In this horror anthology, children take shelter in what they think is an abandoned house to escape a rainstorm. They’ve inadvertently invaded the home of a grandmotherly woman who is happy for the company. After one of the boys boasts about not being afraid of anything, she offers to tell them six horror stories and promises they will all be scared by the end of the night.

Darna Zaroori Hai has a Tales From the Crypt feel. Even when the story has a twist that you can see coming, it’s still enjoyable.

Before the opening credits there is a bonus story that help sets the creepy yet comedic tone. Satish demands that his mother give him money so that he can see a late showing horror movie. Despite her warnings, he cuts through a cemetery to get to the theater. Anyone else would understand that walking through graves on a moonless night is bad enough; however, it’s also Friday the 13th.

Satish makes it to the movies and rushes the concession stand. “Hey quickly – give me the fried snacks!” After a night of laughing at the screen, something is waiting for him on his return home…

The other tales include: a professor who sees a ghost, a motorist looking for help lands on the doorstep of a weird couple, a family contending with an unwelcome guest, a film director writing his first horror movie, a man who wakes up in prison and doesn’t know why, and the wrap around.

Tip: Calling spirits to you is easier than getting rid of them.

Seven twenty-somethings decide to have one last wild adventure by spending the night in a haunted hotel. The plan is to investigate an infamous room and pull pranks on each other in the darkened hallways.

After a brief intro to the characters, the story gets them quickly to the hotel. Even though the building is the site of numerous deaths, the group takes no precautions. The hotel purposely draws them in. After a few creepy incidents, they find the room and an evil spirit bent on their destruction.

Horror Story is an action-packed, haunted house flick with deaths a plenty. However, it’s not a very graphic flick. The frights comes from the building and releasing of tense moments.

Grab a bowl of popcorn and settle back for some fun.

Tip: Don’t follow your friends to the haunted hotel; go home.

At a reunion, five friends decide to go to Bhangarh, a haunted fort. The place has such a bad reputation that visitors are required by law to leave by sundown. They return home and bring a curse back with them.

Trip to Bhangarh is neither a horror movie nor a thriller. Whoever categorized it as such on Netflix and IMBD is trolling horror fans.

This is a lackluster, Scooby-Dooish mystery/comedy. The musical numbers are fun but that’s it. The “strange” events that happen after the trip to suggest a curse are stupid. (Oh no, the sexy guy’s girlfriend broke up with him – what evil is this?!)

I stuck with the movie through the end and wish I could get that time back. When the evil doer is unmasked and explanations start flowing, sympathy for most of the main characters evaporates.

Tip: Avoid this movie. Marvel at the video for Slow Motion.