Demonte Colony

Superb acting mixed with humour that actually fits, unlike what we see now nowadays where they just randomly throw something in that completely throws the viewer off due to the sudden, unexpected and not needed change of pace. There was a twist early in the film that completely had me shook and thinking like "How could I fall for that?".

I love international horror movies, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, chinese, korean, Thailand and so on. With one or two exceptions, I have yet to see a remotely scary Tamil / Indian film. I'm not looking for extravagant CGI or makeup, just halfway decent acting, storyline, script, directing. This has nothing except the standard idiotic comic relief that does nothing for the story. The cookie cutter song and dance scenes that add nothing to the story. Musical rip off from the movie Psycho AND a very badly recreated video clip of the movie Ju On. I've seen better 0 budget films made by first time film students or highschoolers. Skip it.

Before actually reviewing let's quickly analyse the horror fever in Tamil movies. It obliviously seems to be hitting high this season. All horror movies have done well in the box office proving ghosts have become more bankable for producers than big stars. More over thesehorror flicks doesn't require high budget becoming producer friendly.All the recent flicks in this genre had more comedy and less scares but "Demonte Colony" come as the coin changer.

Director Ajay Gnanamuthu has made his debut with some perfect ingredients to present a creepy tale that might make you petrified. Haunted houses are always been most sought after subject when it comes to horror stories. Demonte Colony is a story four friends who lives in housing board in Pattinampakkam, Chennai and their dare to visit a house which is believed to be haunted for years. They come back with an evil spirit which puts them in a situation which has no escape. In short the after effects of visiting a ghost house. So the paranormal activity is the rest of the plot. For a ghost story the director has also ensured a quick period flashback with a killing spree.

This is a typical low budget movie with no A-list actors. In fact the story completely revolves around the four protagonists among which are the Mounaguru fame Arulnithi who has the boy next door image , Ramesh Selvan and other two where new faces. All four of them had equal screen space. The antagonist played by a Finnish actor who has the natural built and looks which can scare you enough.

The major highlight of the movie would be the length which runs less than 2 hours like a Hollywood movie. Screenplay was another plus which had harmless start and as it paced gradually ensures to spook you. The ultimate strength was the BGM and the art direction which entirely takes us through the supernatural world. VFX was good considering the budget of the movie. Mute light cinematography is what it takes to give you the paranormal mood. One last thing I liked about this film was it had no routine exorcisms exercises by priests. On the negative side the plot had lots of logic holes but what does logic have to in this kind of movie.

Verdict: Yet another haunted house flick which has all it takes to declare as a well made supernatural thriller.

It's a good break to the chain of horror comedies. There isn't much elements that will make u jump or scream from your seats but it will hold u in the edge of your seat in the second half.

The first is very average becoz of the over exposition of the characters which wasn't needed for the rest of the movie. It could have been used for adding more elements of horror instead of starting the story in the second half. With the good camera work the BGM is good to create anxiety but it's very normal, (And it's really not needed to tear the audience's ear drum even when its on the script).

With many of the horror sequences present in the narration are highly inspired from Hollywood and visual effects just supporting it and not lifting it up Demonte Colony is one time watch for sure!

The movie plot revolves around the demonte in chennai who was a french king man lives in the palace long ago which is it is in the alwarpet area.The story is about four people who goes to the demonte palace after more 100 years and one of them steals the demonte wife's necklace to make money.After that the four of them were strucked in their house by the demonte spirit and how they can survive or not is the one line story . Arulnidhi as shreni who done a hero and the producer of this movie done his job neat.The next one is acted in movies like soodhu kavum he done a character as vimal.The other two faces are new.Director done a script with neat screenplay.Vfx is superb in this movie and the BGM is also a great one.since we can feel little bit reference from 1408 movie but is OK.So overall is above average movie with neat in all aspects and fulfill in all aspects especially in the length of the movie