Review of Masooda

Masooda (2022)
9/10
Horror with a beautiful story telling
14 December 2022
What a kick-ass movie. The writing is beautiful. The setup of the story felt very orginal, rooted and the vibe of it (old buildings, asylums, and especially the back story of the Masooda be) is a fresh dimension unexplored in Telugu. The tinge of horror is carried throughout like a heart beat. And it gets intense as time passes. There is always some new element in every small scene, which is very captivating and contributing to the story. And the choices of locations, production elements, characters offered a fresh breath of air. There is foreshadowing, setup &payoffs, parallel plots, backstory built, red herring. And for the amount of characters created and designed beautifully, giving each one a distinctive personality is not a easy task and this world building is truly a massive effort.

Throughout there are beautiful framings and compositions and it amazed the viewing experience. Whether it is horror or slice of life, it is lighted and captured extraordinarily and in complete awe of them. There are some extraordinary montages. What a tremendous amount of effort you have kept, hats off to the team for that.

Sound of the cinema is a big strength. It is not the jump scares, but the objects in the scenes that created horror throughout (balloon bursting, cat outside the window,.....) Music is like a big elephant in the room, which sets the tone and tension perfectly and it scared the hell out of me.

Only let down for me is the dialogues, they sound very bookish. Especially during the conversations, it sounded very bookish. Rest they gave very good performances and they are apt choice to make them feel vulnerable.

Overall a banger horror movie in Telugu after a long time. Intha bayapetti em saadisthaaru bro 😂
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