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What happened to those horror movies??

Topic started by music-man (@ 61.1.201.40) on Fri Apr 23 22:55:01 EDT 2004.
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Hi friends!
I think this will be a different topic all together. I don’t know if a similar topic had come before. Any way let us take a break from the usual music related topics.
I have always been fascinated by the genres of movies that Hollywood produces. Action, thriller, horror, science fiction and so on
But that thing is surely missing in tamil movies nowadays. Same action, love, and formula movies. What about the horror movies.
The movies like “Andhi Varum Neram,13 number Veedu ,Amaavasai Iravu are all gone and there are no genuine efforts now.
Why our producers are not indulging in those efforts. Is it due to lack of viewers, risk factor or any other reasons.
Please discuss..

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Responses:

• From: ~sridhar (@ 203.145.186.2) on: Sat Apr 24 06:31:27 EDT 2004
  
  "horror" in Hollywood? hehe when did that happen?
  the movies that hollywood churns out in the name of horror is absolute crap! Nothing in comparison to Omen, Shining! And this is their standard, with the Stephen (King) of Horror in their country.
  
  anyway, threadkku varuvom. being a horror-freak, ive seen all those movies that music-man mentioned..but they are pretty pathetic. u can see them for a few good laughs - kinda like that serial Geetanjali on Raj TV!
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sat Apr 24 07:42:09 EDT 2004
  
  I heard Thiagarajan is acting again. Wait for some time.
  
  
• From: ~sridhar (@ 203.145.186.2) on: Sat Apr 24 07:54:59 EDT 2004
  
  Didnt he act in Jai? atleast I rem seeing the "special effects" of prashant-thyaga-prashant. didnt know which painted a better picture!
  
  
• From: jacky (@ 61.2.225.236) on: Sat Apr 24 08:45:04 EDT 2004
  
  Shock is coming.
  Horror 1: Hero prashant.
  Horror 2: distributors ku thundu :)
  Ethuku mela enna horror venum!!
  
  
• From: leego (@ 202.9.181.247) on: Sat Apr 24 09:03:41 EDT 2004
  
  there's a film coming called "athu -unna vidathu" starringg sneha ....(without make up!)
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.37.1) on: Sat Apr 24 12:35:21 EDT 2004
  
  yaarukume puriya maatengudhe..
  he probably meant the ones in which TR err.. "acts"! :)
  
  
• From: ~sridhar (@ 219.65.135.17) on: Sun Apr 25 00:51:11 EDT 2004
  
  sneha without make up would be still very beautiful. (check her out in non-song sequences in Parthiban Kanavu - ie the wife's role).
  
  
• From: music-man (@ 61.1.200.133) on: Sun Apr 25 03:11:14 EDT 2004
  
  Yes I know these are some pathetic films.In particular the film "Amaavasai Iravu" is a frame by frame copy of an Hollywood horror flick".My view is not even that type of effort is taken in TFM now.
  Meanwhile plz share ur details of other non english horror movies.
  Thanks for the response.
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sun Apr 25 03:21:17 EDT 2004
  
  Vijaykant films?
  
  
• From: ~sridhar (@ 203.145.186.2) on: Sun Apr 25 23:10:03 EDT 2004
  
  Vaa Arugil Va is one - inspired from Child's Play.
  
  Pagalil Pournami: This has to get the award for the most confusing movie ever. Not because the plot is convoluted..but coz the director didnt know which genre to follow. In the 1st half you have Sivakumar fighting some baddies and this main villain swears revenge in the future..but he never comes in the movie after that.
  2nd half is about a haunted hotel and this "ghost" which kills married couples. I think Hanifa also stars in this crappy movie.
  
  Uruvam: starring Mohan (without a meesai). pretty ok. (ie by the normal standards)
  
  My Dear Lisa: Another movie in the typical girl-dies-takes-revenge-as-ghost genre.
  
  A few kannada movies:
  Shhh: the movie was pretty scary and "adult-contented". :)
  
  Anant Nag movie with Lakshmi (i think). Have forgotten the title, but had some scenes ripped off from Exorcist. but still a watchable movie.
  
  Raat (hindi): absolutely pathetic. supposed to have some advanced sound effects..very dull!
  
  
• From: Venkatesh (@ 212.72.11.66) on: Mon Apr 26 02:24:09 EDT 2004
  
  Thakkali srinivas produced couple of horror movies like Dhuruva natchathiram, etc.
  
  
• From: F e r r a r i (@ 202.56.254.13) on: Mon Apr 26 03:56:08 EDT 2004
  
  sura samsaram edutha thakkali dhaane?
  
  
• From: vjay (@ 202.88.168.196) on: Mon Apr 26 11:42:20 EDT 2004
  
  good response c~p
  
  lol
  
  
• From: skumar (@ 219.65.112.197) on: Mon Apr 26 12:59:25 EDT 2004
  
  I think pagalil pournami was directed by Haniffa himself. It had music by IR. I thought the BGM was very haunting during the ghost scenes.
  
  
• From: skumar (@ 219.65.112.197) on: Mon Apr 26 13:07:05 EDT 2004
  
  Thakkali Srinivasan also did music along with his friend, for some films that he produced. He was the "srini" in the "premi-srini" music director duo. One of those films was Nalaiya Manithan. I think it was a remake of a Chuck Norris starrer "Silent Night".
  
  
• From: ~sridhar (@ 203.145.186.2) on: Mon Apr 26 23:09:26 EDT 2004
  
  >> I thought the BGM was very haunting during the ghost scenes.
  Was the "haunting" supposed to be a pun? Coz as far as I can remember, there was absolutely nothing remotely good in the movie (incl the music). And I had no clue that it was by IR. Pretty lousy it was.
  
