Emraan Hashmi: The wave of horror-comedies that has come is a sub-genre

The trailer for Dybbuk was unveiled on Wednesday at an event held in Mumbai. The whole team including Emraan Hashmi, Nikita Dutta, director Jay K and producer Kumar Mangat Pathak marked their presence at the event. During an interaction with the media, Emraan spoke at length about his love for the horror genre as he has been a part of several flicks namely Raaz - The Mystery Continues, Raaz 3, Ek Thi Daayan, Raaz: Reboot and now Dybbuk.

The actor told reporters at the event, "My love story with horror films isn't over yet. I thought it was over five years ago but it isn't and this will continue. This new film is different from the films that I did before. This film takes the horror quotient higher. The narrative style is new and unique."

About the wave of more horror-comedies being made in Bollywood, Emraan said, "I have been watching horror films since childhood. I enjoy this genre. The wave of horror comedies (that has come) is a sub-genre. This (horror) is the mother genre. I believe this (horror) genre is not explored much in our country."

The actor added that maybe a few stars don't understand the horror genre well which makes them not take the part. The Chehre actor shared, "Maybe most stars don't understand this genre, so they don't give their consent and hence the budget is not much for these films. I hope more stars do horror films because the success ratio is good. Even though fewer horror films have been released, whenever they come out, they do good business."

Emraan went on to say that it's high time the Indian cinema explores horror genres as it's untapped in the country. The actor said, "Horror has immense potential and it is untapped in India. The mainstream stars don't do horror films so budgets are less. I think it is a genre that has immense potential. There should be more home-grown horror films as our culture is vast and we have a lot of folklore. It is high time we explore the genre."