{
  "id": 17891403,
  "title": "New Indian Horror Lab Aims to Push Genre Past Ghosts and Comedy Hybrids (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/new-indian-horror-lab-aims-to-push-genre-past-ghosts-and-comedy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T01:48:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/indian-horror-lab-push-genre-past-ghosts-horror-comedies-1236938082/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new screenwriting lab in India wants to steer the country’s horror films away from ghost stories and horror-comedy hybrids. Independent outfit Platoon One Films will pick 15 writers for a three-month program built around original genre scripts. The Platoon One Horror Lab will run entirely online, and each of the 15 participants will bring […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}