  
• From: music-man (@ 61.1.201.93) on: Wed Apr 28 01:32:57 EDT 2004
  
  I think the movie “DHURUVA NATCHATIRAM” is a slight adaptation of “OMEN”
  How about the movie “EVIL DEAD”. None mentioned about it. Actually one part of it was really frightening and the other part was made a joke and the last part was ruled the skeletons. They really spoiled the plot.
  The music of “EVIL DEAD-PART III”, I’ve heard it somewhere in one particular movie or any particular serial.
  Being a horror movie freak I’ve too watched many horror movies in my school days and now when I see them nothing seem to frighten me. Can any one give details about other language horror flicks (like French, German…) Do they really produce these kind of stuff. ??
  
  
• From: paran (@ 202.172.56.114) on: Wed Apr 28 02:17:56 EDT 2004
  
  The Ring - japanese version
  The Tales of 2 Sisters - to me it's like a combination of Aalavandhan and Sixth Sense!
  The Mirror
  The Staircase
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Wed Apr 28 03:05:26 EDT 2004
  
  Aduthu thamizh-la..
  
  The Mottai Maadi
  
  music-man,
  "I think the movie “DHURUVA NATCHATIRAM” is a slight adaptation of “OMEN” "
  Isn't that "Jenma Natchathiram"?? Adhu appadiye copy dhaan.
  
  
  
• From: ~sridhar (@ 203.145.186.2) on: Wed Apr 28 03:41:05 EDT 2004
  
  No-language horror padam onnu irukku.
  "Nosferatu". its a superb silent movie released sometime in 1912 or 1922. I think this was the first of the vampire movies.
  
  
• From: Krishna (@ ) on: Wed Oct 6 04:42:03 EDT 2004
  
  Tamil cinema never had as many Horror movies to cherish like Evil Dead, Halloween, Nightmare.. is for Hollywood. The only decent movie I could think of is Uruvam. The music, the suspense, the locations were actually very good and I think it was better than any Horror movie that came in Tamil before or after. I think for this genre to succeed in Tamil Industry, people should give importanec to all aspects of filmmaking as much as they would do for a an average Tamil movie. Horror movies here lack something or the other like poor casting, poor acting, reused ideas, stereotype characters (like a very reclusive old man/old woman), insane "college students", people fear a lot, white saree (and of course a "theme song"), songs that you probably is not interested to listen etc.)
  
  Horror movies that have a good original story, without being very emotional and some good acting will always find audience. To give an example, take the movie July Ganapathi, If the story were to be modified such that saritha was a ghost, it would appeared very unique Horror movie. The acting in that movie was good and with this change it would be a Horror movie with a professional touch.
  
  Of all the Horror movies I have seen in English, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Japanese the best I have seem probably would be the The Ring (English) + Ringu (japanese)
  
  
• From: paran (@ 203.123.16.109) on: Wed Oct 6 04:45:28 EDT 2004
  
  Krishna..
  
  haveu watched The Tale of 2 Sisters?..
  
  u will feel like u r watching Sixth Sense & Aalavandhan at the same time!..
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Wed Oct 6 06:13:03 EDT 2004
  
  Shock was excellent, great acting by Meens, excellent work by the camera man / music composer, Prashanth acted better than normal, Thiyagarajan was highly irritating though :(
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.32.122) on: Wed Oct 6 08:21:00 EDT 2004
  
  Can't forget "The Others" which had one of the best twists in the climax. In tamil "Jenma Natchathiram" and "Yaar" were good.
  
  
• From: sudalai (@ 203.197.141.34) on: Wed Oct 6 09:04:48 EDT 2004
  
  It does not fall under horror category...
  but, 'Final Destination 2' is definitely a movie not to be missed.
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Wed Oct 6 10:14:14 EDT 2004
  
  guys, wait for "Veerasaamy" before u can make any conclusions
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Wed Oct 6 10:32:15 EDT 2004
  
  cp,
  
  Neengha kadaisiyai patha Gabthan padam ithu :)
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Wed Oct 6 10:52:53 EDT 2004
  
  "Our Brother"
  Comedy padam-nu sonaanga :-(
  But "Vijaykanth comedy" kooda romba kammi :-(
  
  
• From: Vazhipokkan (@ 40.0.40.10) on: Wed Oct 6 11:41:57 EDT 2004
  
  Gabtan Ammavasai Nightela Vellai Baniyan Pottukondu Palai Illichikondu Vantha Payankrama irukkum..Imagine Panni Parunga...
  
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Wed Oct 6 12:16:38 EDT 2004
  
  Vazhipokkan
  
  neengha konjam overai enga Gabthanai patri besureengha, ithu nalla ila, enga gabthan bullet ellam dodge panraru, ungalala athu mudiyuma ??
  
  
• From: Vazhipokkan (@ 40.0.40.10) on: Wed Oct 6 12:52:10 EDT 2004
  
  Avar Normal Bulleta Dodge Panuvaru. Avarai Kolla orey Vazhi Enfield Bullet sizela oru bullet manufacture pannanum.. cinemavilae athaiyum dodge paniduvaru Neeja vazhakail..hmmm..
  
  Naan Manishan athanalae dodge pannamudiyathu...Athaanal Gabtan Yaarunnu Naan Sollavendiyathu Illai...
  
  
• From: Babaji (@ 194.223.244.7) on: Thu Oct 7 05:05:49 EDT 2004
  
  Vazhipokkan
  
  saar, appa Gabthan dodge panna mudiyatha ore oru ayutham Sadamin 'Scud' missile thaan pola irruke :)
  
  

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