producer Alexandre Aja.
2.) The Aghori is a real branch of ascetic sadhus in India, a small and mysterious group who practice healing rituals, an intensely hermitic lifestyle and, YES... extreme, post mortem, tamasic practices such as smearing cremation ash on themselves, consuming the raw or cooked flesh of corpses, wearing human bones, drinking urine and eating fecal matter, and dwelling nude in cremation sites, all for the purposes of transcending ego, overcoming fear, embracing darkness, reminding themselves of their own mortality, honoring Shiva, and other spiritual motivations. They are both highly respected and feared by orthodox Hindus.
3.) The film does not make racist or sweeping generalizations about hinduism, rather it takes an interesting and rather extreme subsect of the religion, and an existing legend surrounding a temple where many believe communication with the dead is possible, and it hangs a fairly mature and utterly sincere ghost story from them. I've seen countless Christian horror films, quite a few Buddhist ones, and now a single (non Bollywood) Hindu one. This movie is no more offensive than the others, and arguably far less offensive than Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. By comparison, I found the depiction of India, Indian people and Indian customs in this movie quite refreshing and respectful.
A lot of strange things happen in this world. Things you don't know about in Grand Rapids.