Best horror movies on ZEE5 in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
64 movies on ZEE5 in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.4. Most are in Tamil (21), Hindi (16), Malayalam (10). Newest addition: 1920 London, added to Apple TV on 21 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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2. House Mates (2025)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 9m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.9K votes)
TwistyFamily-friendly
Karthick and Anu fall in love, get married and buy an old flat for their own. Many strange incidents happening in that house. They found out the reason and hand over the flat to the first owner Ramesh.
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3. Anando Brahma (2017)
Movie · Telugu · 2h 3m · U · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.9 (5.4K votes)
FunnyFamily-friendly
An NRI enlists the help of his cop-friend to sell off his ancestral home, but later hears rumours of it being haunted. Unwilling to let go of the property at a throwaway price, he asks a team of four quirky guys to spend a night in the house and prove that it isn’t a ghost den.
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4. Bhaagamathie (2018)
Movie · Telugu · 2h 22m · UA · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 6.9 (3.7K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Accused of murdering her husband, IAS officer Chanchala, is taken to a haunted house called Bhaaghamathie Bungalow, where police and CBI officials interrogate her to dig up dirt on a politician she had worked under. As she's left alone in the haunted house, spirits take control of her and IAS Chanchala transforms into
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5. Go Goa Gone (2013)
Movie · Hindi · 1h 51m · A · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.7 (17.6K votes)
FunnyMatureFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
A rave party off the coast of Goa goes horrifyingly and hilariously wrong when the island is overrun with zombies.
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6. Lapachhapi (2017)
Movie · Marathi · 2h · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (986 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyMature
A couple moves into a new house in the middle of sugarcane fields unaware that it is haunted by evil spirits.
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7. Taxiwala (2018)
Movie · Telugu · 2h 30m · UA · Thriller, Comedy · IMDb 6.8 (5.1K votes)
A job monger, Shiva who ends up as a taxiwala only to realise his ride is a beyond what anyone can expect.
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9. Raat (1992)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 7m · A · Drama, Horror · IMDb 7.0 (1.6K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedMature
The Sharma family re-locate to a semi-urban locality in a house that has a "reputation". The Sharma family consists of Mr. Sharma, his wife Shalini Sharma, only daughter Manisha Sharma or "Mini" as they affectionately call her; and their grandchild Bunty, as his parents had been killed in an accident. Strange things st
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10. Zombie Reddy (2021)
Movie · Telugu · 2h 5m · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 6.7 (5.5K votes)
Fast-pacedTwistyEdge-of-seatFunny
A game developer and his friends head to Kurnool to attend their friend’s wedding. But something much more menacing rather than delicious pelli bhojanam awaits them there.
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11. Jarann (2025)
Movie · Marathi · 2h 4m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 6.9 (939 votes)
TwistyDark & grittySeriousCold & detached
A family faces supernatural chaos when witchcraft and ancient beliefs invade their remote village. A woman must uncover the truth about dark rituals and herself as fear and madness grow.
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12. Zombivli (2022)
Movie · Marathi · 2h 14m · UA · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 6.6 (1.7K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seat
In the suburban neighborhood of Mumbai, a wall separates the haves and the have-nots. Sudhir and Seema, a newly married middle class couple, live a life without hardship while Vishwas, a slum dweller, dreams of dignity for his people. Their lives collide as post nightfall the town fills up with ominous cries and moans
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13. Isha (2020)
Movie · Malayalam · 1h 58m · Horror · IMDb 7.1 (516 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatStraightforward
Revolving around a young girl who gets possessed, Isha is a horror film that will leave you with goosebumps.
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14. Jail (2009)
Movie · Hindi · 2h 35m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 6.3 (1.5K votes)
Dark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached
Parag Dixit is living a dream life with a great job and his loving girlfriend Mansi! However things take an ugly turn when after a series of unfortunate events he suddenly wakes up in jail; handcuffed and randomly beaten up by the cops.
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15. F.I.R NO. 339/07/06 (2021)
Movie · Bengali · 2h 26m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.4 (416 votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
An upright but idiotic police officer arrives in Raghunathpur, Birbhum, West Bengal to investigate a murder and realises there is more to the crime than meets the eye.
