STORY: The plot is set in Ayanpuram, a village that is bothered by ghosts that put in an appearance every night once the clock strikes nine. So, the police send Sathya (Sibi), an empty vessel of a cop, to investigate these claims. He then falls in love with Viji (Bindu Madhavi), a girl in the village the moment he steps foot in the place. Even as he begins his so-called investigation, he realises there is another challenger to Viji's hand — her relative Veera (Karunakaran). So, the girl's father offers them with a challenge — whoever manages to stay alive in the haunted bungalow in the village for seven days will be the chosen one.

REVIEW: ‘Jackson Durai’ has very little to offer on horror or on humor. Most of the horror scenes follow the oft repeated ideas and patterns. The Cast has done a good job. Sibiraj gives an impeccable performance. Karunakaran gives an impressive performance. His antic sand dialogues give the much needed humour relief. Bindhu Madhavi is the female lead. She did her role perfectly according to that role.

Vivek Harshan takes care of editing in Jackson Durai. But his editing is bare and the sequences often leak into one another. But the jump scare cuts and edits often associated with the horror genre have been executed down right to the tee.

Punctured by a lot of loopholes the movie suffers from a lazy screenplay. The story in itself is all over the place and lacks focus.

 The costume design and the hands behind the makeup department have rolled up their socks to give a shot at making their efforts work out and have churned out fair results. But it’s the art design that stands out.

Cinematographer Yuvraj creates the perfect feel for this horror comedy and the background score by Siddharth Vipin is just as impressive.

The film starts of well but lags in the second half and the screenplay begins to go downhill.