Movies like Bhoothakaalam
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Bhoothakaalam (2022)
6K
Original name: ഭൂതകാലം
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following the death of a family member, a mother and son experience mysterious events which distort their sense of reality and make them question their sanity.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, atmospheric, psychological horror, psychological, captivating, thrilling, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, grief, family drama, psychoanalysis, problem, psychological manipulation, loss of family member, isolation, paranoia, mourning, supernatural horror, minimalism, claustrophobia, slow burn, death, family relations, malayalam
Time:
contemporary
Place:
india
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Story:
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