If you’re a fan of the genre and have lamented the sorry state Hindi horror films have been in, give this one a chance.

It’s a spook-fest that might just instill hope for better things to come.

While August Osage County starts off by giving you a small lump in the throat, it leaves one wondering in the end if you sympathise less with human failings when they are up in your face screaming for attention.

One would wonder how funny a story about a train-wreck of a marriage, two clinically neurotic people fighting their inner demons and compulsive bookmaking can be. One would wonder before watching David O Russell’s delightful romance-comedy-drama Silver Linings Playbook.