Best horror English movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
528 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.5. Newest addition: The Last House on the Left, added to Netflix on 22 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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2. Jaws (1975)
Movie · English · 2h 4m · A · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 8.1 (7.5L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
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3. Get Out (2017)
Movie · English · 1h 44m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 7.8 (8.4L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth t
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4. The Others (2001)
Movie · English · 1h 41m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 7.6 (4.3L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatSlow-burn
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
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5. Zombieland (2009)
Movie · English · 1h 28m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 7.5 (6.8L votes)
FunnyMatureFast-pacedVisually stunning
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
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6. A Quiet Place (2018)
Movie · English · 1h 31m · A · Horror, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (6.7L votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatVisually stunningMature
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
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7. The Conjuring (2013)
Movie · English · 1h 52m · A · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (6.4L votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedSerious
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
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8. 28 Days Later (2002)
Movie · English · 1h 53m · A · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (5.6L votes)
Dark & grittyMatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seat
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely
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9. Sinners (2025)
Movie · English · 2h 18m · A · Horror, Action · IMDb 7.5 (5.3L votes)
Dark & grittyMatureVisually stunningTwisty
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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11. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Movie · English · 2h 24m · Horror, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (4.5L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyMatureCold & detached
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
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12. Weapons (2025)
Movie · English · 2h 9m · A · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 7.4 (4.1L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
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13. Frankenstein (2025)
Movie · English · 2h 30m · A · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.4 (3.4L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyMature
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
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14. Carrie (1976)
Movie · English · 1h 38m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 7.4 (2.4L votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedMatureEdge-of-seat
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
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15. It (2017)
Movie · English · 2h 15m · A · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 7.3 (7.1L votes)
Dark & grittyVisually stunningMatureEdge-of-seat
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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16. Split (2017)
Movie · English · 1h 57m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 7.3 (6.3L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained withi
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17. Hereditary (2018)
Movie · English · 2h 8m · A · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 7.3 (4.7L votes)
TwistyDark & grittySlow-burnMature
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
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18. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Movie · English · 2h 14m · Horror · IMDb 7.3 (3.5L votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedSerious
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
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19. The Substance (2024)
Movie · English · 2h 21m · A · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.2 (4.7L votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedFunny
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
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20. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Movie · English · 2h 15m · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 7.3 (1.2L votes)
TwistyMatureSlow-burnDark & gritty
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another
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21. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 44m · Thriller, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.2 (3.9L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & gritty
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
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22. A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
Movie · English · 1h 37m · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (3.3L votes)
Edge-of-seatVisually stunningDark & grittyFast-paced
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
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23. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Movie · English · 1h 41m · Horror, Action · IMDb 7.2 (2.9L votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
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24. The Descent (2005)
Movie · English · 1h 40m · Adventure, Horror · IMDb 7.2 (2.8L votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatMatureCold & detached
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures
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25. Eraserhead (1977)
Movie · English · 1h 29m · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.2 (1.5L votes)
TwistySlow-burnMatureDark & gritty
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
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26. Midsommar (2019)
Movie · English · 2h 27m · A · Horror, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (5.0L votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunningDark & gritty
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in the
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27. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
Movie · English · 1h 49m · A · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 7.2 (1.3L votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
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28. The Ring (2002)
Movie · English · 1h 55m · A · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 7.1 (4.1L votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring i
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29. Don't Breathe (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 29m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 7.1 (3.4L votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedMature
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
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30. Alien: Romulus (2024)
Movie · English · 1h 59m · A · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (3.0L votes)
Dark & grittyVisually stunningMatureEdge-of-seat
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
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