Best Tamil Horror Movies of All Time

Karthik Subbaraj · 127 min · Thirukumaran Entertainment

A pizza delivery driver's life is turned upside down when he encounters a series of bizarre and terrifying events while delivering to a luxurious mansion. As he tries to escape, he discovers that the house has become a hub for paranormal activity, with ghostly apparitions and mysterious phone calls. The lines between reality and madness blur as he becomes trapped in a desperate struggle for survival.

Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Ramya Nambeeshan, Aadukalam Naren

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.9/10 on IMDb (9,526 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Rahul Sadasivan · 139 min · YNOT Studios / Night Shift Studios

Thevan, a folk singer of the Paanan caste, has a fateful encounter when escaping slavery, leading to him discovering an ancient traditional mansion altering his destiny.

Cast: Mammootty, Arjun Ashokan, Sidharth Bharathan

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.7/10 on IMDb (17,289 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Vikram Kumar · Wide Angle Creations

A man moves into a new apartment with his family, only to experience a series of strange and ominous events. The household's daily routines are disrupted by unexplained occurrences, including spoiled milk and eerie photos. As he tries to make sense of these happenings, he discovers that the events in his life eerily mirror those depicted on a popular TV serial, leading him to investigate its connection.

Cast: R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Sachin Khedekar

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Milind Rau · 136 min · Viacom 18 Motion Pictures / Etaki Entertainment

The movie opens with an ancient Chinese mother and daughter. They seem to spend happy moments with each other with the mother being pregnant. The movie then moves to the present where a happy couple Krish [Siddharth] and Lakshmi [Andrea Jeremiah] make love, bringing in their memories of the times they met and how their love blossomed. They suddenly notice that a new family move in to the next house. Krish is a doctor who uses electrodes inserted into the brain to bring sensation to numb fingers. He is close to another doctor, Dr.Prasad, who is a psychiatrist.

Cast: Siddharth, Andrea Jeremiah, Atul Kulkarni

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.8/10 on TMDb (41 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Ashok G. · 142 min · UV Creations

IAS officer Chanchala Reddy is imprisoned in a haunted house, while she is interrogated by law enforcers investigating a politician they suspect of corruption.

Cast: Anushka Shetty, Jayaram, Asha Sarath

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.0/10 on TMDb (36 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

T. Raja Vel · Playsmith Studios / South Studios / Sivakarthikeyan Productions

Newly married Karthik and Anu buys an old apartment and starts their life, soon they start witnessing strange things happening in the house and and they think it is an act of ghost, but soon they find the shocking truth.

Cast: Aarsha Chandini Baiju, Darshan, Kaali Venkat

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Md. Hafizur Rahman, Ashwin Saravanan · 141 min

A woman takes on the challenge of watching a horror film, alone in a theatre.

Cast: Nayanthara, Aari, Aari Arujunan

AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.5/10 on IMDb (1,774 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

KG Balasubramani · Potential Studios LLP

A young couple move into a serene row house, eager for peace and privacy. A violent storm and unsettling forces unravel their marriage. Vasanth must uncover the truth behind these supernatural occurrences before everything falls a...

Cast: Jiiva, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Yog Japee

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

R. Ajay Gnanamuthu · 116 min · Mohana Movies

After a night of drinking, four friends are stranded due to rain. When one of them suggests they do something thrilling, another friend, an aspiring director, suggests they check out a dilapidated mansion in the vicinity, called Demonte Colony. The other two even though reluctant are pulled into joining. Only later do all of them realize they have fallen into a trap that could prove to be fatal.

Cast: Arulnithi, Ramesh Thilak, Sananth

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.0/10 on IMDb (3,071 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

R. Ajay Gnanamuthu · BTG Universal / White Nights Entertainment / Gnanamuthu Pattarai

A group of friends who return to a cursed location, driven by curiosity and the quest to uncover the truth behind the malevolent spirits that reside there.

Cast: Arulnithi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Sarjano Khalid

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Vineeth Varaprasad · 134 min · Ekaa Entertainment

A team leader at an IT company is tasked with completing a crucial job after hours, but his workday takes a dark turn when he uses the malfunctioning elevator. He encounters paranormal events and witnesses a security guard's tragic death before being joined by an HR manager who initially suspects him of locking her in. Together, they uncover evidence of two ghosts haunting the building and devise a plan to survive until morning.

Cast: Kavin Raj, Amritha Aiyer, Abdool Lee

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.5/10 on TMDb (8 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Raghava Lawrence · 171 min

All hell breaks loose when Raghava is possessed by an evil spirit.

Cast: Raghava Lawrence, R. Sarathkumar, Kovai Sarala

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.6/10 on IMDb (2,245 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

M. Ramesh Baarathi · Mishri Enterprises

A couple's hasty marriage using a stolen sacred necklace leads to supernatural possession, forcing the husband to work with others to investigate the necklace's dark history and rescue his wife.

Cast: Rajini Kiishen, Munishkanth, Rajendran

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Deekay · 125 min

Is a ghost haunting Kiran's ancestral property? Or is it a conman's master moves?

