1920: Evil Returns

An almost full theater for 1920 EVIL RETURNS in a multiplex on the first day itself (also a holiday) clearly proved that there are still enough fans of horror genre, desperately waiting for a good Hindi horror film from long. But unfortunately once again they all are served the same mediocre stuff from the house of Vikram Bhatt, which has got nothing exceptional as associated with the brand of 1920. May be the result is such since this time the unrelated sequel is not directed by Vikram but by the debutant Bhushan Patel, who mainly falters in the opportunity given due to a poor and unconvincing writing.

So even when the film gives you some well executed scenes depicting the possessing spirit, it overall fails to impress because of an all predictable, soul-less storyline penned by Vikram Bhatt himself along with Amin Hajee. As a result, 1920 Evil Returns just remains a quick sequel, purely made to en-cash the brand value of both Vikram Bhatt's Horror Cinema and 1920 in this festive season and nothing else. It begins on a confusing note and then continues its uninteresting run till the interval without moving any further as far as the plot is concerned. And then in the second half too it rarely manages to scare you off in its prolonged climax shot well. At times, the scary sequences even turn out to be funny instead of frightening when the ghost starts singing songs and keeps laughing weirdly.

With the actual twist in the script unfolding only in its last 40 minutes, the film relies mostly on repetition and unwanted songs which ideally should be strictly avoided in this particular genre. But as per the routine, the director keeps throwing one love song after another at regular intervals into the film and ruins an otherwise decent soundtrack by Chirantan Bhatt including few fine tracks such as "Uska Hi Banana", "Apna Mujhe Tu Laga" & more. Apart from the soundtrack the film also has a fine Cinematography which again gets overshadowed by a loud and annoying background score which sounds the same as Vikram's earlier movies.

Moreover 1920 EVIL RETURNS remains a hushed-up project in its performance department too as no particular actor is able to contribute in the film through his acting skill other than Tia playing the lead role of a possessed girl. Both Aftab and Sharad Kelkar fail to impress mainly due to the lackluster roles given to them and Vidya Malvade simply stands wasted. Further the viewer is not able to find any emotional connect with the sufferers on the screen because of a feeble screenplay which neither establishes Love or Fear in its 2 hours of duration.

To put it together, after watching 1920 EVIL RETURNS you can easily add the name of Vikram Bhatt in the list of those famous film-makers who have now found a new style of making films on a fixed Template or Pattern. In clear words, after Madhur Bhandarkarand Parkash Jha, here is Vikram Bhatt with his new horror film made on a preset template to win over the audience. Now whether you want to be fooled again or not, the choice is all yours.

A sequel to the 2008 box-office hit '1920', '1920: Evil Returns' is Spooky! Its got the thrills!

'1920: Evil Returns' Synopsis: A famous poet meets a woman who is in trouble. In order to treat her, he takes her to Shimla in a big hospital, but soon that woman gets possessed by devil and goes out of control.

'1920: Evil Returns' is as scary as '1920' was. Vikram Bhatt & Amin Hajee's Screenplay isn't foolproof, but it offers some great thrills & engaging moments, especially in the second-hour. Cinematographer-Turned-Director Bhushan Patel knows his job. Cinematography & Editing are crisp. Music by the under-rated Chirantan Bhatt is melodious.

Performance-Wise: Aftab returns on the screen after a hiatus. He's good, but looks well-fed throughout. Tia is haunting. Vidya Malvade is average. Sharad Kelkar is fair.

On the whole, '1920: Evil Returns' is a spooky watch!

1920 Evil return is a descent watch. With Good picturesque locations , good background score that keeps you glued on the screen. The movie starts on a promising note and leaves the viewers thinking.

Watching this movie is exploring "The Exorcist" of 70's in various scenes when the lead actress gets possessed. Tia Bajpai manages to give a good performance, Aftab looks confused in the entire movie rest of the Actors are ordinary.

OK! we come to the spook part, barring 1 or 2 scenes there is nothing that will give you a chill. If we compare 1920 with the sequel,1920 returns is a huge let down during the climax which is the integral part of the movie.

All said and done still 1920 returns is good watch around Halloween and much better than bhatt's previous venture Raaz 3. Though Vikram Bhatt is not the director of this movie still it has all the characteristics of the bhatt camp

Please try new things in horror rather just serving old wine (The Exorcist ) in a new bottle ( 1920 , 1920 returns ) each time.

This movie was really diabolical one.What do you want to expect from this movie a good plot,horrorness,scary environment,honestly saying that it really ruined the expectations and hopes that people had.This movie continued to torcher me for the time that i spend in the theatre.I thought that this time Vikram Bhatt will do something unexpected but to no avail.Some scenes of this movie were same as there in 1920 like the ghost was knowing the family background of priest.

Honestly,i will say that Jia Khan was far more scary than Tia bajpai.Arjun Rathod was best in acting than the experienced Aftab Shivdsani.I really liked the songs sung by ghost that was something new added to this sequel.

First of all I watched the trailer and I said "holy crap a good thriller". Then I decided to watch the movie...I said OK Bollywood but it seems really good.

The movie has a bad thing! MUSIC and HORROR don't go together!The songs in a thriller I think that is the worst thing.

The script is very strong with a very nice background but I thing this movie is TWO movies! A nice romance musical and a very well played thriller but this two things can't go together!

The main actress don't have a very good performance is a little fake but at the scenes of exorcism she is very good!

The effect is a little too much and I think they can do it better! So much money Bollywood spend for the movies, they can't do a good effect production?

I think the movie is good only for the script and please Bollywood the next time don't do that!!It isn't necessary songs and music like this in a horror movie! The songs every twenty minutes make the movie funny!

I will rate this with a 6 (six) for their try and the well built script!!