Bhoot Returns Movie Reviews

Watch Bhoot Returns if you are a fan of horror flicks, the 3D experience will do justice to your money.

What happened to the gritty filmmaker who gave us thrillers like Bhoot and Kaun? After watching Bhoot Returns and its camp-ish horror you can hardly believe this film was made by RGV, a director who at one point gave us some of the best horror flicks ever seen. Bhoot Returns is by far the worst offering from the seasoned filmmaker. The story starts off with a voice-over narration with ludicrous dialogue that says, “People love to move into new houses

While Ram Gopal Verma's 2003 film Bhoot was widely appreciated for some genuine edge-of-the-seat moments, the sequel Bhoot Returns merely plays around with the old plot and offers a rather abrupt end. There is no doubt that Ramu knows his craft well and is one director who knows how to use technology. In Bhoot he played with sound effects and now in Bhoot Returns he has sound effects along with 3D! His standard under-the-table shots work very well

In an interview he gave me two weeks ago, Ramgopal Varma said he thinks horror films "should never have a story". According to him, an ominous setting alone can do the trick. That’s pretty much all he’s willing to offer in Bhoot Returns, his new film about a family that moves into a house only to discover that it might already be occupied by a supernatural presence. The ghost in Bhoot Returns is Shabbo, and she is visible only to the six-year-old girl

In ‘Bhoot’, Ram Gopal Varma has given us a film that worked all its ‘haunted house’ horror tropes well. It delivered chills at frequent intervals, and kept the pace tight, leaving us all spooked. ‘Bhoot Returns’ has several similar things. A family moving into a new abode (it was an apartment in a multi-story building in ‘Bhoot’ ; here it is a bungalow surrounded by a garden). A little girl picking up on something strange in the house. A house-help

In ‘Bhoot’, Ram Gopal Varma has given us a film that worked all its ‘haunted house’ horror tropes well. It delivered chills at frequent intervals, and kept the pace tight, leaving us all spooked. ‘Bhoot Returns’ has several similar things. A family moving into a new abode (it was an apartment in a multi-story building in ‘Bhoot’ ; here it is a bungalow surrounded by a garden). A little girl picking up on something strange in the house. A house-help

Bhoot Returns is no Paranormal Activity, although it does borrow at least three key moments from that popular horror franchise. Its not entirely a waste of time either, because Varma does deliver a few good scares. Im going with two out of five for Bhoot Returns. Its the kind of film that the phrase time-pass entertainment was invented to describe.

We did leave with one horrifying thought though – of this Bhoot returning (in a third instalment).

Ramgopal Varma, the maverick, is synonymous with 'dark films' [a terminology we often use in the industry]. Gangsters, underworld, crime, horror, supernatural... RGV has attempted it all. With BHOOT RETURNS, RGV revisits the horror genre yet again. A quick clarification, before we proceed further. Is BHOOT RETURNS a sequel to RGV's BHOOT? BHOOT RETURNS doesn't continue from the first film. Also, the characters find themselves

When it comes to horror movies, chills are based on subjective factors such as the viewer's belief in the supernatural, and most importantly, ambience.But to be honest, when watching a scary movie in a proper ambience, this reviewer has a tendency to get spooked out by some of the weakest ones. After the mildly successful Bhoot, RGV pulls out this sequel from his horror pitara. From the conventional setting getting overcome by weirdness

Ram Gopal Varma's repertoire of films can be classified in basic two categories, good and bad. And Bhoot Returns made in the 3D format can be listed as the worst of the lot. The film plunges directly into the genre with a voice over telling the audience that there are some houses that are haunted and here is one such house where the ghost of Shabu dwells. And what's peculiar is that Shabu likes kids. Ram Gopal Varma’s Bhoot Returns is the story of the Awasthi family

More comedy than scary, it’s a tepid remake of many old Ramu films, including Vaastu Shastra. It begins with a note from the director: ‘Some people can’t wait to get new houses. Some houses can’t wait to get new people.’ Just as you sit up to watch something different, all that you get to see is old ghost in new 3D technique. Unabashedly relying on the drawing power of the 2003 hit Bhoot, to which Returns has no connection, horrifying changes happen

I remember watching Ram Gopal Varma’s “Bhoot” in 2003 in a movie hall in Delhi. Or rather, I remember trying not to watch it. Most of the time, I had my face in my hands and had shielded my eyes because I was just plain scared. Varma set a ghost story in a modern apartment, with two people and everyday settings, but he did it skillfully enough for you to be on the edge of your seat throughout the film. For weeks afterwards, I couldn’t look

Bhoot Returns fails to scare anyone, except poor Alayana who is said to have freaked out on seeing her performance. And why would you not as she is the saving grace of this ‘horror’ film. Bhoot Returns doesn’t bring anything new horror genre and definitely no novel concept. It most certainly isn’t anything which would send chills down your spine, as it supposedly intends to.

Review: Creaky doors, randomly inserted loud noises, long silent walks down a flight of stairs etc. Antics that would scare you if you lived in the......

Ram Gopal Varma loves to scare people because they like to be scared. In his endeavour to send a shiver down the spine, he takes recourse to his characteristic floor-level camera shots (but much less than his last outing Department). Otherwise the camera moves through washbasins, handbags and glass tabletops in a bungalow that has a garden swing that keeps oscillating. There is also a doll that keeps peering, bedsheets that keep moving and some feet

Storyline: A family begins to freak out when the little girl in the house talks about her (imaginary) friend Shabbu. Ups: Length. Less than 90 minutes. And pretty Madhu Shalini is an interesting find. Good to note that Manisha Koirala has found employment again. She surely deserved a better outing though. Downs: 3D that might actually make you go blind. If the horror does not scare you, this ought to. Bhoot Returns has the worst employment

BHOOT RETURNS is supposedly a sequel to the 2003 Ajay-Devgan-Urmila Matondkar starrer BHOOT. It is as lame and insipid. Being delivered in a 3-D format, Ram Gopal Varma had an ace up his sleeve. But instead of working for the film, the technology works against this so-called horror flick, that is comical in its execution. Technically, no advantage has been taken of the three-dimensional perspective. In fact, the technical guys have been

Ghosts can do horrible, terrible things to spook a family. Ram Gopal Varma’s Bhoot Returns gives this family the jitters by – hold your breath – pulling off the covers, playing on a swing and (gasp!) rearranging their furniture. Tarun (J. D. Chakravarthy) moves in to a new house with his wife (Manisha Koirala), daughter (Alayana Sharma) and son. Soon, Tarun’s sister (Madhu Shalini) also joins them. Tarun’s wife is suspicious of getting the house