Namo Boothaatma continues the trend of horror comedies

A new genre seems to be growing to become the hot favourite of the South Indian audience —the horror comedy. Joining the list of films in this genre is the Komal-starrer Namo Boothaatma, a remake of this year’s Tamil hit Yaamirukka Bayamey, which itself is speculated to be a remake of a Korean film — The Quiet Family. Incidentally, the horror comedy is a popular genre in Korea, which has inspired many young Indian filmmakers now.Here’s looking at a few of the horror comedies that have done well in South India in the recent past...
Prema Katha Chitram (Telugu) Chandralekha (Kannada) Kalpana (Kannda) Kanchana (Tamil) Geethanjali (Telugu) Irukku Aana Illai (Tamil)