![]() ![]() And Apte’s outstanding performance is a reminder that psychological horror depends so much for its effect on good acting. ![]() (I half-expected the film to end with a Shining-like scene, with Mehak trapped inside one of those old-world pictures!) Like many fine horror films, this one doesn’t reveal all its secrets-even when the story has reached something of a resolution, it leaves you with the feeling that some things still lie just out of sight. Some of the scary scenes-even the ones that draw on genre tropes such as a “ghost" crawling out of a bathtub-are very effective, as is the set design, with its black-and-white paintings of people in spare, desolate settings that mirror Mehak’s situation. The first function of a good horror film-long before it makes you think about buried themes and ideas-is to get under your skin while you’re watching it in that darkened hall (not on your blasted iPhone!), and Phobia works on this visceral level. ![]() To clarify: I’m not endorsing Phobia only on the grounds that it is about something “important". ![]()
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