One of my favorite non-Deadlantern horror blogs on the internet is AMC’s Monsterfest blog. They always dredge up some great stories that might be overlooked by the big horror sites. I thought this story was interesting. It’s about this Pakistani horror film called Hell’s Ground that seems to be bucking Musharaff’s police state and going to theatres. The article says it’s the first Pakistani modern horror film. I don’t know how accurate that is since I’m no scholar on Pakistani horror (seems like they have enough of that in real life), but it is interesting to think about how widespread the horror genre is. Even in places like Pakistan, where you might not think our lovable genre exists.

Here’s hoping the filmmakers don’t get sent to prison. I need to get a copy of this movie somehow. On a philosophical note, do you think an Islamic horror movie gets blamed for causing violence like American movies do?

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