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My take on "Creature 3d Movie"

Upon being spotted 'the creature' successfully bewildered our innocent Bipasha Basu and the other rookie actor, (Whatsisname?), sparing the viewers from the much awaited "Mega surprise". The first impression is that the director got successful in genetically modifying the Lizard of 'the amazing Spiderman fame' to grow mustaches or maybe the retro creature might have picked up the 'Desi Tadka' during its Indian Safari. Viewers were highly disappointed with the epic failures encountered during the movie such as

• Creature shares some common genes with the stray dogs as it charged instinctively at every moving vehicle.

• Creature was humiliated by Bips by slam shutting the door on its face at least 7-8 times. The hope was still alive but when our rookie actor learned the trick then it was devastating.

• During the face off with Bips-Rookie Duo the creature runs at 3 km/hr that Bips or even the rookie actor manages to outperform the low- life anytime of the day (that too on foot).

• Dial Maneka Gandhi ! The creature was manhandled!!!… The rookie actor amazed the viewers with his driving skills by tossing the creature in air mercilessly upon impact with his car.

• Mukul Dev in a desperate attempt to intrigue the viewers by tagging the creature as "Brahma Rakshas" helped the viewers to lose their faith further.

-Either the creature had a peculiar taste or he had some stomach issues because he never consumed the full body. Maybe the creature wanted to be recognized as a 'serial killer' by leaving a trail of rotten body part of its victims.

• The limited Vocab rendered the creature dyslexic that often he screamed "Waaah" or "Woooooow" upon catching the sight of Food.

• Finally the creature died upon receiving the sacred bullets dipped in the holy water of "Pushkar", discharging from the "double barrel" rifle in command of Bips. The double barrel gun surprisingly needed to be reloaded only once before the final shot after firing 6 bullets in vain. It made us feel that the creature was keen to end his life upon watching the mayhem created by the Bips-Rookie Duo that he decided to fake his own death. Final Verdict

– Common house Gecko lizard is still the undisputed king in the Horror Genre.

Posing as the new millennium's upgraded version of Ramsay brothers (of the 80s), Vikram Bhatt is now more known for his horror films instead of anything else made in the initial phase of his career. So strengthening this newly found unique status in the industry, Vikram continues to experiment within the same genre following the right vision but unfortunately fails to deliver anything exceptional when it comes to execution or in terms of thrill, excitement and horror expected from a film titled CREATURE released in 3D.

To give him the credit where deserved, yes the project can be rated as probably the first mainstream Hindi horror film talking about a strange, scary creature in particular, extensively focusing on its graphical depiction involving great amount of hard-work, expenditure and skill. However the other side of the coin is that this happens to be the only merit of the film as you are not going to find it that engaging, exciting or horrifying in comparison of any other creature movie seen before.

Actually a horror film revolving around A CREATURE has to be outstanding at three exclusive points in its script. First at the time of its entry, second while revealing the creature's hidden history of origin and third when it gets destroyed in the end with some distinctive trick or any other novel technique. Sadly Vikram Bhatt's CREATURE is not able to impress its viewers in any of the above mentioned points in its script and thus remains a below average, unentertaining film in totality to say it all.

Stating the three points individually, the creature's entry in the film is just OK with nothing spine chilling or exciting happening on the screen. Its existential history is not explained with any kind of interesting detailing or scenes and finally its destruction turns out to be more funny than scary mainly due to the over length, clichéd killings and poor execution towards the climax. For instance, the learned professor very well knows where the devil lives in some underground caves and the exact spot too. The caves which have the entry from just a 3 feel wide hole, later can also accommodate a whole jeep moving in, just at the right moment to save our heroine. Following the set pattern of a Vikram Bhatt horror film, a weak parallel love-plot is simply there to incorporate all the average songs thrown in randomly. Plus a particular sequence in the film shows the killing of a wild leopard by some hired hunters being celebrated with a photo session so fearlessly as if its not a crime in our country running the "Save The Species" campaign from many years now. In fact this was the most irresponsible insertion in the film demanding a severe criticism.

Adding to its few positives, CREATURE does manage to impress you marginally with the 3D visual effects generating a certain amount of curiosity around the huge demon having a long lizard like tale, green eyes and a manly built in the beginning. But as the film progresses further, the uninspiring artificial roar and boring, routine sequences having nothing fresh to offer completely kill the novelty of the concept introduced and one doesn't feel like enjoying the experience at all close to the interval.

