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Vaastu Shastra (2004)

Vaastu Shastra poster
Original title
वास्तु शास्त्र
Directed by
Saurab Narang
Genre
horror film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
18
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family moves into a new house that has a dark history tied to a haunted tree. Strange events begin to disturb them as the house's sinister past awakens.

tenseunsettlingslow-burnsupernaturalclaustrophobiccreepyominousparanormalpsychological

What happens

Vaastu Shastra (lit. 'Science of architecture') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language horror film produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Saurab Usha Narang, starring Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Sushmita Sen, and J. D. Chakravarthy. It is loosely based on the 1980 film The Shining by Stanley Kubrick, as well as inspired by the South East Asian films Ju-On: The Grudge and Acacia. The film was released on 22 October 2004, and was declared a below average performer at the box office, grossing ₹10 crore worldwide against a ₹5 crore budget. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Marri Chettu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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