The Films That Scared Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma gets ready to spook the audiences once again with his new horror film, Phoonk, releasing this August. We got the director to list the movies that scared him the most, and the director gave quite an interesting list. Take a look. Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche This film scared me a lot because I was very young when I watched it. I was in Std 10, and had no major exposure to cinema at that time. After watching the film, I would avoid taking the shortcut home from school, which crossed a graveyard, because I was so scared. I took the three kilometer long walk instead.Something in the film's plot scared me. It was about the murder of a man, and the murder soon starts haunting the murderers. That seemed very original to me when I saw it.
The Exorcist This is the scariest film I have ever seen in my life. It is shot in such a realistic way that you feel you are present with the characters in the film! The film is based in Georgetown, USA. There is nothing in house that makes you feel there is a supernatural element lurking around. It becomes all the more scary because it can happen to anyone, anywhere. There is no explanation, as this young girl gets possessed all of a sudden. I saw this film in my engineering days [RGV took up civil engineering at the V R Siddhartha Engineering College in Vijayawada]. I went to watch the film from my hometown, Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh, to another town called Rajumndhry, 150 km away.I was so scared after seeing Exorcist that I had to see three more films to get my fear out. But even then, those images of Exorcist lingered in my mind. That was the kind of impact the film had on me!
The Omen is not in the same league as The Exorcist'The background score is among the best I have heard -- it will scare you to death. The way they used symbol 6-6-6 was also appealing.
'I said 'Candy man' four times but did not have the courage to say it the fifth time!'
Candy Man Candy Man is also among the scariest films I have seen. The premise of this film is almost child-like. If you say 'Candy man' fives times in front of a mirror, he will appear, and kill. The film was so scary that I shut it off midway. I was watching it alone at home at 2 am, and it was dark all around me. I went into the bedroom, switched on the light, and saw the mirror in front of me. I stood in front of it, and couldn't resist saying 'Candy Man.' I said it four times but did not have the courage to say it the fifth time!Candy Man may not be as frightening as the other films I mentioned but it created a fear in my mind. That's the uniqueness of fear. I'm a director, and I know that the actors are performing, I know about the editing and the background score... But in spite of that, I get scared. That is the power of cinema.
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