Post intermission it fast becomes such a long, tedious film despite having an engaging concept of 'Brahmrakshsa' which could have been the key USP of the film pulling the viewer in. The writing fails to deliver anything above the routine, the cinematography and graphics try hard to deliver the expected in vain and background music doesn't bring in those chills which one wants to feel while watching a horror film revolving around a strange creature. Besides the way they all try to kill the demon in the climax, becomes funny instead of scary due to its poor monotonous feel and the annoying length.

Another major downer of CREATURE has to be the catchy promotional song "Mohabbat Barsa De Na Tu" featuring Surveen Chawla in a sensual avatar, which is no-way related to the actual project and the film doesn't have any of those sexy scenes too which are sure going to disappoint many sitting in the theaters expecting a lot more (especially from a Hindi Horror film.

As the performers, Bipasha Basu doesn't look fresh but tries to give a spirited performance minus any passionate bedroom scenes. The newcomer Imran Abbasproves to be a debutant more dependent on his good looks than the skills required but Mukul Dev performs decently in the role of a researching professor, who should have been given more mileage in the script as I strongly felt. Few in the supporting cast do it over the top like the paan chewing inspector and the bank manager, whereas rest of them are simply there filling up the space.

In short as the first Hindi horror film based on a specific CREATURE, this could have been a trendsetter movie with a chain reaction. But in the present format, its nothing more than another wasted opportunity to make an entertaining horror flick by a reputed name.

Vikram Bhatt's 'Creature' is ambitious, but its also flawed & unbelievably predictable. Sure, Bhatt creates a monster that does scare you, but a disappointing romantic-track & lack of drama, spoils the fun.

'Creature' Synopsis: A newly opened lodge in the deep forest of Himachal Pradesh, is haunted by a creature. But, the owner of the resort, decides to take matters in her hands & faces the enemy.

'Creature' begins well, with the opening sequence leaving an impact. The fear of the Creature is nicely build up, but the romantic-track involving the protagonists, is disappointing. Also, there is a lack of drama in the narrative. In short, 'Creature' only works when the Creature appears on-screen. Sadly, there isn't much of the Creature, either.

The Screenplay isn't without merit, but adding a dull romantic-track, certainly could've been avoided. Bhatt's Direction is good, as ever. He creates a world of fear most convincingly. But the Screenplay lets him down. Cinematography is fair. Editing could've been crisper. Music by Mithoon is wonderful.

Performance-Wise: Bipasha delivers sincerely. Imran Abbas Naqvi needs to groom himself. He's raw. Mukul Dev deserved more footage. Deepraj Rana is alright. Aparnaa Bajpai is decent in a cameo.

On the whole, 'Creature' is a watchable fare, at best.

As a fan of horror genre, I have always been curious to watch different kinds of spine-chilling and spooky films. After watching Creature, I was not scared at all and was disappointed as well.

After opening a forest resort in the middle of dense jungle, Ahana( played by Bipasha Basu) is threatened with life-death situation by brahm-rakshash who creates a havoc among the tourist.

From the director of horror films like 1920 and Raaz series, Vikram Bhatt disappoints once again with his lame and over-melodramatic drama. The movie does have a new concept introduced in Indian Cinema but with dose of typical Bollywood narration and unnecessary inclusion of songs will leave you unsatisfied. On the positive side , visual effects are fine with good 1st half. But they are few moments to keep you engaged. when you will watch the film, you will be flabbergasted to watch that the film had no spooky moments enough to scare the hell out of you. In fact, the movie will remind you early 80's Ramsay' classics like Purana Mandir and Veerna which had C-grade actors , blazing lights, big-old broken house. Only silver lining is the storyline and commendable performance by Bipasha Basu.

Overall, a bad film in every context. Avoid at any cost. Below average 1.5 /5

Just like Ramsays in the 80's and early 90's were the pioneers in the horror genre, similarly Vikram Bhatt is creating his niche in this genre, well now with technology like VFX and 3D Format.

But after watching "Creature" I felt that Vikram Bhatt has not really grown after his major hit in this genre "Raaz" in 2001. The tag line of the movie says "Fear has a New Face", well unfortunately Vikram offers nothing new to accentuate the fear other than the VFX created monster.

