25 most popular Indian Horror Movies to banish your lockdown blues, recommended by IMDb
While the year 2020 has been nothing short of a horror movie in itself, watching horror films at home with your loved can actually be an enormously fun and entertaining experience. Horror movies introduce the element of surprise in the most sinister of ways making the entire experience extremely exciting. So, get the family together, make some hot popcorn, and don’t forget the blanket to hide under when things get to scary as IMDb brings you a 25 of the Most Popular Indian Horror Movies that are bound to send chills down your spine.
You can find your best pick from the following…..
1. Bulbbul (2020) : A man returns home after years to find his brother’s child bride now grown up and abandoned, and his ancestral village plagued by mysterious deaths.
2. Tumbbad (2018) : A mythological story about a goddess who created the entire universe. The plot revolves around the consequences when humans build a temple for her first-born.
3. Ravening (2019) : Two chaste lovers bow down to social taboos and repress their feelings, but doing so pushes them towards a horrific crime.
4. Stree (2020) : In the small town of Chanderi, the menfolk live in fear of an evil spirit named “Stree” who abducts men in the night. Based on the urban legend of “Nale Ba” that went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s.
5. Ghost Stories (2020) : The winning team of LUST STORIES unite to tell some spine – chilling tales. Ghost Stories is a 2020 Indian anthology horror film, consisting of four short film segments directed by Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap.
6. Pari (2018) : Pari is a supernatural horror film in which a man attempts to help a woman named Ruksana, an abuse victim, who he found chained up in a hut.
7. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) : An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his ancestral home, paying no heed to the warnings about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable occurrences cause him to call a psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.
8. Bhoot: Part One – The Haunted Ship (2020) : A bereaved shipping officer must save a girl he believes is real, on a stranded, unmanned haunted ship, “Sea Bird”.
9. Lupt (2018) : Haunted by disturbing visions, a workaholic takes a vacation with his family, but a detour leads them to an unsettling stranger and chilling events.
10. Manichitrathazhu (1993) : When a forbidden room in an old bungalow is unbolted, the spirit of a vengeful dancer is unleashed.
11. Laxmmi Bomb (2020) : The film deals with a ghost seeking vengeance for being wronged and haunts everyone who is staying in the house.
12. 13B: Fear Has a New Address (2009) : A man experiences a supernatural occurrence at his newly purchased apartment; a soap opera being telecast exclusively on his TV, which shows the future of his family.
13. Go Goa Gone (2013) : A group of friends, just looking to have a good time in a rave party on a remote island in Goa, find out that the island is infested with Zombies.
14. Horror Story (2013) : Seven youngsters decide to spend a night in an abandoned haunted hotel. What they mistook as merely rumors, dawns on them to be the truth as they realize they are not alone inside.
15. Kaal (2005) : A tiger expert, his wife, two tourists and a village chief engage in a battle for survival against supernatural beasts within Jim Corbett National Wildlife Park.
16. The House Next Door (2017) : A young married couple begin to encounter several paranormal attacks, when a family moves into a neighbouring house, that is being haunted by a vengeful spirit, which leads them to perform an exorcism in order to help save the neighbours.
17. 9 (2019) : When forces within and beyond this world conspire to snatch his son away, a father resolves to do whatever it takes to protect him.
18. Pizza (2012) : A pizza delivery boy lands in a mysterious circumstance and it works a dramatic change in his life.
19. Raaz (2002) : Sanjana and Aditya decide to give their marriage one last chance. They plan a holiday in Ooty, but they don’t know that a strange figure is waiting for them to come.
20. Bhool Bhulaiya 2 (2020) : Set within the sprawling halls of a haveli, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 is a horror movie that is a sequel to the 2007 movie of the same name.
21. Maya (2015) : Apsara, a single mother, struggles to make a living by working in advertisements. Her life turns into an entangled mess when a ghost starts haunting her and causes the death of people known to her.
22. Silence (2020) : Nishabdham is the story of Sakshi, an artist with speech impairment and Anthony who is a celebrity musician. How the two come together and what transpires from there is what forms the crux of this beautiful story.
23. Kinavally (2018) : Vivek is celebrating his wedding anniversary with his wife Ann, who decides to invite four of his friends to surprise her husband. But, their celebrations are short-lived as they start experiencing paranormal activities around them.
24. Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) : An artist comes to realize that the woman he has been been painting is real and is being haunted by a ghost.
25. Ragini MMS (2011) : Out to relax and have fun at a farmhouse, a couple experience horror at the hands of an unknown entity.