Sumathi Valavu

Rating - 3/5

A fun horror film with a cliche storyline.

The plot of the story revolves through the lives of the villagers and the scary myth and strange incidents surrounding the mysterious road curve forms the base for the story.

Abhilash Pillai has penned a simple story with horror sequences for entertaining the family audience to enjoy with a bag of popcorn. This is a generic film that is enjoyed in festival seasons with fun, humour, drama, romance, emotions, but misses out on high goosebump moments in the story though managed with good technicalities.

Abhilash Pillai as usual has ensembled a huge cast and all has managed to performed their character decently. Good BGM's by Ranjin Raj and Shankar P V has effortlessly captured the night sequences. Good sound design by Rajakrishnan/Vishnu P C enhancing the visual experience.

Vishnu has executed the story technical well but the story treatment with simple horror elements makes Sumathi Valavu a one time watchable entertainer.

I watched Sumathi Valavu today, and it was one of the most boring and poorly made movies I've seen in a long time. The film had a potentially good subject, but the terrible direction, weak storytelling, and unnecessary songs completely ruined it. The pacing was painfully slow, and the director failed to create any emotional connection with the characters. Instead of focusing on a gripping narrative, the movie wasted time on meaningless songs that added no value to the story. The screenplay was disjointed, and the performances felt forced, making it hard to sit through. What could have been a powerful or engaging film turned into a snooze-fest due to bad writing and lazy execution. Even the technical aspects like cinematography and editing felt amateurish. Overall, Sumathi Valavu is a classic example of how a good subject can be destroyed by poor filmmaking. Save your time and money this one isn't worth it.

Sumathi valavu (2025 ) is a failed attempt to create a comedy plus horror, which terribly gone wrong. Is it a comedy movie ? Hell NO, all cliche comedies that did not work single percentage. Is it a horror movie? Double hell NO. Utter failure cartoon network animations and usually jump scares and extreme sounds. Night shots are like camera man put a grey silk saree over the lens. Poor editing. Unwanted songs which did not added any thing to story line. Even the songs did not sound / lyrically impressed any one. In complete songs.

Arjun ashokan should really re-consider his movie choosing. Was he really normal while he said yes for this story.. am sure he was not. Characters don't have any impact made to watchers, felt like 2d images which moves.

Sumathi Valavu is a one-time watchable film. While it carries the label of a horror movie, don't go in expecting real horror - the scary elements are too minimal to make any impact. If you just want to spend some time and relax without thinking too much, this might work for you.

The cast did a good job, and the performances were solid across the board - that's one of the few highlights of the movie. However, the story felt weak, and the film lacked a proper finish, leaving things feeling incomplete and underwhelming.

Overall, it's more of a casual watch than a real horror experience.

A good subject spoiled by bad direction. Never thought a director could possibly churn out this hazy patchwork of a movie. Poor screenplay... Horror elements failed miserably...Could not connect to the characters emotionally...Feels like the work of a child...Arjun Ashokan was far better in Romancham. I rarely visit the theatre, the fake hype lured me to watch this film, needless to say I am massively disappointed. Moreover, the topic had immense potential but they ruined it is a pity, infact a crime..