Spooky College

Spooky College
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBharath G.
Produced byH. K. Prakash
StarringVivek Simha
Kushee Ravi
CinematographyManohar Joshi
Edited bySrikanth
Music byB. Ajaneesh Loknath
Production
company
Shree Devi Entertainers
Release date
  • 6 January 2023 (2023-01-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Spooky College is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language psychological horror thriller film[1] directed by Bharath GB and starring Vivek Simha and Kushee Ravi.[2]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in 2020 at a college in Dharwad and a forest in Dandeli.[5][6][3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. The song "Mellusire Savigana" from Veera Kesari (1963) was recreated for this film.[7]

Release

The film was initially scheduled to release on 25 November 2022.[8]

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "The film is recommended only if you are into a guessing game".[9] A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Spooky College would have worked better as a decent dive into exploring young minds, however, the film doesn’t just shine that bright a light on this pertinent issue".[10] A critic from OTT Play wrote that "And even as a surface-level horror film, the film fails from evoking scares - unless you have a lot of time to kill, consider giving the film giving a miss".[11]

References

  1. ^ S, Sridevi. "Spooky College is a go-to movie for students: Kushee Ravi". The Times of India.
  2. ^ Lokesh, Vinay (6 January 2023). "Spooky College is an edge-of-the-seat thriller with great narration: H K Prakash". The Times of India.
  3. ^ a b "Horror is not about jump scares: Director Bharath G". The New Indian Express. 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ Lokesh, Vinay (5 January 2023). "When comic-horror and déjà vu collide in Spooky College". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Kushee Ravi completes 80% of her film, Spooky College". The Times of India. 21 December 2020.
  6. ^ V, The New Indian Express (17 December 2020). "'Dia' heroine Kushee Ravi takes spooky course". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Song was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Spooky College to release on November 25". The Times of India. 8 November 2022.
  9. ^ Basavarajaiah, Harish (6 January 2023). "Spooky College Movie Review : Spooky College is not so spooky, after all". The Times of India.
  10. ^ "'Spooky College' movie review: Questions mystery among youthful minds". The New Indian Express. 10 January 2023.
  11. ^ Kodur, Swaroop (6 January 2023). "Spooky College Review: Kushee Ravi's horror thriller is excruciatingly caricaturish & incoherent". OTT Play.