The Hot Spot’s 1st Horror Film Festival in Islamabad 1999 The Hot Spot Islamabad Horror Film Festival – a landmark in Islamabad’s “culturally” emaciated calendar manages to notch on a few thousand more rupees to the Edhi Fund. The event is organized as a fitting…
Movies For A Cause Edhi’s Animal Welfare The Hot Spot’s Movie screenings had collected small amounts over the months, and once in a while, we dropped by their main Edhi Welfare Centre office in Islamabad to donate the collected funds. The money was specially earmarked…
Experiment Caramel Almond Crunch The Hot Spot “Think Tank”, after days of scrutiny, testing and analysis, deem the Caramel Almond Crunch a worthy “Flavour of the Month”. It proves to be an instant success, and thus from being a one-off, it is made a permanent…
No Publicity, No Media, No Cameras, No Politicians, Movie Stars, Generals, Fanfare, Advertising, Ribbon Cutting – The Hot Spot opens quietly in sleepy T Block on a chilly February Evening on the 2nd of February, 1999.
Rating ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 9.1/10 Psycho (1960)Reviewed by Shaharyar M. Khan Psycho (1960)Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera MilesDirector: Alfred HitchcockSynopsis: Arguably the greatest-ever horror filmReviewed by: Shaharyar M. Khan, Former Foreign Secretary & PCB Chairman & Lifetime Hitchcock fan. If Vertigo was Hitchcock’s masterpiece,…
Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.9/10 Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977) Cast: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher Director: John Boorman Synopsis: Heady mix of imagery, diabolical demonic dabblings, locusts, and Richard Button chewing up the scenery in one of the most despised films ever produced. “an absolute fiasco…