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16. Devi(L) (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 5m · U · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.2 (1.3K votes)
FunnyFamily-friendly
A man who wants a modern girl for a wife unwillingly marries a village girl. What happens when the girl is possessed by the ghost of an aspiring actress?
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17. Devi (1999)
Movie · Telugu · 2h 18m · Fantasy, Horror · IMDb 6.5 (229 votes)
Visually stunningSerious
Devi, a snake goddess, stays on earth to protect the girl whose father saved her life from greedy relatives and from the snake demon, Dantra.
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18. Kishkindhapuri (2025)
Movie · Telugu · 2h 5m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 6.3 (4.2K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedMatureEdge-of-seat
A ghost walking tour group visits an abandoned radio station, inadvertently awakening a vengeful spirit.
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19. Mercury (2018)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 49m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 6.0 (1.2K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyEdge-of-seatMature
Five friends, all affected in some way by a mercury poisoning incident are partying when a freak accident put them on a collision course with an entity that is in no mood to forgive their misgivings.
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20. DD Returns (2023)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 5m · UA · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.1 (2.1K votes)
Cold & detachedFunnyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Madhi and his friends hides a bag full of money and jewels in a haunted bungalow to ditch the police. When he goes to retrieve the bag, a ghost makes him play a survival game in order to leave with the bag.
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21. U-Turn (2023)
Movie · Hindi · 1h 41m · U/A 16+ · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 6.2 (3.7K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatSerious
Radhika, a journalism intern is investigating bike riders violating traffic on a city flyover, turns sinister when she becomes prime suspect in the mysterious death of one of the motorists, she is forced to prove her innocence and find the real culprit.
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22. Diya (2018)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 40m · Thriller, Romance · IMDb 5.6 (691 votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
The aborted child of a couple goes after her own family members who were responsible for separating her from her mother.
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23. Nenjam Marappathillai (2021)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 22m · UA · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 6.0 (2.2K votes)
Dark & grittyMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A god-fearing young woman who takes up the job of a caretaker in a rich household tries to take revenge on her lustful employer.
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24. Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi (2021)
Movie · Malayalam · 1h 38m · UA · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 5.3 (560 votes)
Funny
Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi is a horror-comedy Malayalam movie with VIshnu Unnukrishnan and Saniya Iyyappan in lead roles.
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25. Miruthan (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 46m · U/A 13+ · Action, Romance · IMDb 6.0 (2.3K votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyMatureFast-paced
When a zombie outbreak occurs in a hill station, a traffic cop takes on the responsibility of transporting a team of doctors to a city hospital so that they can find an antidote.
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26. Neeli (2018)
Movie · Malayalam · 2h · U · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 4.7 (244 votes)
Family-friendlyEdge-of-seat
As Lakshmi learns to accept the setbacks and begins a new chapter in her life, her daughter, Thara goes missing. She embarks on a journey in search of her daughter and comes across four strangers - a paranormal investigator, a photographer, and two local thieves. The film is the mysterious tale of five strangers who co
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27. Jackson Durai (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 14m · U · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 4.9 (407 votes)
FunnyFamily-friendlyLight-hearted
A cop sent to investigate allegedly ghostly affairs in a village agrees to stay in a haunted bungalow for seven days to win the hand of a girl in the place.
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28. Hide & Seek (2010)
Movie · Hindi · 1h 36m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 4.3 (264 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
Five former friends are abducted and held in a locked mall by a person dressed as Santa Claus.
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29. Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 (2019)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 57m · UA · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 5.4 (889 votes)
TwistyFunnyFast-paced
A happy-go-lucky guy has to recover his lady love from the ghostly spirit who accompanies her always.
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30. The Wife (2021)
Movie · Hindi · 1h 46m · Horror · IMDb 4.6 (415 votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedStraightforward
The movie revolves around a married couple who move into a new apartment where they are haunted by a malevolent spirit. The couple struggles to save not only their relationship but also their lives.
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