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Karimpoocha
Karimpoocha is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film directed and produced by Baby. The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Jose Prakash, Ratheesh and Meena in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by KJ Joy.
The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Alien
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
Jaani Dushman
Jwala Prasad is to marry the girl of his dreams. On the day of the marriage, she is dressed all in red, as is the tradition in India. Just before the wedding she slips off to meet her real lover. When Jwala finds out, be is so enraged at he turns into a monster and kills both the to-be bride and her male friend. The saga does not end here, and this monster continues to terrorize the region, first abducting brides dressed in red just before the wedding procession stops at a Mandir (temple).
Nagin
A male and a female in their human forms are in love with each other. When the male turns back into a snake, he is shot by a member of a hunting party, who thought the snake was going to attack the woman. Enraged at the brutal killing of her beloved; the female snake begins to take revenge on the six involved, killing them one by one after assuming the form of a human.
Rushya Shringa
The local god prophesies that Balappa can solve the problem of a lack of rain in the village when a demon possesses the head-man.
Anjan Hai Koyee
Anand (Feroz Khan), traveling by rail to meet his future bride, Sima (Aruna Irani), discovers a dead man in his train compartment. Arriving in his fianceeβs village, Anand witnesses another killing, this time a young woman (Noorjahan) he sees in an old, abandoned haveli. Reaching Simaβs home, he finds that his bride-to-be has been crippled in an accident and is under the care of a Dr. Prakash (Rakesh). Simaβs brother, Suraj (Suraj), and best friend, Sandhya (Nalini) are also staying with her. At a party for Sima, Anand spots the woman he saw murdered in the old shack and chases after her. But she suddenly disappears. A few days later he sees her again, swimming in a pond, but then she vanishes just like before. Meanwhile, it appears that someone is trying to kill Sima, and it also turns out that Anand is not who he claims to be.
Baazi
Elizabeth's uncle is in deep financial crisis. He somehow manages to prove his own death and cremate someone else's body in order to claim Rs.250,000 (a huge amount during 60s) from the insurance company. Inspector Ajay unfolds the mystery.
So Saal Baad
While working at an excavation site, a young engineer (Feroz Khan) notices an abandoned mansion where he hears a female voice singing a tragic song. When he investigates, he finds a beautiful apparition; what's more, there seems to be something quite familiar about her. He wonders if this is the ghost of someone from his past life.