Creature 3D (2014)

Movie Review: Creature 3D Ratings: 3/5Creature 3D is the first creature based horror of Bollywood. Creature 3D is not up to mark, but Hats off to attempt of vikram bhatt. Creature looks good in some parts. Visual effects are excellent. Superb background score, makes movie more spooky. But not that much Scary. The Horror series which Vikram Bhatt started off with RAAZ, 1920 and SHAAPIT, continues with CREATURE. As far as the direction is concerned, Vikram Bhatt fails to scare the audience with this film. The 3D experience which Vikram has created, is excellent makes you little bit fear. But despite of all these positive features Creature doesn't leave up to mark. Something is missing.Story: CREATURE starts off with Ahana (Bipasha Basu), playing the owner of a garden resort by the name of Glendale Hotel, which is situated right in the middle of the forest. Ahana arranges the opening party for hotel. The celebrations come to a sudden standstill when the hotel staff and guests go missing one by one. Despite the repeated pleas and requests, the local police refuses to investigate in detail and declares it to be the work of a wild animal like a lion or a cheetah. That's when Professor Sadana (Mukul Dev) enters and takes charge of the situation. He explains them the creature is 'Brahmraakshas'. Ahana (Bipasha Basu) and his friend Kunal (Imran Abbas) starts fight against Brahmraakshas.Over all, Creature 3D is an Above Average Movie, its best for horror watchable lovers. If you like horror movies go get spooked.

Reviewed by: Dare Devil Kid (DDK)Rating: 3.8/5 starsVikram Bhatt is like the Zen of the Bollywood's horror movies, what with him having delivered sleeper horror hits such as "Raaz", "1920", and "Haunted" over the years. Nobody even comes close to the rate at which he churns out one horror film after another in the mainstream demographic of the Indian film industry; more importantly these films are loved by most in the audience and even manage to strike a chord with quite a few critics. I, for one, feel that Bhatt consistently does a good job as a horror filmmaker and is well- equipped with all the nitty-gritty aspects of the genre. While his films might not stack up there with their more esteemed Hollywood or Asian counterparts, they certainly are leagues ahead of most gory kitsch emerging from Hollywood these days, masquerading in the guise of horror. Here he takes a shot at a completely new premise in mainstream Bollywood - the monster sub-genre of horror. Does "Creature" stack up there with some of Bhatt's best features? Let's find out!The film is set in a picturesque, serene, hilly town of Himachal Pradesh (though most of the scenes were actually shot in Ooty). The gorgeous Ahana (Bipasha Basu) opens a new hotel in proximity to a forest area – declared relatively safe by the local forest dept. - seeing it as a conducive business venture and also because she wants to leave her troubles in Mumbai far behind and wishes to start afresh. Guests being to troop in large numbers, and business seems to be heading in the right direction. But, trouble arises when the guests and some of the hotel's staff start disappearing one by one, and minuscule remnants of their dismembered bodies are found thereafter. The chief forest officer – a truly revolting and insensitive fellow - flippantly declares the deaths as an attack by a man-eating leopard or panther, which should be easily dealt with sooner or later, but as per his convenience. But Ahana, with the aid of a deputy forest official and one of the hotel's guests senses that there's more to the story – something truly evil lurking deep in the forest, which humans can't comprehend, and when the creature makes its presence felt in full view, there's no more denying the facts. Later aided by a scholar on the subject, we come to know that the said creature is called a "Brahmarakshaks" – a diabolical mythical monster awakened after geographical alterations to the region, with an insatiable appetite to devour anything that breathes.By now, Vikram Bhatt is heralded as the master of horror among his fans, and not without reason. While he might not be in the league of a Wes Craven, or Dario Argento, or even a Jonn Carpenter, as far as Bollywood movies go, he's certainly head and shoulder above anyone else taking a crack at the genre, and could even find a place among today's foreign Directors dabbling in the genre. He knows how to scare you and more often than not, his recent films do hit the mark (with the exceptions of "Dangerous Ishq" and the over-hyped "Raaz 3D") with "Creature" being no different.As co-writer, Bhatt, along with Sukhmani Sadana, imbibes the script with genuinely scary scenes and tense moments. If only they had done away with some of the unnecessary romantic bits, or at least had kept them to a bare minimum, the film would have been crisper and even more satisfying. As Director, Bhatt smartly plays with his atmospherics, locations, and camera angles to get the tone and scare elements of the movie just right. Cinematographer, Pravin Bhatt, is in sync with his son's vision, and effective uses his lighting to go well with the film's atmosphere and environment. The production design by Jayant Deshmuk and background score by Raju Rao also help elevate the mood of the film, while Kuldip K. Mehan's editing is decent. Devobrat Chaliha and Abhijeet V. Sapre's sound designing is top-notch and lends the creature with an imposing aura. The visual effects and CGI work done on the creature is also mighty impressive considering the minuscule budget; comparisons with big-budgeted or even moderately budgeted Hollywood or Asian films would be grossly unfair. The music for a Vikram Bhatt movie is once again pretty good, with "Sawan Aaya" being instantly hummable.Coming to the cast, Bipasha Basu is the star attraction here and her presence is felt in every scene she's in. The film rests squarely on her shoulders and she delivers big time, further wedging her position as Indian cinema's official "scream queen". Imran Abbas possesses questionable acting dexterity, and barely manages to hold his own in front of his experienced co-star. His and Basu's chemistry is also a major let down, which is why the film could have done with lesser screen time dedicated to their romantic angle. Deepraj Rana and Mukul Dev play stereotypical roles (not that we're complaining, even the most loved horror films can't avoid certain clichés and stereotypes) and put in effectual performances. Another standout in the cast is Bikramjeet Kanwarpal, who's perhaps the only actor besides Basu who leaves his mark on proceedings. He's almost a chameleon, barely recognizable, as the repugnant, inconsiderate head of the forest dept.This is mainstream Indian cinema's first foray into the monster sub- genre of horror, and Bhatt delivers big time, considering the constraints he had to work with. Bipasha shines in her role and the visual effects and CGI for the monster are a winner. "Creature" is an exciting monster-horror film with enough scares and tense moments to keep the audience hooked till the very end, even if it's a tad uneven in certain portions.

