India, Feb. 8 -- T his Amazon Prime series is on the list, even though it isn't a movie, because of how unusual it is in terms of both story and execution. Andhera (2025) treats darkness as a character; a metaphor for a distur- bed mind. The series opens with the disapp-earance of a young woman. This draws a police officer, a traumatised medical student and a paranormal vlogger into an investigation that leads to failed experiments around a cure for depression. Set in real locations across Mumbai, the series turns familiarity into unease by subtly reworking how space, light and darkness behave. Creator Gaurav Desai describes the approach as urban Gothic horror rooted in recognition rather than invention. "When something unsettling happens i...