‘Stree 2’ Review: Amar Kaushik’s Movie On Zombification Of Patriarchy Derailed By CGI Spectacle

Horror film fans will be aware of the Universal Classic Monsters franchise, which reigned over the entertainment landscape for two decades (1930-1950) by having, well, classic monsters like Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Dracula, The Mummy, and more star in their own films while interacting with each other in “monster mash-up” crossovers. While The Mummy was revived as a franchise in the 2000s, and Van Helsing is undergoing some kind of reappreciation process, they didn’t manage to recreate the craze back then. Universal Studios had another go at it with the Dark Universe, but that was a colossal flop. Meanwhile, here in Bollywood, Maddock Studios has struck gold with its homegrown monsters. They started things off with Stree, which featured a ghost who abducted men that roamed around at night. Then came Bhediya, which used the werewolf trope to comment on environmentalism. Munjya modernized the concept of the poltergeist while...
- 8/15/2024
- by Pramit Chatterjee
- DMT
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