Top 7 Tamil Horror Movies
The top 7 tamil horror movies, ranked by IMDb rating (weighted for vote count) across 7 eligible films. 4 of them are streaming in India right now on Prime Video — each links to exactly where to watch it.
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Pizza
2012IMDb 7.9 · 9,526 votes
Pizza pioneered the found-footage horror style in Tamil cinema with a claustrophobic haunted apartment premise.
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Yavarum Nalam
2009IMDb 7.4 · 9,704 votes
Yavarum Nalam delivered genuine scares through isolation and paranoia as a man faces supernatural terror alone.
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Chandramukhi
2005IMDb 7.2 · 7,474 votes
Chandramukhi became iconic by blending psychological horror with Rajinikanth's star power and a possessed dancer's chill
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U Turn
2018IMDb 6.9 · 4,349 votes
U Turn used traffic accident curses and supernatural consequences to create mounting dread in an urban setting.
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Demonte Colony 2
2024IMDb 6.6 · 4,624 votes
Demonte Colony 2 escalated the franchise with ambitious supernatural action and a graveyard-haunting plot.
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Naane Varuvean
2022IMDb 6.2 · 5,564 votes
Naane Varuvean explored dark psychological horror through a father's descent and disturbing mind-bending twists.
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Massu Engira Maasilamani
2015IMDb 5.9 · 5,252 votes
Massu Engira Maasilamani balanced horror-comedy with a charming ghost story and heartfelt supernatural romance.
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Frequently asked
- What is the best Tamil Horror movie of all time?
- By IMDb rating (weighted for vote count), Pizza (2012) tops this list with an IMDb score of 7.9 from 9,526 votes.
- How is this list ranked?
- We rank by IMDb rating using a Bayesian weighted score (IMDb's own Top-250 method), which balances a title's rating against how many people voted — so a very high score from only a handful of votes doesn't outrank a slightly lower score from tens of thousands. Titles need a minimum vote count to qualify.
- Where can I watch these Tamil movies in India?
- 4 of the 7 titles on this list are streaming in India right now. Tap any title to see exactly which OTT platform (Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar, SonyLIV, ZEE5 or Apple TV) it's on, or to get an alert when a not-yet-streaming one lands.
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