Nirmal Baby Varghese’s time-loop horror film ‘Dreadful Chapters’ won the Best Experimental Film award at Hollywood Gold Awards in the United States. Hollywood Gold Awards is a film festival based in Los Angeles that was founded in 2020. The film will be screened at the Hudson Theaters in Los Angeles on August 27.
According to the director, the film will follow a group of friends trapped in a nightmarish time loop, forced to relive the same horrific experiences over and over again. The poster’s creepy hooded entity seems to be the sinister force behind the time loop, keeping the characters helplessly stuck in an endless repetition of dread.
Leading the film’s cast are Jeffin Joseph, Varun Ravindran, Arya Krishnan, Shyam Salash, Nibin Stany and Lasya Balakrishnan. For director Nirmal Baby Varghese, “Dreadful Chapters” marks his second spine-tingling horror feature following “Vazhiye”, Kerala’s first found footage horror flick. Nirmal is known for his award-winning documentary “Thariode” and is currently adapting it into a period feature titled “Thariode: The Lost City” starring international artists.
The crew behind “Dreadful Chapters” includes cinematographer Midhun Eravil, editor and sound designer Nirmal Baby Varghese himself, and composer Fazal Khais. The director himself handles the editing and director of audiography. Second unit cinematography: Shobin Francis. Jeese Joseph is the project designer and Arun Kumar Panayal and Saran Kumar Bare are the associate directors. Music director: Fazal Khais. Ranjith A is the art director and Sidharth Periyadath is camera associate. Still photography: M E Photography, Social media promotion: Infotainment Reels. Apart from Malayalam, this horror thriller will soon be released in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.
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