Tag: Bishal Dutta
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‘It Lives Inside’ Review — A Generically Nightmarish Horror Film
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.When it comes to the best horror movies, specificity of vision is key. Getting right up in the guts of a distinctly terrifying force, be it grounded…
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‘It Lives Inside’ Review: A Generic Horror Movie Tries to Mine Scares from the Complexity of Being a First-Generation Immigrant
Horror films are uniquely effective at giving tangible shape to our most abstract demons, and so it often feels somewhat perverse when a genre exercise chooses to subvert its own potential by creating a monster we can’t really see. Dull and disappointing as the actual results might be, Bishal Dutta’s “It Lives Inside” at least…
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The It Lives Inside Trailer Brings A Terrifying Film Fest Favorite To Your Nightmares
Thanks to the massive success of “Get Out,” the last several years have seen an influx of Black horror films, bringing some much-needed racial diversity to a predominantly white genre. Latino horror has also been going strong as ever of late, with films like “Tigers Are Not Afraid” and “La Llorona” reaping critical accolades left…
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‘It Lives Inside’: Everything We Know About the Neon Horror Movie
Set to release this fall, It Lives Inside is an upcoming supernatural horror movie that’s got everyone talking. After an award-winning festival run and rave reviews earlier this year, the movie is causing a buzz among horror fans on social media. It Lives Inside follows Indian-American high school student Sam, who must reclaim her heritage…
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‘It Lives Inside’s Demon Will Haunt Your Dreams and Stop You From Whistling
In his debut feature, It Lives Inside, director and horror aficionado Bishal Dutta tells the story of Sam (Megan Suri), an Indian-American girl who rejects her heritage in an attempt to fit in with her peers. When a mythological demon known as a Pishach gets ahold of her former best friend Tamira (Mohana Krishnan), Sam…