Kagbeni (2008)

Original title

कागबेनी

Directed by

Bhusan Dahal

Genre

horror film

Country

Nepal

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple in rural Nepal receives a cursed artifact that grants wishes with tragic consequences. The film follows their struggles as each wish leads to unintended harm.

suspensefulmoodysomberatmosphericslow-burnthought-provokingbleakstylish

What happens

Kagbeni is a 2008 Nepali movie, loosely based on W. W. Jacobs's 1902 horror short story The Monkey's Paw. Kagbeni is the directorial debut of Bhusan Dahal. The name of the movie is taken from a tourist place Kagbeni in the valley of the Kali Gandaki, which is a two-hour trek from Muktinath. Kagbeni is considered to be a movie which changed the way people look at Nepali cinema, because it is seen as the first successful non-commercial movie in Nepal which was able to leave its mark in the film industry. Nepali critics now often describe non-commercial movies as 'post- Kagbeni era films'. Kagbeni was one of the few Nepali films during its time to manifest cinematography as one of the important elements in cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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