Best horror Tamil movies on ZEE5 in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
21 movies on ZEE5 in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.0. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Kingston (2025)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 19m · UA · Horror, Adventure · IMDb 4.5 (446 votes)
TwistyFast-pacedDark & grittyVisually stunning
The sea off the coast of Thoovathor becomes cursed following a paranormal event in 1982. Kingston, a daring sea smuggler, ventures into the haunted waters with his friends to break the curse and bring hope back to their doomed village.
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11. Dora (2017)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 9m · U · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.3 (1.1K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
A father and a daughter buy a used car which is possessed by an unknown spirit which yearns for revenge, and gives sleepless nights to a cop and a bunch of criminals.
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12. Ghosty (2023)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 14m · UA · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 4.3 (540 votes)
FunnyCold & detached
An inspector embarks on a mission to track down a gangster who was once in her father's custody several decades ago. However, her quest leads to a string of absurd events that not only jeopardise her mission but also put her life in danger.
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13. Nayagi (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 5m · UA · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 2.7 (243 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
An opportunist short filmmaker takes his unsuspecting girlfriend to an out-of-city bungalow with the wrong intention, but runs into a ghost who cannot tolerate promiscuous men.
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14. Sowkarpettai (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 19m · U · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 2.2 (205 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Lovers murdered by a moneylender come back as ghosts to make him answer for his crime. Meanwhile, an evil tantric has been waiting for them for years to take his revenge.
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15. Kaashmora (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 44m · UA · Fantasy, Horror · IMDb 5.7 (2.4K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwistyFast-paced
Kaashmora, a present era black magic specialist; Rajnayak, an ancient era warlord and Ratnamahadevi is his queen. How these three are connected? What are the issues that arise?
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16. Sivalinga (2017)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 36m · U · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 4.8 (820 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
A cop investigating the suspicious death of a Muslim finds out that his own wife has become possessed by the young man’s ghost!
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17. Mohini (2018)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 22m · U · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 3.2 (451 votes)
Edge-of-seatTwistyDark & gritty
A spirit takes revenge on a few people by entering into the body of its lookalike.
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18. Masss Engira Masilamani (2015)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 31m · U · Comedy, Thriller · IMDb 5.9 (5.7K votes)
FunnyFast-pacedTwisty
A conman gains the power to see and communicate with ghosts and decides to use it to make money. His happy-go-lucky lifestyle goes for a toss when a ghost who is his look-alike approaches him with an offer.
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19. Devil's Double Next Level (2025)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 11m · U/A 13+ · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 5.0 (2.4K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedDark & grittyFunny
A well-known movie critic is invited by a strange person to watch a special horror film. But once the movie starts, he finds himself trapped inside it. The world keeps shifting timelines, endless day-to-night cycles, non-linear narration, and scary things from horror movies come to life. To escape, he must either stop
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20. Aranmanai 3 (2021)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 35m · UA · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 4.1 (1.6K votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & gritty
The ghost of a wronged mother tries to take revenge on a Zamindar and his daughter, but one man stands in its way!
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21. Kanchana 3 (2019)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 54m · UA · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 4.2 (2.2K votes)
FunnyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
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