Well Well, so we finally have what we all were waiting for and as usual again saw that an Indian Horror Movie didn't perform up to the mark we were expecting.To begin with the sound tracks were awesome and did help to give a make up to the movie but i didn't mean the movie was worse.As an Indian perspective view i believe it is a watchable one.the story might not have the power to hold on the audiences but it is still watchable unlike what the critics said.no doubt the movie could have been way better and as a horror movie fan i was expecting or hoping for something big which didn't happen Again but still i will recommend all of you guys to go and watch it and judge it as well but yeah don't go with a lot of expectations!!!!!!

after Raj I was expecting more from Vikram. he got a good story plot but I believe he lost his grip from it till interval. Starting was good but some songs were placed on wrong time. many times logic was not used which should be a necessary thing in horror movies because sometimes it angered the viewer when the character is doing a foolish thing which isreally stupid to do. -when the honeymoon couple was attacked and the girl told the story still the hunters came and killed one leopard. everybody was happy. don't believe on girl's story still if a leopard is eating people then where were the bones only a piece of leg or hand was left. the real hunters can understand what I want to say. -more than 20 people saw brahmarakshas and still the police officer didn't believe and made fun. he didn't take action. I know government officer don't do their duty in India but still after so many murders?? -they went inside creature's Den to kill it. WTF. you have limited bullets and went inside enemy's home?-I never understand why in Indian horror movies, supernatural entity can be killed only by last bullet or last weapon.-they tried to trap brahmarakshas in bus and put dummy in that. all others were surrounding the bus (the police officer was on road without hiding) still because they want to trap, creature came straight into bus left others.So I must say it was wrong direction only which made this movie a average movie. otherwise the story was good and graphics were good for Indian movies.why you need to see this: because there is no other movie which can compete this. finding fanny is not for Indian viewers.why you don't want to see this: movie tickets are expensive and this is not a movie on which you must spent so much.www.caprashant.in