Familiar horror tropes make scary use of Hindu mythology

Writer/Director Bishal Dutta refreshingly gives a new spin on demonic possession for his feature film debut, It Lives Inside. Dutta uses a familiar framew...

An intense, Indian-American-centric horror film, “It Lives Inside” will appeal to fans of such cult horror hits as “It Follows” and “Talk to Me.”

“If you face a Pishach alone, you won’t come out alive.”

Bishal Dutta's debut feature walks a fine line and doesn't always keep its balance.

Two girls face demons from Hindu mythology.

Directed by Bishal Dutta

IT LIVES INSIDE is a new horror movie with Indian-American main characters and an Indian folklore plot. Screening at Fantasia 2023. Review >

A teenager races against time to save an old friend from ancient demonic forces in Bishal Dutta's feature debut.

Bishal Dutta's feature debut doesn't have enough meat on its bones to support the full meaning of its flesh-eating monster.

Review: It Lives Inside uses a demon from Hindu mythology to tell a familiar story of trying to vanquish what cannot be stopped.

An invisible demon plagues an Indian American teen in Bishal Dutta's intriguing but undercooked horror thriller 'It Lives Inside,' starring Megan Suri.

The Indian American assimilation experience finds its voice and its bite.

While painting a single coat of cultural specificity over its high school haunting, the horror's script flops. Our It Lives Inside review:

A dispatch on three very different genre films from Austin.

Average on the outside.

Filmmaker Bishal Dutta’s tale of a folkloric spirit stalking a young Indian-American woman could have used a less heavy-handed approach.

It’s a banner year for debut filmmakers at SXSW, and Bishal Dutta’s It Lives Inside is one of the reasons that we can make that claim. A horror s...

The demon at the center of 'It Lives Inside' serves as a perfect metaphor for the film’s frustratingly nebulous qualities.

A demonic coming-of-age story.

It Lives Inside could be seen as overly conservative – even a fleeting kiss has dire consequences for its wide-eyed heroine.

Bishal Dutta’s debut 'It Lives Inside' is an effective if familiar chiller in which an evil Hindu mythological figure menaces Indian-American emigres.