One of the best things about Ajay Gnanamuthu’s debut movie, Demonte Colonyis that it wanted to be a horror film and not a Tamil “masala horror”. Kanchana And Aranmanai The franchise has comedy, romance, big hero fights, item numbers, devotional songs and even some horror in between. It’s one of those 99 Variety Dosa places where they serve every kind of take on the dosa you can imagine: paneer, mushroom, mozzarella cheese, chocolate, unicorn horn, cyanide… while Demonte Colony Initially it had a few jokes and a song once, but as the plot progressed it quickly established a sustained horror tone.
Ajay goes a step further with the sequel, and attempts to create a pure horror experience. The film, after repeating the events of the first part, immediately takes the audience into a nightmare world, starting with the horrific scene of a recorded video showing two men falling down from a high-rise apartment, followed by another man hanging in the same apartment.
At the center of this horror story is Debbie (Priya Bhavani Shankar), who is grieving for her late husband Sam. Her home is a shrine to their lost love, adorned with countless photographs of them together. In a desperate attempt to maintain a relationship with her late husband, Debbie embarks on a painful path, opting for artificial insemination using his preserved sperm. This desperate act to consummate her love underlines the disturbing atmosphere of the film, as it becomes clear that her grief has turned into obsession. Ajay sets a melancholy tone right from the start, foreshadowing the impending horror.
Like its predecessor, Demonte Colony 2 There is also a song in the first part. But it is completely different from the happy atmosphere Kuthu Instead of this song about four silly drunkards, we get a serious song by Sam CS that reminds us of the English weather.
Ajayi aims to heighten the horror with a number of escalating sequences: mirror-induced terror, bat-filled chaos, and even a descent into Hades. His arsenal of horror tropes is extensive, including Antichrist symbolism, pentagrams, the titular Demonte, and an even more evil entity.
Despite all this, this film, like its prequel, struggles with a similar issue: while the conceptual framework is intriguing, the execution fails to create intrinsic fear. Both films have interesting ideas, but they fail to deliver the heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat scares that their premises promise.
Demonte Colony 2
Director: Ajay Gyanmuthu
Mould: Arulnithi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Arun Pandian, Vettai Muthukumar, and more
Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes
Plot: A demonic spirit awakens in a haunted bungalow in Chennai, leading to terror, mystery and a horror franchise
The main suspects are the shoddy visual effects which significantly undermine the film’s ability to create a truly immersive horror experience. The lack of polish in these effects creates a jarring disconnect between the intended atmosphere and the on-screen reality. The performances also fall short of the intensity needed to truly capture the characters’ terror and desperation, leaving the viewer emotionally disconnected from the narrative. Sam CS’s score, while attempting to build tension, often descends into jarringly loud climaxes, disrupting the overall atmosphere.
We cannot fault the writing as the screenplay is structurally strong, with characters driven by clear motivations. Debbie’s vulnerability to demonic deception in the form of her dead husband, for example, is directly linked to her obsessive grief. This character arc is established through flashbacks of her determination to save him during his battle with cancer. Similarly, the altruistic act of a selfish character finds justification in the impact of her motherless childhood.
The writer has created a sense of continuity by linking some plot points to the first film. The introduction of new mysteries and unanswered questions at the end hints at a potential franchise, leaving the audience eager for the next installment.
But Ajay too, in his quest for a pure horror film, falls into the temptation of adding humour. A comedy sequence depicting a property dispute between Arulnithi and her stepsister abruptly kills the tension built up in the opening half hour.
Just like a cursed necklace haunts the characters Demonte Colony It seems like a Tamil horror movie is bound in the chains of comedy.
Demonte Colony 2 is in theaters now
