Best horror movies on SonyLIV in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
24 movies on SonyLIV in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.3. Most are in English (16), Malayalam (4), Hindi (2). Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. 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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2. Bramayugam (2024)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h 19m · U/A 16+ · Drama, Horror · IMDb 7.7 (18.9K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittyVisually stunning
A folk singer in 17th-century Kerala discovers a mansion. Inside, he encounters an enigmatic cook and a powerful master, setting in motion a chain of events that changes his life.
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3. 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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4. Bhoothakaalam (2022)
Movie · Malayalam · 1h 45m · UA · Thriller, Mystery · IMDb 7.4 (6.2K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Following the death of a family member, a mother and son experience mysterious events which distort their sense of reality and make them question their sanity.
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5. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Movie · English · 2h 2m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (1.5L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
When a young girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father
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6. Churuli (2021)
Movie · Malayalam · 1h 54m · A · Mystery, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (6.2K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
Two cops undercover trailing a fugitive enter a hamlet inside a dense forest. At every turn, they encounter a mysterious character who further misleads them into new labyrinths.
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7. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
Movie · English · 1h 39m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.6 (2.3L votes)
FunnyMatureFast-pacedVisually stunning
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
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8. Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Movie · English · 1h 46m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 6.6 (2.1L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
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9. Evil Dead (2013)
Movie · English · 1h 31m · Horror · IMDb 6.5 (2.2L votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, a
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10. Kothanodi: The River of Fables (2015)
Movie · Assamese · 2h · U · Fantasy, Horror · IMDb 7.6 (666 votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittySerious
Four folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.
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11. Noblesse: Awakening (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 32m · Action, Animation · IMDb 7.3 (830 votes)
MatureVisually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Rai wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts his new life as a student in a high school founded by his loyal servant, Frankenstein. But his peaceful days with other human students are soon interrupted by mysterious attackers known as the "Unions".
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12. Escape Room (2019)
Movie · English · 1h 39m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 6.4 (1.6L votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-pacedCold & detached
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
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13. The Shallows (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 26m · Horror, Drama · IMDb 6.3 (1.6L votes)
Edge-of-seatVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
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14. Darr @ the Mall (2014)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 4m · UA · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 4.9 (1.2K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A newly constructed mall is suspected to be haunted when a few workers are mysteriously killed during its construction. Vishnu, a security guard, unveils the mystery behind the mall's dark secret.
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15. Darna Zaroori Hai (2006)
Movie · Hindi · 1h 48m · A · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 5.6 (3.1K votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyDark & grittyFast-paced
Five children enter a haunted house and find an old woman. She promises to tell them six scary stories that they won't be able to handle.
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16. Quarantine (2008)
Movie · English · 1h 29m · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.0 (85.0K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedMature
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
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17. Don't Breathe 2 (2021)
Movie · English · 1h 38m · UA · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 6.0 (83.9K votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyMatureFast-paced
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.
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18. Homecoming (2009)
Movie · English · 1h 28m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.3 (4.9K votes)
Dark & grittyMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.
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19. Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 31m · A · Fantasy, Action · IMDb 5.8 (87.6K votes)
Fast-pacedVisually stunningMatureEdge-of-seat
Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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20. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
Movie · English · 1h 28m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.8 (70.2K votes)
Edge-of-seatTwistyFast-pacedDark & gritty
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive... and discovering they've all played the games before.
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21. Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Movie · English · 1h 43m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.7 (83.7K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
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22. Karakkam (2026)
Movie · Malayalam · 1h 44m · U/A 13+ · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 4.1 (2.5K votes)
Funny
A drunken New Year's prank goes horribly wrong when two young men remove sacred crosses from graves. Five restless ghosts emerge to haunt their every move, driving them to seek redemption and release.
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23. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 47m · UA · Action, Horror · IMDb 5.5 (1.1L votes)
Fast-pacedVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike aga
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24. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Movie · English · 1h 35m · Action, Horror · IMDb 5.3 (1.6L votes)
Fast-pacedVisually stunningDark & grittyMature
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves f
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