After surviving an encounter with a vengeful witch, a man soon finds that the controller of the witch has placed the spirit of the witch into the body of his eldest daughter to carry out her rampage against the family while his younger daughter is forced to team with a friend to stop their plans.
This is easily one of the defining classics of the genre. One of the major points for this one is the stellar setup that provides for an incredibly effective usage of the black magic and arcane rituals that take place throughout here. Knowing the backstory of the witch and her reign of terror across the village, featuring the citizens knowing full well who she is but unable to do anything about it due to the protection of the dark forces guarding her and doing her bidding, the various rituals that are performed inside the secret cave to not only awaken the spirit but transfer the spirit into the daughter's body allows for a fun time overall here. Given the revenge motivation for everything that takes place here with the guardian becoming the live-in worker that he takes up soon after taking the now-possessed daughter back to let his plan come to fruition, this all comes together immensely well and provides a lot to like about it. This all allows for a slew of fantastic encounters here with the rampaging witch going through the family and those in the community in a slew of spectacular encounters. With the opening that shows how the Gothic influences are utilized quite effectively with the raging thunderstorm, abandoned house in the countryside and the hunter going off to take her down, this one starts off on a fun note while setting up the black magic capabilities of the sorcerer as well as the identity switch that takes place. This switch manages to bring about all kinds of chilling encounters as her seduction techniques on the locals, as well as the background members of the family, generate plenty of frenetic moments as the transformation into the witch comes as a nice shock while also generating the frantic action of the attack itself which offer no end to the fun with the blaring thunderstorm and shrieking, deformed witch taking up the screen. The finale is all manner of fun with the battle to free the possessed sister, the race to stop the black magic ceremony from coming to fruition, and the final resolution all bringing about plenty of high-impact action and some great spectacle-laden sequences which are a blast to watch play out. All told, these manage to make this one of the greatest efforts in the genre. There's not much to dislike here but it does have some minor issues. One of the few drawbacks is the typical Bollywood accommodations that have to be met that tend to crop up in most of these films which end up making this one slightly longer than it really should be. Graced with several time-consuming musical numbers that are typically enjoyable songs as singles while still remaining a drain on the plotline, a sidestory about the sister and her companion taking a detour on their travel into a graveyard to deal with a local thug that results in a slapstick-driven fight sequence and the exploits of the filmmaker friend of hers that constitutes inane comedy stylings for no reason, these types of diversions are commonly found here and shouldn't really be held against it too much. The more likely culprit of this being so obvious that something's wrong but no one doing anything about it and continuing to live in the house in her vicinity is more likely to cause distress, and with the low-budget at times being on display, are the main issues to be had here.
Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.
This is easily one of the defining classics of the genre. One of the major points for this one is the stellar setup that provides for an incredibly effective usage of the black magic and arcane rituals that take place throughout here. Knowing the backstory of the witch and her reign of terror across the village, featuring the citizens knowing full well who she is but unable to do anything about it due to the protection of the dark forces guarding her and doing her bidding, the various rituals that are performed inside the secret cave to not only awaken the spirit but transfer the spirit into the daughter's body allows for a fun time overall here. Given the revenge motivation for everything that takes place here with the guardian becoming the live-in worker that he takes up soon after taking the now-possessed daughter back to let his plan come to fruition, this all comes together immensely well and provides a lot to like about it. This all allows for a slew of fantastic encounters here with the rampaging witch going through the family and those in the community in a slew of spectacular encounters. With the opening that shows how the Gothic influences are utilized quite effectively with the raging thunderstorm, abandoned house in the countryside and the hunter going off to take her down, this one starts off on a fun note while setting up the black magic capabilities of the sorcerer as well as the identity switch that takes place. This switch manages to bring about all kinds of chilling encounters as her seduction techniques on the locals, as well as the background members of the family, generate plenty of frenetic moments as the transformation into the witch comes as a nice shock while also generating the frantic action of the attack itself which offer no end to the fun with the blaring thunderstorm and shrieking, deformed witch taking up the screen. The finale is all manner of fun with the battle to free the possessed sister, the race to stop the black magic ceremony from coming to fruition, and the final resolution all bringing about plenty of high-impact action and some great spectacle-laden sequences which are a blast to watch play out. All told, these manage to make this one of the greatest efforts in the genre. There's not much to dislike here but it does have some minor issues. One of the few drawbacks is the typical Bollywood accommodations that have to be met that tend to crop up in most of these films which end up making this one slightly longer than it really should be. Graced with several time-consuming musical numbers that are typically enjoyable songs as singles while still remaining a drain on the plotline, a sidestory about the sister and her companion taking a detour on their travel into a graveyard to deal with a local thug that results in a slapstick-driven fight sequence and the exploits of the filmmaker friend of hers that constitutes inane comedy stylings for no reason, these types of diversions are commonly found here and shouldn't really be held against it too much. The more likely culprit of this being so obvious that something's wrong but no one doing anything about it and continuing to live in the house in her vicinity is more likely to cause distress, and with the low-budget at times being on display, are the main issues to be had here.
Rated Unrated/R: Violence and Language.