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21 Best Horror Films of the 21St Century So Far. P4-5 Community Community Naseem Maria Al Rabeeh Ovsyannikova, P6Medical P16 Russian Centre observes expatriate and ace World Heart Day art photographer, with a free health showcases her checkup campaign. work at an event. Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Safar 15, 1440 AH Doha today: 290 - 340 COVER STORY Scare fest 21 best horror films of the 21st century so far. P4-5 GLITZ & GLAM SHOWBIZ Onwards and upwards. Drama comes more naturally to Sharman. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, October 24, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.20am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.37am Zuhr (noon) 11.18am Asr (afternoon) 2.34pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.01pm Isha (night) 6.31pm USEFUL NUMBERS Hello Guru Prema Kosame easygoing youngster named Sanju, and his quest to win over DIRECTION: Trinadha Rao Nakkina Anu, his ever so sensible lady-love. CAST: Ram Pothineni, Anupama Parameshwaran, Pranitha SYNOPSIS: Hello Guru Prema Kosame follows an THEATRES: Landmark, The Mall Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween talking dummy from an unpublished witches and other mysterious creatures, Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 DIRECTION: Ari Sandel Goosebumps book by RL Stine. Hoping Sonny joins forces with his sister, Sam Qatar Airways 40253374 CAST: Wendi McLendon-Covey, to start his own family, Slappy kidnaps and a kindly neighbour to save Sonny’s Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor Sonny’s mother and brings all of his mom and foil Slappy’s plan. SYNOPSIS: While collecting ghoulish friends back to life, just in junk one day, best friends Sonny time for Halloween. As the sleepy THEATRES: Royal Plaza, Landmark, and Sam meet Slappy, a mischievous town becomes overrun with monsters, The Mall ote Unquo Qu te The Mall Cinema (1): My (Malayalam) 8:15pm; Badaai Giraffe (2D) 2:30pm; Legend Ho (Hindi) 11pm. “No legacy is so Of A Rabbit The Martial Of Landmark Cinema (3): Hello rich as honesty.” Fire (2D) 4pm; Sandakozhi 5:30pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) Guru Prema Kosame (Telugu) 2 (Tamil) 5:45pm; Vada 8pm; Kayamkulam Kochunni 3pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) Chennai (Tamil) 8:30pm; 5:30pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) —William (Malayalam) 10:30pm. Namaste England (Hindi) Landmark Cinema (1): 8pm; Vada Chennai (Tamil) Shakespeare 11:30pm. Vada Chennai (Tamil) 2:15pm; 10:30pm. The Mall Cinema (2): Vada Kayamkulam Kochunni Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Chennai (Tamil) 2:30pm; (Malayalam) 5:15pm; Vada (1): My Giraffe (2D) 3pm; Goosebumps 2: Haunted Chennai (Tamil) 8pm; Sandakozhi 2 (Tamil) 5pm; Halloween (2D) 5:30pm; Sandakozhi 2 (Tamil) 11pm. Vada Chennai (Tamil) 7:45pm; Goosebumps 2: Haunted Landmark Cinema (2): The Vada Chennai (Tamil) 10:45pm. Community Editor Halloween (2D) 7:15pm; First Martial Of Fire (2D) 2:30pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Kamran Rehmat Man (2D) 9pm; Accident (2D) Goosebumps 2: Haunted (2): Hello Guru Prema Kosame e-mail: [email protected] 11:30pm. Halloween (2D) 4:15pm; (Telugu) 2:30pm; Goosebumps Telephone: 44466405 The Mall Cinema (3): Hello Goosebumps 2: Haunted 2: Haunted Halloween (2D) Guru Prema Kosame (Telugu) 5pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) 7pm; Fax: 44350474 Halloween (2D) 6:15pm; 3pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) Kayamkulam Kochunni Badaai Ho (Hindi) 10pm. Wednesday, October 24, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club visitors who are keen to access Qatar’s WHERE: Losail Circuit robust market. We are pleased to present WHEN: Ongoing this opportunity to local and international TIME: 5pm investors, banking, finance and government Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association institutions, along with leading firms in with Qatar Sports For All Federation, the real estate, investment and fin-tech invites all cyclists, runners and walkers sectors. to train under the floodlights of Losail International Circuit every Wednesdays. Startup Weekend Competition WHERE: Tawar Mall WHEN: November 15 – November 17 TIME: 6pm – 10pm In just 54 hours, you will experience the highs, lows, fun, and pressure that make up life at a startup. As you learn how to create a real company, you’ll meet the very best mentors, investors, cofounders, and sponsors who are ready to help you get started. Gymnastics World Championships EVENTS of the same name in Iraq, Kufa, and WHERE: Aspire Dome was developed from Hijazi script. Kufic WHEN: October 25 – November 3 Breast Cancer Awareness calligraphy is characterised by its bold Over 700 male and female gymnasts from WHERE: InterContinental Doha and vertical letters which often looks like over 80 countries, including three Team WHEN: Ongoing modern design. Join us for this 4-session Qatar gymnasts, will compete across 10 