Overview
A family vacation turns into a nightmare as dark forces close in.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- paranoid
- foreboding
- horror movie night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film’s fear-driven Gujarati supernatural storytelling, performances, music, action, and cinematography.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film uses Gujarati language and cultural context to frame black magic as the source of the family’s terror.
Atharva’s family vacation becomes an escalating ordeal after Pratap traps them through black magic.
The central conflict is driven by the stranger Pratap’s control over Atharva and his family.
The black-magic premise places the family in a threatening situation where danger and control are difficult to understand.
Films like Vash, and why
The Conjuring
supernatural domestic terror, escalating psychological control, and family-centered suspense
Hereditary
occult horror, possession-like coercion, and sustained fear within a household
The Lodge
family vacation disrupted by an uncanny threat and mounting paranoia
Movie Details
- Director
- Krishnadev Yagnik
- Release Date
- 2023-02-10
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 (10)
Cast
- Janki Bodiwala
- Hiten Kumar
- Hitu Kanodia
- Nilam Panchal
- Aaryan Sanghvi
Common questions
- What is Vash about?
- A Gujarati family vacation becomes a terrifying battle of wills when a stranger uses black magic to imprison a devoted father and his loved ones.
- What is Vash like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Vash as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Vash violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Vash as moderate.
- What did critics think of Vash?
- Critics broadly praised the film’s fear-driven Gujarati supernatural storytelling, performances, music, action, and cinematography.
- Which films are like Vash?
- Films with a similar feel include The Conjuring, Hereditary, and The Lodge.
- How long is Vash?
- Vash runs 117 minutes.
