JUNOON (1992)
The movie starts with Rahul and his friend, who looks like a young Johnny Depp, on a hunting trip. They are hungry and stop to grab some food.. they pass three people in the dhaba yet keep yelling is any one there?
But anybody can look like Johnny Depp on Youtube 360p resolution
They get warned not to hunt during full moon night, they will be hunted by a ghost tiger. But they ignore the warnings
This is perhaps the brightest forest ever yet Johnny complains that it is really dark
..these people are blind
So here's the deal with the ghost tiger.. apparently 700 years ago a king killed a tiger when the animal was having sex (yep !) the tigress gets angry and she curses the king and the king becomes a tiger every full moon night XD ... If anyone hunts the tiger during full moon the hunter will become a tiger as well
The tiger kills Johnny by slapping him and then he slaps Rahul Roy, curses him and vanishes...this movie is legit
Rahul crawls out of the cave, barely surviving the light slap, and then he gets beaten by the guys who warned him about the slapping tiger.
Rahul gets operated by some really shady doctors and one of the docs is Nita (Pooja Bhatt)
Good thing they wrote the word DRIP in bold letters. Otherwise, I would have mistaken them for vodka bottles
All surgery clothing have special holes in them that allow the doctors to operate right through them
After getting molested by the doctor Rahul dies
But the hospital walls are so advanced that they revive Rahul.. and he's alive!
The doctors are shocked... Super Wall! :O
Side story: Nita (Pooja Bhatt) the doctor is in love with Ravi (Avinash Wadhawan) who lives in a house that has peculiarly low chandeliers
Rahul sees his dead friend and very casually asks him "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be dead?
His dead friend tells him that he will become a tiger soon so he should die as well..
Rahul starts getting nightmares of his friend's mullet in blue colored lens filter
Some really strong acting skills shown by Rahul in this movie
Today I ll be reviewing the classic horror movie Junoon, starring a tiger who becomes Rahul Roy by day and chills with people... creepy isn't it?
Look at them skulls
The actor of the movie is Wonder Tiger Ram
The movie starts with Rahul and his friend, who looks like a young Johnny Depp, on a hunting trip. They are hungry and stop to grab some food.. they pass three people in the dhaba yet keep yelling is any one there?
But anybody can look like Johnny Depp on Youtube 360p resolution
They get warned not to hunt during full moon night, they will be hunted by a ghost tiger. But they ignore the warnings
This is perhaps the brightest forest ever yet Johnny complains that it is really dark
..these people are blind
So here's the deal with the ghost tiger.. apparently 700 years ago a king killed a tiger when the animal was having sex (yep !) the tigress gets angry and she curses the king and the king becomes a tiger every full moon night XD ... If anyone hunts the tiger during full moon the hunter will become a tiger as well
The tiger kills Johnny by slapping him and then he slaps Rahul Roy, curses him and vanishes...this movie is legit
Rahul crawls out of the cave, barely surviving the light slap, and then he gets beaten by the guys who warned him about the slapping tiger.
Rahul gets operated by some really shady doctors and one of the docs is Nita (Pooja Bhatt)
Good thing they wrote the word DRIP in bold letters. Otherwise, I would have mistaken them for vodka bottles
All surgery clothing have special holes in them that allow the doctors to operate right through them
After getting molested by the doctor Rahul dies
But the hospital walls are so advanced that they revive Rahul.. and he's alive!
The doctors are shocked... Super Wall! :O
Side story: Nita (Pooja Bhatt) the doctor is in love with Ravi (Avinash Wadhawan) who lives in a house that has peculiarly low chandeliers
Rahul sees his dead friend and very casually asks him "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be dead?
His dead friend tells him that he will become a tiger soon so he should die as well..
Rahul starts getting nightmares of his friend's mullet in blue colored lens filter
Some really strong acting skills shown by Rahul in this movie
At the hospital Rahul gets force fed by Nita... Rahul falls in love with her because she is the first person to force feed him.. Ladies now you know how to win a man's heart
Rahul recovers and goes to Nita's home to thank her with an expensive gift. Nita's parents quickly agree to get Nita married to Rahul because he is rich.. Indian arranged marriage in a nutshell
Damn! Rahul Roy is a good looking bloke
Nita hates the idea of marrying Rahul and goes to Ravi and asks him to get married to her in 24 hours
While Ravi and Nita plan to elope Rahul follows Nita to Ravi's place which looks like a museum..Wait! Wasn't Ravi supposed to be dirt poor?
