VEERANA
(Deserted Place)
dir. Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay, 1988.
India. 140 mins.
In Hindi with English Subs.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1 – MIDNIGHT
MONDAY, MARCH 10 – 7 PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 25 – 10 PM

A “uniquely surreal possession movie” (Grady Hendrix, Film Comment) starring the model Jasmin in her only significant film role, as a young woman possessed by the spirit of the seductress demon who (in a typical Ramsays touch) is introduced and vanquished in the pre-credit sequence before returning to torment a new generation. Perhaps the pinnacle of the Ramsays’ art, Veerana features their groadiest monster makeup and most sinister servants, with setpieces drawing alternately from arcane religious superstition and meta-modern references to horror masters Hitchcock (comically) and Hooper (plagiaristically).