61%User score 61 percent
Dagon
2001 · Fantasy · Horror
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343 votes
A Tale of Greed Beyond Fear.
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.
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SWITCH.
July 26, 2019
As a unique historical fantasy film coming out of India, ‘Tumbbad’ is a triumph for the filmmakers and a high-point for Hindi horror cinema. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-tumbbad-visually-rich-hindi-horror Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/revelation for more Revelation Perth International Film Festival reviews.
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February 3, 2022
A **very** atypical Hindi film in that it is both a fantasy and a horror. It is a well-told fable about greed. Totally worth the watch!
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r96sk
April 18, 2025
<em>'Tumbbad'</em> is very good folk horror fare. It's a movie that feels unusual for what Bollywood tends to offer, at least the sorta films that I've checked out from this part of the world. Aside from the evidently irremovable music interlude, it felt different - a good different. I would say that the story gets a bit underwhelming across the middle portion, though the opening chunk and final moments are impressiv…
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