Best horror Tamil movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
55 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.1. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Pizza (2012)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 7m · Thriller, Comedy · IMDb 7.9 (9.9K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
Michael, a pizza delivery boy, lives with Anu, an aspiring horror fiction writer. One day, on a delivery run, he goes to a bungalow, where mysterious events begin to unfold.
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2. Yavarum Nalam (2009)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 17m · A · Mystery, Horror · IMDb 7.4 (11.4K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Manohar and his family move into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbed by a spirit that uses the television set as a medium to communicate with them.
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3. Chandramukhi (2005)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 44m · U · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 7.2 (8.3K votes)
TwistyFunnyVisually stunning
Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge.
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4. Pisaasu (2014)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 54m · U · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (2.7K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyEdge-of-seat
A violinist experiences paranormal experience in his flat after a death of a girl who he tries to save due to accident. Later he realises that actually the spirit is helping him and he tries to find out who killed the girl by accident.
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5. Black (2024)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 55m · UA · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 7.1 (3.4K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Vasanth and Aaranya, a couple move into a serene row house, eager for peace and privacy, but a violent storm leaves them trapped inside, unsettling supernatural disturbances threaten to unravel their marriage. Vasanth must uncover the truth behind these supernatural occurrences before everything falls apart.
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6. 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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7. U Turn (2018)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 9m · UA · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 6.9 (4.8K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyFast-paced
When a flyover in the city becomes the hotbed of accidents, a young reporter decides to investigate the issue. Her quest for an answer would lead her into a web of intrigue, murder and mystery.
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8. Aval (2017)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 16m · UA · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 6.7 (3.1K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyEdge-of-seatSerious
Two families have a tough time dealing with a revenge-seeking spirit, which is strangely connected with one of its members
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9. Lift (2021)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 14m · UA · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 6.5 (4.0K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A usual working day turns unusual for Guru and Harini when they get trapped in their haunted office. A patterned game unlocks a mystery and a lift is their only way out.
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10. Zero (2016)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 39m · UA · Fantasy, Horror · IMDb 6.3 (639 votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A newly-wedded couple's domestic bliss is smashed to smithereens when the wife starts acting crazy. Has she become mentally unstable like her dead mother, or is there a sinister force at work?
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11. Pizza 2: Villa (2013)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 42m · U · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 6.2 (785 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Jebin is a writer who is trying to get his work published. He comes to understand his financial status after his father's death. There is also a villa in Pondycherry that has been bequeathed to him by his dad about which he had no clue till then. His ensuing journey to the villa sets the ball rolling for interesting ev
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12. 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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13. 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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14. Conjuring Kannappan (2023)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 20m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.0 (1.4K votes)
Cold & detachedFunnyTwisty
A man begins to have nightmares where he experiences things in sleep have an effect on him in real life, too. But as his derangement spreads across his family and friends, they decide to go to the root of the cause.
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15. 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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16. Sabdham (2025)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 26m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 5.9 (1.1K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A paranormal investigator is employed by a university to investigate a series of mysterious deaths some are attributing to supernatural causes.
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17. 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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18. Petromax (2019)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 8m · UA · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 5.3 (526 votes)
FunnyCold & detached
A man struggles to sell his house that is haunted so he arranges four people to live in the house for a few days to prove that there are no ghosts.
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19. 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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20. 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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21. Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae (2017)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 20m · UA · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 5.3 (591 votes)
Funny
A young man who wants to own a house buys a mansion and moves into it with his extended family not knowing that there is a ghost in the place.
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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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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25. Naane Varuvean (2022)
Movie · Tamil · 2h 2m · UA · Action, Thriller · IMDb 6.1 (6.0K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encounter with his long-separated twin - who happens to be a psycho killer.
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26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. 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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30. Kaatteri (2022)
Movie · Tamil · 1h 53m · UA · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 4.3 (568 votes)
FunnyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
To escape the wrath of the gangster whom they work for, a gang of treasure-seeking, bumbling criminals go to a hillside village, which, they don't realise is a ghost town, literally!
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