Darr @ The Mall

To be fair, horror is a difficult genre to handle, especially in India. And the reason behind this is that we are a stubborn lot. We like to show that our courage is made out of premium tungsten and that we would look at an approaching chudail with mild curiosity and ask her if she's having trouble walking, what with her directionally-challenged feet. While on the inside, we might really just be reciting the Hanuman Chalisa at a rate of a trillion words per minute.

We also like to flaunt our knowledge of cinematic predictability. "Ah, the door's going to creak ominously now," w....