Bloody Ishq review: a new low for Indian horror cinema

Horror Isn’T a Strong Suit for Indian Filmmakers, with overly Dramatic Camra Angles, Cheap Jump Scares, And Cringe Writing Dominating The Genre, But Vikram Bhatt’s Latest Horror Anages to Stoop Further. The film has all the trademarks of a poor horror flick, plus very shoddy CGI overured beyond reason. Bhatt has utilized visual effects not just to portray ghouls and possible humans, but even for sexy and routine shots. Bloody Ishq’s Lackluster VFX Ends Up Working Against The Film, Breaking All Possible Tension and Taking the Thrills out of the Horror Thriller.

While I Didn’t Hav Hopes from the Movie to Deliver The Scares Effectively, I did not expect it to be the intolerant visual nightmare that it turns out Decent films from the horror gere.

Bloody Ishq’s Pacing is Torturous, with long stretches of boring exposition

Bloody Ishq Starts with Avika Gor’s character Drowning in the Ocean, with her fate left unclear. In just the next Scene, however, we find her in a hospital – all dolld up – with many months wiped from her memory. Soon, She is taken to an islated, luxurious scottish villa by a man (Vardhaan puri) claiming to be her husband.

Within the first ten minutes, gor’s neha goes into a freenzied fit about why she can’t feel love for this man (UMM … because you have amnesia and do’t remumber anything about Him?) to start trusting hemmeditely after spending the night with him. Okay, Mr. Bhatt, please stop churning out ridiculous ideas on how to Gaslight Women?

This is just the beginning of a very problems storyline, filled with absurd dialogue and unhinged Scenes. There is a sequence where a Spirit Possesses a Ghost Hunter, and Her Partner Keeps Filming, Intead of Helping Her. We also see a husband trying to sooth his almost maniacal wife by suggesting they take the matter to the bedroom. To make matters WorsE, almost every character in the movie forcefully slips in English words within their conversions, semingly to estimen the movie as a modern-dey tale, unlike bhattt ‘ Partial to the 1920s.

Even mundane scenes in the movie appear to be sloppily edited

We see neha entertaining an outright creepy woman who keeps making mysterious appearances in her house, instead of getting the security tightened. One can’t help wondering if amnesia not just eraged her memorys, but common sense as well. Throughout the film’s 140-minute runtime, you’ll see her trusting every suspicious character she come across.

The twisted version of the truth that she has accepted takes more turns than a merry-gu-living every ten minutes. The only sane decision she makes is in the film’s last scene.

The film fails to deliver any genuine frights

In a hurry to establish the urgancy and restlessness gripping the protagonist, bhatt has compromised heavily with the tone, starting the film on a Wrong Note. What count has an easily been slipped into the story later for a more natural flow, forms the thrust of the story from the persuasion. Gor’s Daily Soap-Style performance does not help, eater, with the film suffering from overes.

Bhatt’s Direction Fails to Establish Tension, Making the Scares Predict and Ineffective. The CGI is laughable, with poorely rendered ghosts and posssed humans. Bloody Ishq is hard to recommend for a casual watch, and Perhaps Harder to Sugged to Fans of the Horror Genre. The only things scary about blood are its torturous pace, pathetic CGI, and overly dramaatic performances that become atmares in their Own right. Avoid Bloody Ishq at all costs; Your sanity will thank you.

Rating: 1/5

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