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A Quiet Place (2018) The movie 'Bird Box' has been compared to this film when the former was released. If in 'Bird Box' the visual apparatus was the weak link, here any kind of sound is the stimuli that agitate the beast. At the slight presence of noise, a creature which looks like the one discarded from the set of the ‘Alien' franchise appears from nowhere to swallow the propagator.  As viewers can see later, high-decibel acoustics turned out to be its Achilles’ heel after all.  The viewers are left in the dark on how it all started but what we are told is that nobody is supposed to make any noise. We end up watching another silent movie without intertitles. There is an option, however, for subtitles for ASL (American Sign Language) as it is used in the film.  Even though all the film critics seem to sing only praises for the film, I was left feeling disappointed. Nothing much really happens in this movie. A family runs for their home as their young...

The Babadook (2014) I do not particularly fancy horror flicks. The usual senseless gore, blood and scream does not turn me on. I have to admit, however, that one of the best horror film that scared the hell of me was 'Blair Witch Project' (1999). I decided this one a watch as it was said to a cerebral one. I did not know Australians also ventured into horror movies! Even though at first glance, it just looks like another effort to scare the wits of its viewers with poor lightings and high decibel screams. Look deeper and you realise that it screams of symbolism. Symbolism of the stresses of life, of loss, hardship of sailing the sea of life despite of its drags. Like they say, the show has to go on! Amelia, a widow with a young boy of 6, leads a mundane lonely life with a few friends with an equally depressing job of nurse in a geriatric ward. The son, Samuel, has a vivid imagination and imaginary friend, can sometimes be destructive and a spoilt brat. He talks about a c...

Muni 2 - Kanchana ( முனி-2 -  காஞ்சனா , Tamil 2011 ) Written, Produced, Directed, Starred by Raghava Lawrence In order to be a commercial success, a Tamil movie has to cater for all layers of the viewers. Hence, that is why this movie, which is supposed to be in the genre of horror comedy (like Ghostbusters), had to infuse many synchronised ala-Michael Jackson Thriller type of dances and community message like the LGBT issue to ensure promising returns of investments. Raghava Lawrence, who started off as a dancer like Prabhu Deva, has come a long way just like him. Here, he appears as a swashbuckling youngster who beats up ruffian in the daytime but turns into a fur-ball at night, a curl up scaredy cat at night who sleeps with his mother and is afraid to pee alone! His pairing with Kovai Sarala is a great selling point. In fact, Kovai Sarala singlehandedly leaves the audience in stitches with her many antics as Raghava inadvertently brings in the spirit of the Kanchana, the g...