Pizza (2012)

Original title

பீட்சா

Directed by

Karthik Subbaraj

Genre

horror film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 07m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 85 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pizza delivery man gets stuck in a customer's house after a routine drop. He starts seeing strange and frightening things, and he has to figure out what's real.

tenseunsettlingclaustrophobicsuspensefulcreepyatmosphericslow-burn

What happens

Pizza is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film directed by Karthik Subbaraj, based on a story he co-wrote with Prasath Kumar and produced by C. V. Kumar under Thirukumaran Entertainment. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and Remya Nambessan, with Naren, Jayakumar, Karunakaran, Simha and Pooja in supporting roles. It is about a pizza delivery man who goes to a customer's house, but becomes trapped there and begins witnessing paranormal activity. Pizza is the feature directorial debut of Karthik, previously a short film director. The film's music is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, with cinematography by Gopi Amarnath and editing by Leo John Paul. It was the first Tamil film to feature 7.1 surround sound. Pizza was released on 19 October 2012. The film received critical acclaim and became a commercial success, grossing approximately ₹8 crores against a budget of ₹1.5 crores. It also established Sethupathi and Karthik as a leading actor and director, respectively, in Tamil cinema. The film is the first instalment in a series and was followed by two spiritual successors. It was remade in Kannada as Whistle (2013), in Hindi under the same title (2014), and in Bengali as Golpo Holeo Shotti (2014). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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