Film

Pizza

Name: Pizza
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: 2014
Cast: Akshay Oberoi, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Dipannita Sharma, Arunoday Singh, Rajesh Sharma

Other titles called Pizza: the 2012 film.

A pizza deliveryman trapped in a haunted house during a single night becomes the unwilling protagonist of this Indian horror-thriller. Pizza is taut and economical—minimal cast, single location, mounting dread—that trusts atmosphere and escalating tension over spectacle. It's for anyone who loves being locked in with strangers while something wrong closes in.

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you like slow-building, claustrophobic horror where a single location and a tight, stubborn premise carry most of the load, and you don't need the scares to arrive every five minutes.

Skip it if you need the horror to be loud and frequent, because this is patient, dim and happy to let its mood sit unbroken for long stretches.

What it asks of you: Just under two hours, and it rewards staying put: the dark and the quiet do the heavy lifting, so resist checking your phone between beats.

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The wildcard

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Martyrs2008

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