India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.
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Nate H. reviewed Tumbbad (2018)
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What an awesome surprise. Found this surfing through Prime while on zombie mode at 1 in the morning and thought I'd throw it on until I was ready for bed. It grabbed me instantaneously and I ended up finishing the near two hour piece in one shot.
Tumbbad revolves around three generations of a family obsessed with a treasure supposedly hidden in the ruins of an old temple. An evil force guards the temple's secrets and it becomes apparent as these secrets begin to unravel that we see how cursed this treasure truly is.
This is scary folktale telling at its finest. The only remote comparison I could think of off the top of my head was Pan's Labyrinth. Seeing all the Indian culture and history tucked in added extra spice to a cleverly written fable on greed. Don't miss out.
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