Yes, we are kind of tired of the sequel-based Cinematic universes. Yet, we love to watch this Demonte Cinematic Universe that just increased the scale of Demonte Colony Part 1 into a bigger, louder and scarier horror-thriller in a long time.
R. Ajay Gnanamuthu debuted with Demonte Colony almost a decade ago in 2015. The sequel to part 1 released after 9 years continuing the plot where it was left out, i.e., after Srini (Arulnithi) realising that he was already dead and the mysterious gold chain is on its way to Demonte Colony, again.
‘Locked-Room’ Horror
Demonte Colony: Part One predominantly happens as a closed-room horror drama in the second-half of the movie. This distinctive Gnanamuthu’s mark is repeated in Part Two as well. But, by this time, we are already introduced to too much information that can bring over-informational fatigue. This rushed screenplay causing fatigue can be justified with the scale the part two has risen to and wants to rise in the further sequels.
Four drunk buddies enter Demonte Colony on a rainy night in Part one. There was nothing luring them to enter. In this Part Two, the allure to Demonte Colony is orchestrated by a self-harming librarian who comes from the legacy that keeps the monstrous ritual of 6th June alive for many generations. This librarian became the most important and interesting character of Demonte Colony 2. Because, it was indicated that he had some strange connection with 16th Century’s Portuguese KIng we saw in a trailer fighting in the coliseum. He is perhaps the “The Unsung Hero of a Fallen Kingdom”, the title of the book with which Librarian lures the victims.
A lot of characters are introduced in this sequel expanding the scale of the story. Along with the character, a new timeline and a sub-plot of the look-alike twin brother of Srinivas, Raghunandan (Arulnithi), and Debbie (Priya Bhavanishankar) are also introduced.
Haunty Visual Imagery
A good storytelling is that which offers you something to take away with you rather than to just reflect on what is shown. Therefore, Raghunandan and Debbie fell short with the revelation at the end. We are left with the shock and anticipation for the next part. This doesn’t mean that Ajay Gnanamuthu has failed as a writer. The effortful play-around of cliches of horror cinema and creation of magical-imagery that imprints your memory is to be acknowledged. For example, the fight happens with the mirrors, the indefinite moving of the front main door, and, Librarian honouring the evil by slashing the axe on his back hanging upside down. These visuals shot by Harish Kannan are meant to haunt you if the louder evil can’t scare you.
Better, But Louder.
The background score by Sam CS is very loud. We often experience more silence in horror cinema. But, Sam CS’s score is a non-stop banger to your ears with bass-y thumps at almost every minute. The songs to emotionalise the deaths are not overdrawn. The songs go away the moment the point of the song has been made. The songs neither distract nor attract.
However, all these new plot-introductions don’t appear as random snippets stitched onto a storyboard of Part One. But, you get a feel early on that the story is moving not towards the end of Part Two but towards the beginning of Part Three: “Demonte Colony 3: The End is Too Far.”
Demonte Colony 2 is releasing in theatres on 23rd August.
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