Bengali cinema has always endured a love-hate relationship with horror movies. The filmmakers are never equipped with the necessary resources to amaze viewers with special effects and advanced CGI ...

While the western peninsula bids adieu to Halloween, the South Asian region gears itself up for wintery story telling sessions in the midnight dew. Even though all quintessential Bengali ...

Fear, finally in fashionLook across media—YouTube horror channels, podcasts, short films, OTT originals—and the signs are clear. From folklore-inspired tales to urban legends and psychological ...

Banglar Shera Bhooter Golpo, an anthology series comprising the best of Bengali horror stories, has connected with the audience. "The response has been amazing. The love audiences have showered upon ...

Growing up in a Bengali household, your childhood nightly fears were probably shaped by the shakchunni in her blood-red saree or the petni lurking around the village pond. But ask today's children, ...

Film-maker Indranil Banerjee has been receiving a lot of praise for his horror anthology 4 Shades of Leap, which has been touted as India’s first horror mini-series. He has also made films like The ...

Horror-comedy films have gained huge popularity and box office success in recent years. In 2026, several releases promise ...

CHENNAI: Although she made a fabulous debut with the blockbuster hit ‘Thirudaa Thirudee’, Chaya Singh soon became a rare entity on the Tamil screens. The actress then began concentrating on Kannada ...

Horror creeps up quietly. It doesn’t always arrive with a scream—it can be a slow burn or a fast-paced shocker. Long sidelined by sparse productions and cultural bias, the genre was once dismissed as ...