Tamil cinema and horror is nothing new to the audience. Over the years, many horror thrillers and horror comedies have entertained the audience. Taking a look at some of them, here is a list of Tamil horror movies you should watch on OTT this weekend.
9 Tamil horror movies on OTT
1. zero
- Mould: Ashwin Kakumanu, Shivada, JD Chakraborty, Ravi Raghavendra, Dr. Sharmila, Andriane
- Director: Shiva Moha
- Style: science fiction horror
- Runtime: 2 hours 39 minutes
- Where to watch: amazon prime video
Zero focuses on Bala and his wife Priya, who face mental disturbance and demonic possession after moving into a new apartment. The story blends romance with Biblical lore, as they battle a supernatural force associated with Lilith.
2. Aranmanai
- Mould: beautifulVinay Rai, Santhanam, Hansika Motwani, Andrea Jeremiah, Raai Lakshmi
- Director: beautiful
- Style: horror comedy
- Runtime: 2 hours 41 minutes
- Where to watch: jiohotstar
Aranmanai follows a family returning to their ancestral palace to sell it, but encounter a vengeful spirit inhabiting the premises. As strange events unfold, the castle’s dark history comes to light.
3. Lift
- Mould: poetAmrita Iyer, Gayatri Reddy, Kiran Konda, Balaji Venugopal
- Director: Vineet Varaprasad
- Style: horror thriller
- Runtime: 2 hours 14 minutes
- Where to watch: jiohotstar
Lift follows an IT professional guru who becomes trapped in a haunted office building after an elevator malfunctions. Along with a human resources manager, she must avoid supernatural forces while uncovering a dark corporate secret.
4. Maya
- Mould: NayantaraAari Arjunan, Mime Gopi, Amjath Khan, Lakshmi Priya, Reshmi Menon
- Director: Ashwin Saravanan
- Style: Neo-noir horror thriller
- Runtime: 2 hours 21 minutes
- Where to watch: sunnxt
Maya revolves around a cursed film and an evil spirit connected to a haunted asylum, which gradually reveals a deep connection to the protagonist’s life.
5. Pizza
- Mould: vijay sethupathiRamya Nambesan, Aadukalam Narine, Jayakumar, Karunakaran, Bobby Simha
- Director: Karthik Subbaraj
- Style: horror thriller
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Where to watch: jiohotstar
Pizza is the story of Michael, a pizza deliveryman who lives with his horror-novelist girlfriend Anu. When Michael goes to a customer’s house to make a delivery, he becomes trapped and witnesses supernatural events.
6. Kanchana
- Mould: Raghav LawrenceR Sarathkumar, Devan, Babu Antony, Lakshmi Rai, Kovai Sarala, Devdarshini
- Director: Raghav Lawrence
- Style: horror comedy
- Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes
- Where to watch: sunnxt
Kanchana follows a man who has a strong fear of ghosts, who becomes possessed by the spirit of a transgender woman and seeks justice against those who wronged him.
7. Demonte Colony
- Mould: Arulnithi, Ramesh Thilak, Sananth, Abhishek Joseph George
- Director: R. Ajay Gyanmuthu
- Style: supernatural horror thriller
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Where to watch: sunnxt
Demonte Colony is the story of four friends who enter an old and dilapidated mansion in Tamil Nadu. Among them, one stole a cursed gold necklace that once belonged to the wife of 19th-century Portuguese merchant Lord de Monte. What follows is the horrific story of one night and what the friends had to endure.
8. Pisasu
- Mould: Naga, Prayag Martin, Radha Ravi, Rajkumar Pichumani, Ashwatt, Kalyani Natarajan, Harish Uthaman, Kani Kushruti
- Director: Mysskin
- Style: horror drama
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Where to watch: jiohotstar
Pisasu follows Siddharth, a young violinist who witnesses a hit-and-run accident involving a young woman named Bhavani. He takes her to the hospital, but she dies while holding her hand. Hurt, Siddharth returns home with one of her slippers and begins experiencing strange paranormal phenomena caused by her spirit in his apartment.
9. Mercury
- Mould: Prabhu Deva, Sanant, Deepak Parmesh, Shashank Purushottam, Aneesh Padmanabhan
- Director: Karthik Subbaraj
- Style: silent horror thriller
- Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes
- Where to watch: ZEE5
Mercury is the story of five deaf-mute friends who accidentally kill a man and are later haunted by his ghost in an abandoned factory linked to mercury poisoning.
These movies are some of the many Tamil horror titles available on OTT that are worth watching for a scary weekend.
