The Old Temple (Purana Mandir)

Name: The Old Temple (Purana Mandir)
Duration: 2 h 24 min

2hr 24m

3.2/5 (233)

2hr 24m
3.2/5 (233)

After a rich young girl learns about a demon and it's terrible curse brought by her family for generations, she decides to go to her paternal village with her… More Details »

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Director:

Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay

Producer:

Kanta Ramsay

Writer:

Siddiqui M.S. Rahman, Dr. Gurdeep, J.K. Ahuja

Release Date:

Oct 19, 1984

Runtime:

2hr 24m

Synopsis

After a rich young girl learns about a demon and it's terrible curse brought by her family for generations, she decides to go to her paternal village with her lover, and his friend, to find out the truth.

Cast

Mohnish Behl
Arti Gupta
Puneet Issar
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Anirudh Agarwal
Sadhana Khote
Satish Shah
Trilok Kapoor
Satish Chopra
Rajendranath Malhotra

Letterboxd User Reviews

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3.2

Oct 27, 2024

Film 30/32 2/2 Indian Films 1 film from 1984 Well, hi there. So, this was one of the films I found on Youtube with subtitles as I researched which films would be available to me for this challenge and without really looking into what it's about, I keep surprising myself…

52 Likes

jasmin 🌙

Oct 4, 2024

Hooptober 11, pt. 19- Lost in Translation 7/6 Countries (USA, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, India) (COMPLETE) 7/8 Decades (2010s, 1990s, 2000s, 1980s, 2020s, 1970s, 1910s) 1/2- Indian Horror 1/1- Orwell's Favourite Year 2nd Shyam Ramsay (after…

49 Likes

Doc Lyon

Oct 25, 2022

This was a massive hit for the Ramsay Bros and one of the first of their films where they commit to full-on horror - which is helped immensely because they've seen THE EVIL DEAD and shamelessly rip off its wild camera moves. There's a monster man, a spooky gothic castle,…

46 Likes

Justin Decloux
Jul 28, 2022

Caveman vampire demon, bleeding bulging eyes, kung-fu, decapitations, magic gold trident, human sacrifice, cursed bloodline, cursed manor, cursed head decapitated yet still living, a carriage-vs-car chase, a swashbuckling swordfight, a bleeding portrait: even with its…

30 Likes

More_Badass

Sep 22, 2024

Hooptober XI: Hindi Horrorcore on Blood Island 31 horror films: 6/31 6 countries: India 5/6 2 Indian films: 1/2 1 film from 1984: 1/1 ☑️ Indian cinema’s number one horror aficionados the Ramsay Brothers directed over 30 Hindi horror epics, but Purana Mandir (‘The…

28 Likes

Elliot

Jul 2, 2023

Scavenger Hunt 100 31. This hunt is all about you, create your own prompt to go here (an Unsung Horror—less than 1000 views logged on Letterboxd) To be covered on an upcoming episode of the Unsung Horrors podcast. If you start watching this film and do not like it, just…

23 Likes

Adam Hursey
Jul 5, 2023

"Oh you wanna marry my daughter? No way. Let's talk after you lift the 200 year curse on my family by killing a feral cannibal demon wizard, buddy.

20 Likes

Lazyboots

Oct 13, 2024

Hooptober 11: Indian Film 2/2; Film from 1984 The demon in this movie is absolutely awesome, from its first appearance coming out of the bright light in the overgrown tomb, and the final chunk of the film as its running amok. It spends a fair chunk of the running time…

17 Likes

Doctor Pretorius

Sep 2, 2018

Reviewed as part of the History of Horror 2018 Challenge. You can find my list here if you'd like to follow along! The smash horror hit for the Ramsay brothers, bringing life to the genre in Bollywood. It would spawn several imitations and replications, and it's easy…

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