A jealous Rahul signs a telegram pretending to be Ravi, which says Ravi's dad is hospitalized in Pune.
Rahul, who has never heard of Ravi until now, goes to Pune, recognizes Ravi's dad and kills him.. Tiger powers are strong with this one
Ravi receives the news of his father's death and leaves for Pune = Eloping cancelled
Nita feels betrayed and thinks Ravi copped out. She agrees to marry Rahul
And Ravi gets Nita and Rahul's wedding invitation card from the local Paanwala
Obligatory drunk song by ex boyfriend during wedding
It's the first night of the wedding and it is full moon. It is gonna be a wild night indeed :P
Rahul starts turning and Nita being a good wife and great doctor ignores him
Rahul to Tiger conversion stage 1, which looks like Rakhi Sawant's regular makeup
Stage 2 of the conversion.. strangely looks like Amitabh Bachchan
Stage 3 - Human to Tiger conversion
Conversion complete... from Stud to a sexy beast
Honestly, I always remembered this scene as a VFX debacle but upon second viewing and this being a 1992 film. the transformation scene is quite good (cant believe I am saying this)
So Tiger Rahul chills around the hotel and he suddenly spots a woman swimming in the middle of the night
He attacks her and kills her because no swimming allowed when the pool is closed. Rules bitch!
When Nita complains that her husband is missing, the hotel manager tells her that it is not that important XD
Well the manager was right, afterall, Rahul is only streaking in some remote part of the hotel
Rahul realizes that he is a sexy beast and happily accepts his condition
The forest officer, who also does regular police work, looks at the paw prints near the body and figures out it was Rahul
because who else can make such an inaccurate tiger paw print
Meanwhile Nita, wearing loads of jewelry, looks for Rahul
The thing that is more frightening than turning into a tiger is Rahul Roy's jungle-themed shirt
One thing consistent in this movie is that no one reacts to anything strange. Rahul, who just got married to Nita, tells her he doesn't remember anything while making a creepy face and then tells her to go and live with her parents. Nita coolly agrees.
Ravi (Sherlock) figures out something is wrong with his situation and goes to Nita's place to talk to her, instead, he chills with Nita's toy frog
Ravi tells her what happened but Nita being dumb doesn't understand a word and tells him to GTFO...She also forgets that her husband's surname is Chauhan and calls him Johar
The forest officer comes to Nita's place and tells her that her husband is a tiger by night XD (not exactly the words) Nita gets confused because she hasn't experienced anything like that yet :P
So Rahul is rich because he lives in a bigger museum.. bollywood movie logic
While Nita goes to Rahul's place, Rahul goes to a very shady club which has decor inspired by Ramleela plays
Rahul starts turning again and he calls his next victim to have some wild time with him
The girl follows him to the bathroom, where she hears a roar...She thinks it is all part of foreplay
So Tiger Rahul kills the girl while performing a realistic hunter predator sexual role play
Nita realizes that her husband is killing women but she does nothing because... she is also into role playing
One thing we realize is that Rahul doesnt want to role play with Nita because she is just a zookeeper (food provider) for him and not his prey
Meanwhile, the forest officer, who is actively involved in this case, doesn't arrest Rahul. Instead he goes around telling everyone to get Rahul arrested because he upgrades into a tiger
Rahul gets seduced by Nita.. but like a good employee Rahul never crosses his deadlines. He upgrades and attacks Nita
Rahul is indeed a tiger in the bed (just like the forest officer said)
So the three idiots come to Nita's rescue and they light a fire around them :S ... Stupidity has killed a lot more people than tigers
After standing inside the fire circle (while the tiger is locked inside the room) Ravi asks forest officer how long they need to stand there. Forest officer realizes this was a bad idea..
The forest officer tries to get into his car in order to run away and he gets killed by the tiger. The tiger is a ghost tiger remember?
