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Betaal review: Netflix zombie series is neither scary nor thematic enough to be a truly immersive experience
FirstpostIn a bid to make a zombie thriller series more palatable to vast audience, Betaal neither sticks to tried and tested thrills that Blumhouse is known for, nor is able to dive into Indian folklore the way Tumbadd did. The genre in question is zombie thrillers, and today, we’re talking about the high-stakes Netflix zombie thriller Betaal, co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Blumhouse Television. Unfortunately, in a bid to make a zombie thriller series more palatable to vast audience, Betaal, directed by Patrick Graham, neither sticks to tried and tested thrills that Blumhouse is known for, nor is able to dive into Indian folklore the way Tumbadd did, leaving it in some weird kind of content limbo. The series even touches upon some makeshift humour elements, bringing in the history of British colonialism with references to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and Bhagat Singh, and even throws in a Brexit reference, but Betaal is too self-involved to subvert the genre and envelop humour into its tone.
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