# Bollywood remakes of horror or scary films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545 "2011-10-13T15:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545/1 "2011-10-13T15:44:23Z")
Strangely, I need answers fairly quickly. My wife is looking for clips or scenes of Bollywood films that remake a well known horror film. Here are Bollywood films she’s currently found Agyaat Click Krishna Cottage Vaastu Shastra She needs at least one more. The Bollywood film doesn’t have to be well known, but the scary film from which it draws its inspiration must be. So, you know, this isn’t the time to dust off your auteur jacket and recommend Suspiria or Phenomena. Links to a short scene or clip would be appreciated. Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545/2 "2011-10-13T20:04:41Z")
Just bumping this once to see if anyone has another recomendation. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545/3 "2011-10-13T20:10:37Z")
Um, um, does “scary” have to mean a modern horror film? There are recent remakes of Shakespeare tragedies (_Omkara_/_Othello_ and _Maqbool_/_Macbeth_) that are pretty damn scary. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545/4 "2011-10-13T20:13:40Z")
[Here you go](http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Raaz/). > [@](#): > > Bhatt´s latest, Raaz, has these two important ingredients, providing us with great tunes and some truly suspenseful moments. Unfortunately, Bhatt has also stuck to his old habit of completely ripping off of Hollywood thrillers for “inspiration”. After all, Fareb was a remake of Unlawful Entry and Kasoor copied both Basic Instinct and Jagged Edge. Raaz follows this trend as well and gives us a retelling of Harrison Ford thriller What Lies Beneath. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545/5 "2011-10-13T20:14:28Z")
_ **Phoonk** _. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545/6 "2011-10-13T20:31:13Z")
[Mahakaal: The Monster](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nix3FaWqxxI) is a “Nightmare on Elm Street” complete with the knife glove, dreams, scarred face, the whole shebang. The link is the opening scene and you don’t have to wait very long (25 seconds) before you see the iconic glove. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bollywood-remakes-of-horror-or-scary-films/599545/7 "2011-10-13T20:33:05Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Um, um, does “scary” have to mean a modern horror film? > > There are recent remakes of Shakespeare tragedies (_Omkara_/_Othello_ and _Maqbool_/_Macbeth_) that are pretty damn scary. My guess? Horror means actual horror. But I’m willing to take any and all suggestions because I don’t know for sure .