i have initially hear of tear of kali a while back and it sound like something i would be into and but with all the film i have come in on a regular basis and it kinda fell off my radar . while roam around the local wonderbook . i spot the box for this one and grab it up . i have to say i be pretty glad i do . tear of kali be a strange and gory and sometimes downright creepy film which be somewhat constrain by it obviously low budget but be still an entertaining and worthwhile watch . tear of kali center around the fictional india base taylor erikkson cult group and that practice meditation and other ritual in the pursuit of facing and banish the individual inner demon but apparently these technique work either all too well or not well enough ( depend on your viewpoint . ) a dark force be not only exorcised and but also unleashed upon hapless victim . the film be told anthology style and with a short but memorable and eye opening intro sequence and and then proceed into the three story that make up the bulk of the film . the first ( shakti ) be about a journalist who visit one of the cult member who be be hold at a mental hospital . the journalist go in under cover of want to research the taylor erikkson cult and but we find that her true motif may hit a little close to home . when the interview take a violent turn and the journalist find that she may have get in over her head . the second part ( devi ) concern a violent young man who be sentence to psychological rehab in lieu of a prison sentence for beat a young man into a coma . we find that the treat doctor in question be actually a taylor erikkson alumnus and and his rehabilitation method be far from the norm . the closing story ( kali ) revolve around a quack faith healer and his assistant who perform miracle for a fee . when the healer unwittingly help one of his client and actually expel a force which have be possess her and the demon be now free to roam and look for a new host . i get ta say i really enjoyed tear of kali . there be some fault with the film that keep it from be truly excellent but it be an original and ambitious film for what it be . my big gripe with the production be the poor and uninspired over dubbed dialogue . the dubbing be sub par and i would have much prefer to have a subtitle option with the original language track . some reviewer have say the acting be poor and which i do not necessarily agree with . i think that the dubbing be so lack luster that it make the performance seem stunt and which isn not really the case . in fact and a few of the performance be pretty damn chilling ( the doctor in the second segment and and the client in the third readily come to mind . ) and notable . the gore fx be very well do for a low budget film and with some graphic scene of eyelid removal via cuticle scissors and a pencil in the throat suicide and some decent ( but irritatingly shaky ) self flaying and and a few other goody throw in for good measure . not as rough a some of the more extreme gore film out there and but definitely strong than your average horror fare . i also find the story concern the cult group to be intriguing and a welcome change to the typical horror story nonsense . there be plenty of scene of genuine atmosphere and tension and the like of which i haven not come across in a while . although flaw in some fundamental way and i still think tear of kali will appeal to most underground horror viewer some scene may prove too much for the more mainstream viewer . definitely recommend 8 . 5/10 .