Watch these offbeat horror shows this Halloween 2019

Director: Prosit Roy

Writers: Abhishek Banerjee, Prosit Roy

Stars: Anushka Sharma, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Rajat Kapoor

IMDb: 6.6/10

Description:

Arnab accidentally kills an old lady while driving back to Kolkata. He later meets a mysteriously chained girl and few dogs at an abandoned hut in a nearby village. He tries to rescue the girl who is haunted by demons and ghosts.

What do critics say:

Pari is technically competent, and Prosit Roy receives production support in plenty. The costumes, hair and makeup, and background music being noteworthy....but themes of good versus evil and love limits this film's appeal to the loyal viewer, wrote Udita Jhunjhunwala from Scroll.in

Director: Marcel Sarmiento

Writers: Evan Dickson (screenplay by), Evan Dickson (story by)

Stars: Kerris Dorsey, Ahna O'Reilly, James Tupper

IMDb: 4.4/10

Description:

Following the death of his wife, a man asks his girlfriend to shift to his house along with his daughters. A mysterious and malicious thing haunts them to get rid of the new woman.

IMDb: 4.5/10

Stars: Josef Rarach, Jason Hawkins, Victoria Hogan

Description:

In Haunted, people tell stories about all the horrifying, unexplained, supernatural event that haunted them for years. One of the stories is about a boy who experiences visions of a woman hanging in his closet.

What do critics say:

Real ghost stories are dramatized with graphic violence, Jenny Nixon from Common Sense Media

IMDb: 6.5/10

Stars: Mikhail Gandhi, Sara Gesawat, Palomi Ghosh

Description:

Three school going children form a ghost club in Goa and plans to approach a ghost at an old villa in Goa. But before they start, a new family moves in there. Then they get all they wanted--a shape shifting demon, a typewriter which writes its stories and many weird looking and sounding people.

What do critics say:

Stranger Things-style Indian horror series charms, scares, said Melissa Camacho from Common Sense Media