Jaani Dushman (1979)
Jaani Dushman features a crazy big cast of Bollywood stars, the music is mostly great, the locations are lavish, and the horror is completely wild. And there's a man wearing a silly monster suit and fangs strangling ladies to death. What more could you want?
Pyasa Shaitan – Indian poster
When I see the poster below, my brain explodes into a fit of desperation telling me, "You have to see Pyasa Shaitan right fucking now."
Junoon (1992)
Junoon's illegitimate inspiration comes from a classic of the horror genre, An American Werewolf in London, and it has just right amount of ludicrous originality to place it among the best Bollywood horror films around.
Worst prank ever
This moustachioed dickhead has to be among the worst heroes in cinema history. Generally, the horror movie prankster has the good sense to quit with the pranks once it becomes apparent that people have actually died. Not Deepak Parashar.
Shower laughs from Veerana
I've spoken about Veerana before on Mondo Exploito, and I have about ten potential clips of the week in waiting from it. Here's a scene that never fails to make me piss myself laughing with its spliced in, nonsensical final shot.
The Birth of the Devil… Bollywood style!
I must confess, I've been really warming to Bollywood horror of late, in particular the films by the great Ramsay brothers.