These guys stay inside the circle and stay alive
Now these three become prime suspects in the murder of the forest officer because they tell the cops the ghost tiger upgrade version killed him. Which is something you should never use as an excuse
One thing I have noticed is that Avinash Wadhawan, in all of his movies, gets wrongfully suspected as the murderer every time a ghost kills... Paapi Gudiya lol..
Meanwhile Rahul wakes up and realizes he is screwed because now he has witnesses
Ravi gets ready to kill the tiger while Tom Alter has been sitting on that chair forever
Tom Alter, who speaks better hindi than several Indians, tells Ravi that if he kills Rahul as a human being, he will get arrested and if he kills him as a tiger, the upgrade curse will fall on him
So the solution to the problem is, they need to find a special knife in a cave to kill the ghost tiger
Rahul reaches Tom's place to ask where did the others go. Tom shoots Rahul but he is immortal. Now Rahul knew these guys are at Tom's place but doesn't know where they went now. This upgrade has errors
They reach the cave, which has a similar decor like the shady club.. maybe it is a regional thing
But Rahul reaches there as well
A very over the top fight happens.. with Rahul roaring like a tiger in between punches. It looked like a bad case of gas
Finally Ravi stabs Rahul with the magic knife and as you can see the tiger upgrade is now version 2... the tiger will now have Rahul Roy's hair
The End..
Junoon is a cool movie which is based on "An American werewolf in London"
The movie had a lot of potential to be a good horror but it has plot holes so deep that you can dive in it and reach hell.
Acting is awful in certain places and you do not feel sorry for the protagonists. One good thing about the movie was that the villain was aware of his curse and owned it rather than feeling sorry for himself. But he also magically gains powers and loses them for no reason, which makes the story very inconsistent.
I tried to review Humshakals instead of this movie and I couldn't stand it. So this movie is cheesy and lame (an essential 90s style) but it is scores better than flop movies today.
Watch it it is fun!
PS Rahul's movie character name is Vikram.. I kept writing Rahul because it is shorter by one letter and I am a lazy person
Rahul recovers and goes to Nita's home to thank her with an expensive gift. Nita's parents quickly agree to get Nita married to Rahul because he is rich.. Indian arranged marriage in a nutshell
Damn! Rahul Roy is a good looking bloke
Nita hates the idea of marrying Rahul and goes to Ravi and asks him to get married to her in 24 hours
While Ravi and Nita plan to elope Rahul follows Nita to Ravi's place which looks like a museum..Wait! Wasn't Ravi supposed to be dirt poor?
A jealous Rahul signs a telegram pretending to be Ravi, which says Ravi's dad is hospitalized in Pune.
Rahul, who has never heard of Ravi until now, goes to Pune, recognizes Ravi's dad and kills him.. Tiger powers are strong with this one
Ravi receives the news of his father's death and leaves for Pune = Eloping cancelled
Nita feels betrayed and thinks Ravi copped out. She agrees to marry Rahul
And Ravi gets Nita and Rahul's wedding invitation card from the local Paanwala
Obligatory drunk song by ex boyfriend during wedding
It's the first night of the wedding and it is full moon. It is gonna be a wild night indeed :P
Rahul starts turning and Nita being a good wife and great doctor ignores him
Rahul to Tiger conversion stage 1, which looks like Rakhi Sawant's regular makeup
Stage 2 of the conversion.. strangely looks like Amitabh Bachchan
Stage 3 - Human to Tiger conversion
Conversion complete... from Stud to a sexy beast
Honestly, I always remembered this scene as a VFX debacle but upon second viewing and this being a 1992 film. the transformation scene is quite good (cant believe I am saying this)
So Tiger Rahul chills around the hotel and he suddenly spots a woman swimming in the middle of the night
He attacks her and kills her because no swimming allowed when the pool is closed. Rules bitch!
When Nita complains that her husband is missing, the hotel manager tells her that it is not that important XD
Well the manager was right, afterall, Rahul is only streaking in some remote part of the hotel
Rahul realizes that he is a sexy beast and happily accepts his condition
The forest officer, who also does regular police work, looks at the paw prints near the body and figures out it was Rahul
because who else can make such an inaccurate tiger paw print
Meanwhile Nita, wearing loads of jewelry, looks for Rahul
The thing that is more frightening than turning into a tiger is Rahul Roy's jungle-themed shirt
One thing consistent in this movie is that no one reacts to anything strange. Rahul, who just got married to Nita, tells her he doesn't remember anything while making a creepy face and then tells her to go and live with her parents. Nita coolly agrees.
