Anyway, what takes away the cake from Prabhu’s work of fiction is not the absence of terrific jump scares – sound effects can be added to heighten the tension. But since the script itself is dull, it doesn’t allow the actors to wiggle their way out of mundanity. Prabhu doesn’t provide his characters with the wherewithal to introspect, which makes it impossible for the cooped up people in the devil’s house to think out of the box.
American horror films have shown us that haunted houses are big and that there are quite a few empty spaces around the property. This gives an opportunity to the makers to spook the audiences with its vastness. If the houses are cramped, the cameramen and their assistants cannot run around with the equipment. This is a logistical disadvantage. It’s one of the reasons behind setting a horror movie in a mansion. Despite the largeness of the house you see in Live Telecast, it’s bereft of the ghost’s footprints – not footprints in general, but…