Horror Story

Director Ayush Raina tried a little bit too hard and failed in the attempt. For a horror movie then "Horror Story" was surprisingly shallow and devoid of anything particularly scary.

The story is about seven young people who hear the story of a business man who committed suicide at a reportedly haunted hotel by the name of The Grandiose. Being as carefree as young people are they decide to go to the hotel as a farewell to the departed. As they set foot inside the hotel, it quickly becomes clear that something is most definitely not right at the hotel, and there is something dark and evil roaming the long abandoned corridors.

I will say that the hotel itself was really nicely detailed, and had lots of interesting things to be seen, and the atmosphere was indeed one of the best aspects of the entire movie.

The dialogue in the movie was horribly scripted, and many times you sit there and think 'did they really just say that?' Most of the time the dialogue doesn't have a particularly natural flow to it and comes off as forced and artificial.

As for the acting, well, let's just say that some of the people were doing good enough jobs, while others had a tendency to over do it and put on a very theatrical act that was just uncalled for and just turned out to be too much.

The camera-work in "Horror Story" was actually quite good, and made the movie all the more enjoyable and watchable.

Oh, and before I forget, then I will also give praise to the music and sound score in the movie, because it was quite good. Lots of great atmospheric music here and great usage of sound effects.

For a horror movie, then "Horror Story" was frightfully devoid of anything particularly scary. Or perhaps I have just been watching too many horror movies, because I didn't find this movie the least bit scary or terrifying.

There are far better non-Western horror movies out there, especially from Japan, Korea and Thailand, which might be a better bet if you are looking for a good scare.

A very good effort by Ayush Raina , he gave a good thriller and horror experience and he managed to maintain it throughout the movie.First half was really terrific ,the impact of the first half creates huge expectation in the second half but its there the movie some what failed to meet the expectation . The background music is too high in the second half and its some what irritating and avoids the thrill effect in many scenes ,the climax failed to maintain the horror and the movie failed to be a complete horror movie at the end . The climax is in a simple Indian movie style which destroys the ramp created throughout the movie . The movie is completely in a Hollywood style with a Indian masala climax.on the whole its a very good horror movie with a simple ending.

Well mene ye movie tab dekhi thi jab me chhota tha ,mujhe nhi pata etne sare logo ko ye movie etni bekar kyu lagi but mujhe to bahot maza aya tha. Agar ho paya to me ye movie phir se dekhu ga aur ache se batau ga. But i really liked it 😍.

Bollywood movies are these days badly criticized for borrowing some elements or even whole concept from Hollywood flicks.Horror story too was panned as some referred it as direct copy of grave encounters and had some scenes similar to two or three other English movies..

I have also seen Grave encounters and yes the plot was quite similar..OK lets assume that the critics haven't seen any of the above English movies..I am sure then they must have reviewed the horror story positively..So why not put ourselves in that category of those who are more on bollywood side and watch foreign movies less often..

Bollywood wants to present Hollywood flicks for our typical Indian spectators in our own style..Why not think that way rather than to criticize almost every Indian horror movie..

Just forget that you have seen grave encounters or any of other English horror and watch The Horror Story..I assure you that you won't be disappointed..There are some flaws but as per horror quotient is considered it will surely terrify you..

I rate it 7 out of 10..A must one time watch for all supernatural horror movie fans

This movie might scare people who have watched less than 5 horror movies yet. The story is very typical and predictable - a bunch of reckless youngsters wants to explore a famous haunted building and gets stuck there for a night.

The script alone would get 2/10 rating. The events leading to the part where they get stuck is filled with repulsively dramatic dialogues. The typical ghost deeds like moving things, playing electronic devices do not scare the youngsters and us. The script fails to bring any variety to the story. If you want to laugh with friends watching a poorly constructed movie this is a good candidate.

Cinematography is good in some scenes. Worst in some other scenes. The building looks creepy enough (but the extreme dumb moves of characters ruins the mood). There is a scene in first 10 minutes which resembles Indian drama tv serials where every one's close up is shown with bgm for 5 seconds each. A poor attempt to show that the building is scary and haunted. In some scenes actors are put in obvious rows to capture all their reactions - it didnt look as cool as intended. Instead you might think "why are they standing in a row"? In the climax I couldn't help but roar with laughter just by watching the ghost.

Actors have acted more than enough. While some were consistently overacting ( the dramatic dialogues demanded it to some extend) a few have managed to bring subtlety in some other scenes.