After dialing up the terror of *666 (2022-also reviewed) I decided to continue explore the shorts bundle at the online Soho Horror Film Festival, by meeting the bride.
Note: Review contains some plot details.
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Sitting with the bride to be, (played by an excellent Gurleen Arora, whose facial expressions captures the horror of being dragged down the aisle) writer/ director Virat Pal locks the audience in tightly framed mid-shots pinned on the towering power the family of the groom believe they have, which Pal shatters with a delicious twist of glowing dissolves and nifty CGI.
Wisely holding back on the supernatural element until the ending, the screenplay by Pal unveils a disturbing psychological horror of forced/arranged marriage, where everyone tries to force the woman into believing that she has no choice at all, until Pal turns the wedding vows into a wicked vengeance tale,on the night of the bride.