"Creature" tells the story of Ahana (Bipasha Basu) who purchases a property in a hill station Glendale in Himachal and starts a Boutique hotel. Things go awfully awry when her guests start getting attacked by a monster or Bhramha Rakshash. How the damsel in distress fights against the monster forms the crux of the story.

Story by Vikram Bhatt himself and screenplay by him and Sukhmani Sadana has nothing new. It is clichéd and the first half takes enough time to build up, with sub plots of Ahana's father and his suicide and the not so happening love story of Ahana and Kunal (Imran Abbas) which basically wastes a lot of screen time in songs and the mythological twist of Bhramha Rakshah almost kills the movie and what we get is a half baked VFX driven bland script. Some sequences in the movie instead of making your jump from the seat, makes you laugh. Overall the writing has immense flaws and too dated.

The dialogues by Girish Dhamija is so outdated that you feel you are watching a movie from the 90's, some dialogues are unintentionally funny like when the Kunal tells Ahana referring to bank officials as vultures, Ahana replies she is not dead yet.

The narration by Vikram Bhatt is sluggish and looks dated and in many sequences you are reminded of "Raaz", Vikram Bhatt's blockbuster of 2001 which was 13 years back. I think Vikram needs to re-invent his style.

Performances by the cast also do not help. Bipasha Basu who plays Ahana has a perpetual frown on her face throughout the movie and looks confused. Bipasha repeats her "Raaz" act again but she forgot that "Raaz" was 13 years back and times have changed, overall she gives a below average performance. Debutant Pakistani actor Imran Abbas as Kunal is least impressive and has only one expression for all the scenes whether it was Romantic, Sad or Fearful. Mukul Dev as Professor Sadana sleep walks through his portrayal, cannot blame him as the character was written half baked. Rests of the cast are equally unimpressive.

Music by Mithoon has no soul and the choreography by Raju Khan is extremely mediocre. It is only the VFX generated monster which looks like a amalgamation of Hollywood creatures from Aliens, Predator and Jurrassic Park, is impressive.

"Creature" could have been India's answer to "Predator", but alas the outcome is too bland and mediocre, even the 3D format could not salvage a weak script and sluggish narration.

Poor movie, I usually don't write reviews but decided to write one just because the whole movie is so disgusting. Most of the events cant be justified as they're all quite senseless Horror is scarce throughout the entire film. Links are also meaningless, often clashing and the scenes are mostly repetitive. Overall the movie is hardly near anything one might want to watch. Length seems to be really stretched and its a two hour torture. Cannot believe how someone is supposed to watch such an awful chain of fails and to also pay for the crap. I voted this two just because the 3D visuals just might deserve a peek but not enough to keep you in your seat for that long time. A big no no to the creature.

It's extremely melodramatic, cliche and nonsensical

As a first of its kind its awesome.. Yeah there was no scare but, it was full of thrills.. Those who think its boring must watch it in 3D.. not a cam rip from torrents.. I wonder what people expect.. its an Indian based creature, and Indian movie so the scenes, atmosphere and happenings must be according to the real culture... Those calling it "desi" must know that its not shot in USA lol.. Just a bit disappointed with the close up of creature's face specially the teeth.. but overall it was pretty well made.. Great camera work.. Best 3D.. Awesome Direction.. And Bipasha & Imran were looking at their best.. I guess we must give credit to all the team for the great work and bringing something new.. Instead of comparing it with Hollywood.. Hats Off to Vikram Bhatt (Y) Thanks !!

Why would I give this movie 1 star? 1. Horrible acting by most of the actors. 2. Mixture of English and Hindi dialogue is so stupid and so wannabe. Stick with your true "Aukat". Either keep all the dialogues in English or in Hindi. The stupid mixture makes it funny, you wannabe westerners. 3. Horrible screenplay and direction

The only good thing about the movie is the concept of that creature other than that everything is crap. That is the only reason it deserves at least one start otherwise it doesn't even deserve the single star for it's plain stupidity from actors and their acting skills. Entire dialogue delivery and way the direction looks is so fake. Don't even watch this movie if offerred free.

Tried to build a good hollywood style creature movie but ended up with worst movie...

So the movie is about a creature awakened by fault of some construction work which happened in forest.

It was an opportunity for the director and writer to make it above average film but they choose slow paced songs ,unnecessary melodrama and a plot which is ridiculous.

While the movie was premiered in 2014, the graphics used in movie is fair.

Acting wise - No one has done good work.

