Bhothakaalam Story
Bhothakaalam Vinu’s mother and he don’t get along well because of their worry and despair. Following Vinu’s grandmother’s passing, things in their rented home deteriorated.
Bhothakaalam Review
Even in modern times, a haunted setting can be the most fundamental yet alluring element of a psychological thriller. Rahul Sadasivan’s Bhoothakalam confines its characters, intermittently, in eerie night settings to unravel a handful of issues that they are facing, psychological and otherwise. Vinu, a young D Pharm graduate seeking employment, stays with his mother and grandmother, both of whom suffer from various ailments; the grandmother’s death exacerbates the already troubled mother-son bond as both of them descend into depression; moreover, things start to go south in the house they reside in.
Nothing that the film uses to lace its story with terror is new to us; these include jump scares, self-moving furniture, spooky noises, unnatural scary elements gone crazy, stories of horror and insanity passed down through the generations, eerie, dark rooms, wide-open eyes, and scary, dark silhouettes. A lot of the story’s elements can be considered outdated and unfinished by today’s standards, and it is overflowing with clichés. Even though the plot revolves around standard horror movie aspects, viewers are kept interested until the very end to find out what happens to the struggling family because of the outstanding performances by Shane Nigam and Revathy. Their striking facial expressions are what evoke in the viewer the terrifying qualities of the paranormal story.
greater than the goings-on around them. The film also raises the question of whether it is up to the viewer to determine whether the melancholy occupants of the mansion are dreaming of the weird things they see all around them. Although the jump scares are intriguing, they can occasionally get cliched and even predictable. Additionally, the current ending leaves the viewer asking why this wasn’t decided upon sooner. It could have been done better.
