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2018 is clearly turning out to be one of the most successful years of the current decade if the ratio of hits is anything to go by. Practically each month of the year has thrown a biggie for the audiences while quite a few relatively smaller films are doing well too on a regular basis.
While different genres are being attempted by the makers and audiences are accepting them with glee as well, horror has surprisingly not seen much prominence for a while now. There have been a couple of films in this genre though, most notably Pari and 1921, and they have seen fair success coming their way.
One now waits to see if Stree turns out to be biggest amongst them all.
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“See, Pari had a rock solid idea but then it was so disturbing that eventually only a select segment of audiences who have appetite for such sound and visuals could digest it. Moreover, after a fantastic beginning, the Anushka Sharma starrer couldn’t really sustain its edge-of-the-seat quotient right through its narrative. Eventually it did sail through with collections just under 30 crore though one would have expected more,” says an insider.
On the other hand Vikram Bhatt’s 1921 followed the template of staple horror and soulful music, something that did work in the interiors. A small budget film, it did end its run under the 20 crore mark but was safe nonetheless.