But even her abductions are based on consent. When she calls out to a man, and they respond, in her mind, they are consenting, and frankly, that’s higher than the bar of consent prevalent in society today.
In Stree, the lives of women are represented with the roles reversed. Men are afraid to walk alone at night, while women roam freely. Vicky (Rajkummar Rao) is a ladies’ tailor who falls in love with a woman (Shraddha Kapoor) who needs him to stitch a lehenga for her. But he would be crazy to fall in love with a witch, right? Bittu (Aparshakti Khurana), in his quintessential ‘best-friend-to-the-hero’ role, certainly thinks so.
The movie has plenty of horror elements, including a plethora of jump scares, twists, and jump cuts. With a powerful supporting cast of Vijay Raaz, Pankaj Tipathi, and Abhishek Banerjee, it is a riot with a fair share of profound moments and scares.
The Empty Man (2020)
This supernatural horror movie on Disney+ Hotstar is based on mysterious happenings around the “Empty Man” and mysterious disappearances of teenagers. When Detective James Lasombra (James Dale) stumbles upon a cult hidden behind a well-established foundation, everything starts unravelling.