Zee Horror Show
| The Zee Horror Show | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Ramsay Brothers Limited |
| Written by | M.Salim |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of episodes | 372 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay |
| Running time | approx. 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee TV |
| Original release | 1993 – 1997 |
Zee Horror Show is a TV series presented by Ramsay Brothers on Zee TV in the period 1993-1997 . Ramsay Brothers were famous in Bollywood for churning out extremely low budget and cheap horror films in the 70s and 80s. In 1993, they turned their interest towards Indian Television. Zee Horror Show was a very popular program in the 90s. It featured short stories in the form of 4 to 5 episodes, each one based on suspense and horror.
The first episode was titled "Dastak" which was telecast in 1993 & featured Pankaj Dheer, Shagufta Ali and Archana Puran Singh in the lead.
The notable episodes were Saaya , known for Vikranta Jabbar played by Surendra Pal, One of the episodes called "Raat" (featuring Javed Khan) is till date remembered for its performances. Its story was stolen from the Hollywood classic 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. One other episode called "Chehre pe Chehra" again (featuring Javed Khan) was so popular that it was telecasted many times over on Zee Cafe. Yet another episode, "Jeevan Mrityu", based on dowry system (featuring Pallavi Joshi) gained so much popularity that it was re-telecast on popular public demand. Another episode called "Khauff" gained popularity only because the story was partly stolen from the Indian film Gehrayee and partly from the 1973 Hollywood film The Exorcist.
Since Ramsay Brothers were running out of ideas and stories, some episodes were cheaply copied from cult Hollywood films like Tehkhana from Evil Dead, Dehshat from Fright Night and Gudiya from Child's Play.
Some of the episodes that gained popularity were:
- "Dastak"- Pankaj Dheer, Archana Puran Singh, Shagufta Ali
- "Khauff"- Navneet Nishan, Aashif Sheikh
- "Cheekh"- Usha Nadkarni, Sudhir Pandey
- "Tantrik"- Anirudh Agarwal
- "Raat"- Javed Khan, Sriprada
- "Raaz"- Javed Khan, Prajakta Kulkarni, Rajendra Gupta, Arun Bali
- "Chehre pe Chehra"- Javed Khan, Prithvi, Amita Nangia
- "Anhonee"- Javed Khan, Poonam DasGupta, Nishigandha Wad
- "Siskiyaan"- Rishabh Shukla, Channa Ruparel
- "Gehrayee"- Harsha Mehra, Shiva
- "Dehshat"- Resham Tipnis, Raju Shrestha
- "Jeevan Mrityu"- Pallavi Joshi, Tina Ghai, Mayur
- "Gudiya"- Neelam Mehra, Sudhir, Baby Sana, Mahavir Shah ,Prabha Sinha
- "Taveez "- Vijay Arora, Prabha Sinha, Anirudh Agarwal, Bharat Kapoor
- "Saaya"- Balbinder Dhami, Surendra Pal, Prabha Sinha, Gajendra Chauhan
- "Chandalika"- Ajinkya Deo, Dimple Shah Itteqam *Varsha Usgaonkar Priyanka Sunita Twin Spirit *Sayesha Sehgal Malini *Sumeet Saigal Manu looks alike Manoj
Zee Horror Show's popularity is proved by the various communities created in its memory on social networking communities like Facebook & Orkut by its fans.