Mane No 13  

Genere: Horror/Thriller

Rating ⭐⭐

After watching a very good release, in theatres, last Friday, I needed some antidote to get out from that hangover. This movie is a perfect escape mechanism. If the movie is good, hours doesn't matter. Otherwise, even less than two hours that you spend, needs grit to sit through.

As I gave the hint yesterday, the movie did began like I Know What You Did Last Summer. But later, no one knows what runs in this film's director ViVy Kathiresan's mind. A group of Techies, rent a haunted house 'Mane No 13' after two years of their hit, and murder of another friend Ahalya. Then the comedy begins. Yes, they should have added Comedy also in the movie's genre. The noise, which we are made to endure as horror, is very predictable as one after another is killed by an unseen enemy. With a written note for a change on the time when the next killing would take place. By this time if you want to quit, don't. Because the director has twin suspense for you in the store. If you can't predict the first suspense, then there is another jolt. Just wait. 

The characters led by Ramana are just OK. Same with other technical aspects too. But, if the filmmakers think audiences can be fooled by the false narratives as shown in this movie, then better they learn to respect the movie lovers' expectations. Miss-able. Even if it is streamed on a OTT. 

The two stars that I have given here are one in advance for all the audiences who decide to watch this movie even after reading many reviews, and another one for the cinematographer, who every now and then tilts his camera upside down. Thank you for the special effects. 

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Anantha Subramanyam K