Phoenix

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie except the little lag in back story. Felt like the climax was too short. I would call it more of a mystery romance movie than horror, for the fleeting 3 or 4 short horror scenes, which my 9 year old braved through. Certainly a heart string puller & few great moments in between. 360 degree turn around into an 'all in all' serious role and his effort in pulling it off seamlessly is appreciative. Baby Aavni did justice to her role as Maria. At a later day, I might even rewatch it. Overall its an engaging movie to watch. Definitely an above average movie. I would say its a 7 star and above movie & I give it 9 stars because I thoroughly enjoyed it.

This kind of film is seen very rarely in the Malayalam Film Industry. For that i have to appreciate the technicians for doing such a varied step.

The genre was horror. Even though it had horror, it was not satisfying for me. The transition part from home to beach cemetery was spot-on. But that scene's ending was depressing for me.

The story turned to a flashback and told an old romantic stoey which happens in the year 1970 and lengthens upto a few months until a bizarre disease is spread in the place.

The flashback was lengthy. They failed to balance out the elongated flashback in the climax. The climax was just of 15 minutes. The last part seemed to be gone too quickly with a few horror factors which is well made.

I liked the film but the expectations the movie gave was too much to be depressed by this.

Good screen play. Seems like the actor playing role of Freddy and actress playing the role of Ross are less experienced to play emotional scenes. The way story converted from horror to emotional shows the brilliance of screen play. The last scene was too good. The red color thunder storm was absolutely brilliant. In OTT i missed 2 scenes. The priest doing house blessing and reason why Freddy left the place before engagement. Movie should give a complete satisfaction only if all questions are answered. To me the reason for Freddy to leave the engagement could have added more emotion. Overall 7/10.

The horror genre is probably the most difficult genre especially when you are trying to stay away from physical horror and want it to be more psychological and implied.

This movie also has its good bits but somewhere there are glaring holes and bits which are thrown at you without any context leaving you confused in places.

The central theme is clearly defined but somehow seems to be logically flawed. But in all fairness once the movie moves on, that can be forgiven. The kids are the stars but have been criminally under utilised and several moments promise more but then they are abruptly ended especially the blind child who could have been given more meat in her role.

Overall worth a watch.

Not sure what horror element was there in the movie. The movie echoed mediocre acting and editing. The sound was another aspect which lacked the finesse a horror genre needed. The director was not sure on how to hold its character ls. Camera was also really really amateur. It just could nor build up the essence. The chemistry between Freddy and Rose also echoed mediocrity. Screenplay was one which needed expert hand especially when you deal with horror movies. The team needs a lot to learn before they attempt a tested genre like this. Not sure what was the inspiration to churn out such a mediocrity.

A huge let down. This could have been treated better.