![]() Storyline: Two colleagues unwittingly get trapped in their office with a haunted elevatorĪndhaghaaram is the only recent unadulterated horror I can recall.Cast: Kavin, Amritha, Gayathri Reddy, Kiran and others.It is like walking through one of those carnival horror houses and stopping at random intervals to watch Vadivelu comedy. They attempt to evoke contrasting emotions at jarring intervals. ![]() And, this is the case with most Tamil horror films. But there is a bit of comedy, romance, and a seemingly impassioned outcry against corporate companies - all diluting the genre. Disney+ Hotstar (the OTT platform that released the film) categorises it as horror. Lift seems confused with what it wants to be. And,Īlso Read | Get ‘First Day First Show’, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox. Just as you are beginning to wonder if the film is entering the survival-horror zone likeĪlien, the lift somehow opens, releasing all the tension. One man trapped in a small space with a supernatural entity, his screams for help unheard, his thoughts engulfed in panic. For a few shots, it attempts to evoke a claustrophobic thrill. ![]() Lift seems to work again (pardon the pun) when its protagonist, Guru (played by Kavin), gets trapped in a haunted elevator. ![]() After starting with this jolt, the film immediately slows down, trudges, and meanders as it establishes the characters and their environment. In the next shot, we see a body falling through a roof. We see a close up of a radio set, which reads out the weather report. There are a couple of promising moments in Vineeth Varaprasad’s debut film, ![]()
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