Ravi (Sherlock) figures out something is wrong with his situation and goes to Nita's place to talk to her, instead, he chills with Nita's toy frog
Ravi tells her what happened but Nita being dumb doesn't understand a word and tells him to GTFO...She also forgets that her husband's surname is Chauhan and calls him Johar
The forest officer comes to Nita's place and tells her that her husband is a tiger by night XD (not exactly the words) Nita gets confused because she hasn't experienced anything like that yet :P
So Rahul is rich because he lives in a bigger museum.. bollywood movie logic
While Nita goes to Rahul's place, Rahul goes to a very shady club which has decor inspired by Ramleela plays
Rahul starts turning again and he calls his next victim to have some wild time with him
The girl follows him to the bathroom, where she hears a roar...She thinks it is all part of foreplay
So Tiger Rahul kills the girl while performing a realistic hunter predator sexual role play
Nita realizes that her husband is killing women but she does nothing because... she is also into role playing
One thing we realize is that Rahul doesnt want to role play with Nita because she is just a zookeeper (food provider) for him and not his prey
Meanwhile, the forest officer, who is actively involved in this case, doesn't arrest Rahul. Instead he goes around telling everyone to get Rahul arrested because he upgrades into a tiger
Rahul gets seduced by Nita.. but like a good employee Rahul never crosses his deadlines. He upgrades and attacks Nita
Rahul is indeed a tiger in the bed (just like the forest officer said)
So the three idiots come to Nita's rescue and they light a fire around them :S ... Stupidity has killed a lot more people than tigers
After standing inside the fire circle (while the tiger is locked inside the room) Ravi asks forest officer how long they need to stand there. Forest officer realizes this was a bad idea..
The forest officer tries to get into his car in order to run away and he gets killed by the tiger. The tiger is a ghost tiger remember?
These guys stay inside the circle and stay alive
Now these three become prime suspects in the murder of the forest officer because they tell the cops the ghost tiger upgrade version killed him. Which is something you should never use as an excuse
One thing I have noticed is that Avinash Wadhawan, in all of his movies, gets wrongfully suspected as the murderer every time a ghost kills... Paapi Gudiya lol..
Meanwhile Rahul wakes up and realizes he is screwed because now he has witnesses
Ravi gets ready to kill the tiger while Tom Alter has been sitting on that chair forever
Tom Alter, who speaks better hindi than several Indians, tells Ravi that if he kills Rahul as a human being, he will get arrested and if he kills him as a tiger, the upgrade curse will fall on him
So the solution to the problem is, they need to find a special knife in a cave to kill the ghost tiger
Rahul reaches Tom's place to ask where did the others go. Tom shoots Rahul but he is immortal. Now Rahul knew these guys are at Tom's place but doesn't know where they went now. This upgrade has errors
They reach the cave, which has a similar decor like the shady club.. maybe it is a regional thing
But Rahul reaches there as well
A very over the top fight happens.. with Rahul roaring like a tiger in between punches. It looked like a bad case of gas
Finally Ravi stabs Rahul with the magic knife and as you can see the tiger upgrade is now version 2... the tiger will now have Rahul Roy's hair
The End..
Junoon is a cool movie which is based on "An American werewolf in London"
The movie had a lot of potential to be a good horror but it has plot holes so deep that you can dive in it and reach hell.
Acting is awful in certain places and you do not feel sorry for the protagonists. One good thing about the movie was that the villain was aware of his curse and owned it rather than feeling sorry for himself. But he also magically gains powers and loses them for no reason, which makes the story very inconsistent.
I tried to review Humshakals instead of this movie and I couldn't stand it. So this movie is cheesy and lame (an essential 90s style) but it is scores better than flop movies today.
Watch it it is fun!
PS Rahul's movie character name is Vikram.. I kept writing Rahul because it is shorter by one letter and I am a lazy person
This movie was not a flop
ReplyDeleteThe review has nothing to do with box office ratings. It is just on movies that are generally mocked by people as flop. Also read the end part.
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