Cast: Rajneesh Duggal, Adah SharmaDirector: Vikram Bhatt
Hell hath no fury like a woman possessed, discovers architect Arjun Singh Rathore when his wife Lisa starts behaving strangely after moving into an isolated mansion in Yorkshire, which, by the way, stands in for Palanpur in this film.
One night, he catches her slurping up the entrails of a dead cat, another night she's talking in a strange voice and rocking the bed, but not in a good way.
The doctor's convinced she's suffering from split personality disorder, the priest insists something's gotten into her — quite literally.
Turns out, there's a spirit hanging around the house who has some unfinished business with Lisa. For Arjun, who has nothing to hold on to, not even his faith in God which he renounced not so long ago, it's going to be an uphill task rescuing his wife from the stubborn spirit.
Even before you begin to complain about the dozen or so holes in Bhatt's film, let's remember that objecting to silliness in a horror film is a bit unfair, considering the whole point of the genre — the fun and the terror — lies in the suspension of disbelief.
That said, what I do have a problem with, is the repeated recycling of the same old moments from such films as The Exorcist and more recently The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Too many scenes in 1920 are unabashedly borrowed from these films, including the now obligatory scene of the possessed victim levitating mid-air. How many times will we see that scene being repeated in horror films?
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