Indian horror that’s actually good

7 movies  

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13B (2009)
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Vikram K. Kumar actor: 尼图·钱德拉 / Dhritiman Chatterjee …
other title: 13号楼B座 / 惊悚13 …
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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Maya (2015)
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other title: மாயா
An artist realizes that the story that he is illustrating, about a ghost who was an inmate of an asylum in a forest, could be real. Meanwhile, an aspiring actress takes up a challenge to watch a horror film all alone in the theatre at night. How are these storylines connected?

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Manichithrathazhu (1993)
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Fazil actor: 莫哈恩拉 / 肖巴娜 …
other title: 浮华枷锁 / The Ornate Lock …
A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.

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Andhaghaaram (2020)
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V. Vignarajan actor: Vinoth Kishan / 阿琼·达斯 …
other title: 黑暗轨迹 / 黑暗軌跡 …
As a blind librarian, dispirited cricketer and desolate psychiatrist each seek retribution and release, their lives overlap under eerie influences.

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Kanchana (2011)
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other title: Muni 2 : Kanchana / முனி 2: காஞ்சனா
Raghava (Lawrence) is a happy go lucky guy who loves to play cricket but is a chicken at heart. The very mention of the word ghost gives him shivers so much that he sleeps with his mom (Kovai Sarala). He is also in love with Priya (Lakshmi Rai). However, an attempt to play a cricket match in an unused ground leads Raghava to get something dark to his home. The dark spirit begins to cause few weird things at home and one day it enters the body of Raghava which goes on killing few specific people. Who is that evil spirit? Why is it killing few people? Can Raghava get rid of the spirit? All this forms the rest of the story.
Nov. 6, 2026