InterContinental Doha – The City is short course to learn this early and days of competition in Doha’s ionic Aspire organising several activities (especially beautiful script! Dome. Experience the drama, emotions and After School Activities at its various dining venues) that focus excitement of gymnastics’ pinnacle event WHERE: Atelier on highlighting the importance of early Qatar International Art festival-2018 as global superstars go head to head in a bid WHEN: Ongoing detection. Try the pink afternoon tea, the Where: Doha Fire Station to be crowned the best in the world. Music and arts Activities for students extravagant pink Bar Squared Brunch at When: October 31 – November 4 taking place after they finish their day in The Square and pink-themed nights at Time: 10am – 6pm school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- Strata Restaurant and Lounge. MAPS International WLL, in co- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama operation with Doha Fire Station-Qatar Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and ‘Pink Walk’ breast cancer awareness Museums and in collaboration with 10 years old after school hours. WHERE: Aspire Park UNESCO Club of Piraeus and Islands, WHEN: Tomorrow organises international mega art festival. Hobby Classes TIME: 4pm The art festival is planned for more than WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF), in 200 artists from around the World. QIAF Hilal Focus Medical Centre collaboration with the Primary Health Care 2018 is the very first art event in the region WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Corporation (PHCC) and Hamad Medical that connects the artist worldwide with Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic Corporation (HMC), will host a fourth live painting, group painting exhibition, performing artsinstitution and a one stop consecutive annual ‘Pink Walk’ breast qatar cultural tour, panel art show, master solution for adults as well as children cancer awareness event at Aspire Park. The classes, award ceremony evening and many Aspire Torch Staircase Run 2018 looking to explore their talents in various event will be sponsored by Saleh Al Hamad more for 6 days under 1 roof. For query, WHERE: The Torch Doha Hotel art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic Al Mana Co Nissan Qatar. e-mail at [email protected] WHEN: November 10 Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, TIME: 1pm – 6pm Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, Katara Beach - School Students Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) announces contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. WHERE: Katara opening registration for the seventh annual For details, call 33897609. WHEN: Ongoing ‘Aspire Torch Staircase Run’ scheduled TIME: 9am – 12pm to take place on November 10. The 2018 Dance and instrument classes By participating in the programme of edition of the Aspire Torch Staircase Run WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf ‘Our culture is a school’, Katara Beach (ATSR 2018), will offer sports enthusiasts Times Building emphasises the Qatari marine tradition the ultimate challenge of endurance, as WHEN: Wednesday – Monday and introduces to students the meaning of runners will have to make their way to the Learn the movements of dance styles Dasha, Al Qafal and various type of pearls. top of the 300m tower to the 51st floor, in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the The students will discover all details of the climbing more than 1,300 steps. musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Fath El-Kheir journey. Keyboard for adults as well kids and move Qatar Finance and Installment in the world of music. For details, contact Kufic Beginners Exhibition 66523871/ 31326749. WHERE: MIA WHERE: DECC WHEN: Ongoing till Oct 26 WHEN: November 3 – November15 TIME: 10:30am – 12:30pm Ballet Lessons TIME: 7pm – 10pm The word ‘Kufic’ is related to the city WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier The QFI Exhibition is a 3-day event that WHEN: Ongoing brings together the best of Qatar’s finance TIME: 4pm – 8pm community, and local and international For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, October 24, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY The fear factor The horror resurgence of recent years has been wildly diverse, encompassing a range of artful, innovative, even socially provocative films, writes Rafer Guzmán ot long ago, horror discomfiting issue. Get Out movies were fairly already seems to be paving the predictable fare: You way for a new wave of indie black had your unstoppable cinema, from the surreal comedy psycho, your bevy of Sorry to Bother You to the rap- Nscantily-dressed women, several themed drama Blindspotting. buckets of blood and an ending that promised a sequel. 3. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY But today? That old formula (2009) Not since The Blair Witch seems so 20th century.
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