As Lalit’s friend asks this question towards the end of the documentary, ‘Is there a God?’ And if there is, why did He not stop the heinous crime from happening.Included were progressive members, like Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), as well as more moderate lawmakers, such as Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Haley Stevens (D-Mich.). Atheism – One other pertinent issue raised here is that of atheism. Also, Read: 10 Great Dysfunctional Family Films of the Decade (2010s)ģ. HOS is a discreet call to call out this vice and to start talking about problems. This only suggests the stigma to reveal family secrets in Indian societies. And yet, no one had a whiff of what was happening. Chundawat family has amicable relations with the neighbours, their kids played together, their wives were friendly, the men of the houses had shops across from each other and would indulge in a dialogue every now and then. So when we say that families are tight-knit and well-connected with the neighbouring families, we might be making a misled statement. Family Dysfunctionalities – What seemed like a normal, God-fearing and kind family turned out to be the theatre of occult happenings.
Related to House of Secrets: 12 Films that Explore Mental IllnessĢ. Despite being educated, none of the children talked about Lalit’s mental illness to anyone outside their house. In this case, the bigger question is how taboo mental health is in India. Somehow Lalit convinced everyone in the family of his truth, and eventually, the father (read: the father’s spirit) led the functioning of the family through getting instructions written in the book. Ironically, it never arrived! While all is conjecture, it is all the closure that one can get.Įvidently, the voice came back when the father passed away and his spirit came back to possess Lalit. Unfortunately, the family honestly waited for the spirit of the grandfather to come and save them. It can be conclusively deduced that the planning was not involved in deaths but was accidental. They even talk about why the family would hold a big fat engagement party for their daughter just 10 days before the crime. Instead of labelling the case as ‘shared psychosis’, there must be some major trigger that led people from three generations to follow Lalit blindfold (literally and figuratively) to their deaths. The experts ask the right questions on what could have led to the doom.
The docu-series digs in further than what the journalists called just ‘bizarre’ and strives to achieve a surmise that is more constructive and justifiable by including the perspectives of clinical hypnotherapists and psychologists (more on this later).
Largely, the entire mise-en-scene is a combination of archived footage and chilling interviews that sets the stage on what is to follow. Most of the location and event footage shown in the documentary is borrowed from the stock footage taken at the time of the crime. Unlike other crime documentaries, House of Secrets makes no effort to stimulate thrill or horror but instead, it steers clear of sensationalism and explores the case with much apathy and sensitivity.
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