Ahana had huge amount as loan so she pursued to kill creature . Loan kuch bhi Kara sakta hai !! Lol.

Himachal movie police is so dumb that the only ammunition they got is few guns . Wow!!

I can surely say that the writer was high writing the script .

Vikram Bhatt is a name synonymous with the horror genre. Indeed the guy has made some decent horror films over the years 1920(2008), Shaapit: The Cursed(2010), Haunted 3D(2011). These above horror films are at least worth a watch. But in this film, you wonder if Vikram Bhatt is really directing the film. It's a completely amateurish attempt at direction, unbecoming to a man who has spent a lot of years in the Bollywood film industry.

The script is dull, the acting is wooden, the sound and special-effects leave a lot to be desired. On top of that, the director fails to create an atmosphere of horror, which is a key element for films of this genre.

I recently saw Pizza(2014), another horror film directed by a different director, which was very entertaining and well worth the time spent watching it. Pizza(2014) feels the sort of film that Vikram Bhatt should be making nowadays. I also forgot to mention Darr @ The Mall(2014) which was also visually stunning film showing that the Bollywood Film Industry is catching up to the Hollywood special-effects standard.

In plain words, this film is just a Godzilla-monster type rip-off. I have seen far better U.S. B-grade horror films which are much better than this horror film. Some examples are: It's Alive (1974), The Blob (1988), Basket Case (1982), X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963(Must see film starring Ray Milland), The Stuff 1985(Another good film). There are many more such as the Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing Dracula and Frankenstein films and many more British horror films spanning the last six decades.

Plot of film(sometimes I wonder why I even bother...): Ahana (Bipasha Basu) opens a hotel in Glendale, Himachal Pradesh. During the day of the opening party, she meets Kunal Anand (Imran Abbas Naqvi), a novelist, and they become attracted to each other. When a couple and the hotel cook are killed by an unknown creature, Kunal decides to help Ahana.

How can I sincerely and in all honesty recommend you to see this film?

Gem piece in the dusty closets of horror films. A little diverted from those hoha Bollywood horror movies. Loved what Bipasha and Imran Abass did in the movie. Genuinely appreciated is Bipasha's facial expressions and her overall character, her anxiety issues and the panic attack and all. Just a character I was longing to see for a long time. I liked how anxiety disorder was portrayed in the film, loved how Imran gives advice to Bipasha to stay present rather than roaming mentally in the future or finding self to be stuck in the past. Creature also contained informal references from Hinduism for Brahm Rakshas and rural fables that were orally conveyed, mistaken as ponder of superstitious for people who were out of the clan. All this time, when I was watching the movie, I was waiting eagerly for the song: Na Bewafa. Crown of the entire film.

For those who write this movie is not good this is best movie with horror soundtrack best critics are worst Please watch best movie and graphics are better than Radhe and don't listen those people who don't like the movie please watch.

I think we must applaud the efforts of Indian filmmakers to have challenged the Hollywood special effects by creating an indigenous creature film with fair amount of technical and prosthetic assistance to develop a beast which takes form the antagonist. It is surprising to see the Indian special effects is growing and rather commendable if they are able to make them with such low costs. The major part of the film focuses on the premise of a besieged hotel owner who must save her hotel from being bankrupted due to a mythical monster suddenly lurking and devouring away her customers. The cast is palatable and the music particularly songs are decent but not the background score which fails to keep up the scary tone,the growling and scowling of the creature are the only ones you would be smeared. As far the story is concerned it is an usual b movie type plot, where the idea of confronting the beast by our leading lady should be made the only choice left for her. In the late seventies "Spielberg" made a fortune out of using the formula to scare the audience, horror fans genuflect the film where sharks go berserk on beach goers in the thrilling "Jaws". Forty years since we still continue to see these films, whats intriguing this time around is; we have a homegrown film. .

Well Well, so we finally have what we all were waiting for and as usual again saw that an Indian Horror Movie didn't perform up to the mark we were expecting.To begin with the sound tracks were awesome and did help to give a make up to the movie but i didn't mean the movie was worse.As an Indian perspective view i believe it is a watchable one.the story might not have the power to hold on the audiences but it is still watchable unlike what the critics said.no doubt the movie could have been way better and as a horror movie fan i was expecting or hoping for something big which didn't happen Again but still i will recommend all of you guys to go and watch it and judge it as well but yeah don't go with a lot of expectations!!!!!!