Archive · 16 Nov 2025
Review: 'Inspection Bungalow' Falls Short on Horror and Comedy
Imagine a new TV show about a police station that has to move into a spooky old house because their office is broken.
The show tries to be scary like a ghost story and funny like a comedy at the same time.
A police officer who is scared of ghosts has to work there, and a special researcher comes to investigate.
At first, it seems interesting, but the show gets confused about what it wants to be.
The scary parts aren't very scary, and the funny parts aren't very funny.
The music and filming could be better.
The actors do a good job, especially the main officer, but the story itself is not strong enough.
So, it's a show that had good ideas but didn't quite make them work, ending up not being scary or funny enough.
The Malayalam horror-comedy 'Inspection Bungalow' on Zee5 attempts to blend supernatural elements with police drama.
The series follows Sub-Inspector Vishnu, who is forced to relocate his damaged police station to a reputedly haunted government bungalow.
Despite a promising premise and early tension, the show's writing becomes uneven midway, failing to commit to horror, comedy, or drama.
Both the horror elements lack suspense and dread, and the comedy is often forced and ineffective.
While acting is a positive aspect, technical execution and inconsistent tone leave the series underdeveloped.
- Who
- Sub-Inspector Vishnu and paranormal researcher Mythili
- What
- A Malayalam horror-comedy series about a police station relocated to a haunted bungalow
- When
- Not specified in the article
- Where
- Aravangad village, in a crumbling police station and a haunted government bungalow
- Why
- The police station became too damaged to function, forcing officers to relocate.
- Genre
- Horror-Comedy
- Platform
- Zee5
- Director
- Saiju S.S.
- Writer
- Suneesh Varanadu
- Setting
- Aravangad village, India
- Lead Actor
- Shabareesh Varma