Cast: Krishna Sekhar, Rupa Manjari, Karunakaran

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.9/10 on IMDb (1,140 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Piriyan · 127 min · Thamizh Thiraikkoodam

The backdrop of a village called Aranthangi, and the central drama is focused on the efforts of a foster son of a dead zamindar.

Cast: Keerthana, Laguparan, Piriyan

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.5/10 on IMDb (406 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Baltasar Kormákur · 93 min · Will Packer Productions / RVK Studios

A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savanna has but one apex predator.

Cast: Idris Elba, Leah Sava Jeffries, Iyana Halley

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.5/10 on TMDb (1783 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

S. Prem Anand · 124 min · RK Entertainment

The protagonist 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.

Cast: Santhanam, Surbhi, Fefsi Vijayan

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.2/10 on IMDb (1,857 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Venkat Prabhu · 151 min · Studio Green / Aadnah Arts

A released prisoner kills a former police commissioner during a jog. Meanwhile, Masilamani and his friend become small-time con artists after meeting a woman who becomes their love interest. After a heist goes wrong, Masilamani forms a group of ghosts to earn money by performing fake exorcisms, but they turn against him when they discover his true intentions. Ultimately, Masilamani fulfills the wishes of the ghosts, leading to personal growth and redemption.

Cast: Suriya, Nayanthara, Pranitha Subhash

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.0/10 on TMDb (45 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

A.L. Vijay · 126 min · Tamil: / Prabhu Deva Studios / Vels Films International / Telugu: / MVV Cinema / Hindi: / Shakti Sagar Productions

The Tamil version of the trilingual horror-comedy wherein a husband finds out his wife is possessed. Also simultaneously made in Hindi as Tutak Tutak Tutiya (2016) and in Telugu as Abhinetri (2016)

Cast: Tamannaah Bhatia, Prabhu Deva, Sonu Sood

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.2/10 on IMDb (1,158 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Selvin Raj Xavier · 140 min · AGS Entertainment

A man comes 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.

Cast: Sathish, Regena Cassandrra, Nassar

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.0/10 on IMDb (1,299 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Shiv Mohaa · 159 min

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?

Cast: Ashwin Kakumanu, Sshivada, J. D. Chakravarthi

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.8/10 on TMDb (8 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

K. M. Sarjun · 134 min · Timeline Cinemas

A young man recently released from prison teams up with his uncle to kidnap a wealthy girl, but things take an unexpected turn when her father launches his own investigation into the matter.

Cast: Sathyaraj, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Kishore

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.9/10 on TMDb (7 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Mickey Keating · 78 min · Glass Eye Pix / Alexander Groupe

In need of a full-time caretaker to look after her house, an elegant and enigmatic madame hires a lonely young woman; however, this is not an ordinary place. Indeed, this silent residence is the oldest building in the city, riddled with unpleasant stories of forbidden occult practices, and terrible rumours of morbid hauntings. With such a reputation, most people would turn down the madame's lucrative offer; nevertheless, this lovely caretaker is up to the task, even though, right from the start, peculiar occurrences and blood-curdling sounds that permeate the empty mansion's long corridors foretell an ominous fate. Under those circumstances, why is that room at the end of the hallway off-limits? Can the tormented keeper rid herself of the ever-growing voices inside her head?

Cast: Lauren Ashley Carter, Sean Young, Brian Morvant

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (5.5/10 on IMDb (3,468 votes), 60/100 on Metacritic), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Goutham

The Story revolves around the criminal who surrenders himself stating that he has committed a murder of a girl who loved him, then the story revolves around seven people who are involved in this mysterious case. Three timelines of the story will convey the protagonist's character who is not guilty in the eyes of justice.

Cast: Yaashika Aanand, Imman Annachi, Pavithra Lakkshmi

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

K. Hari Shankar

A Paranormal Investigator's one night experience of his 19th and last case in a haunted house at Munnar.

Cast: Vani Bhojan, K. Hari Shankar, Hareesh Narayan

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.0/10 on TMDb (1 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Raghava Lawrence · 166 min

A couple of revenge seeking ghosts haunts an innocent man, and the people surrounding him, to get justice for their murders.

Cast: Raghava Lawrence, Taapsee Pannu, Kovai Sarala

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (5.5/10 on IMDb (2,196 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Robert Raaj

An extortionist acquires a mansion and gifts it to his estranged son not realising the gruesome history behind the place.

Cast: Lakshmi Priyaa, Pooja Ramachandran, Nassar

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Rambhala · 133 min · Sri Thenandal Films

The film is a love story with elements of horror. The protagonist is a man who shows off his bravery and also manages to scare ghosts.

Cast: Santhanam, Anchal Singh, Karunas

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.2/10 on TMDb (9 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Balu Mahendra

Tenkasi, the creator of a hit television show, finds himself in the house of Julie, a fan, after an accident. However, she reveals herself to be emotionally unstable and potentially dangerous. Based on the 1987 Stephen King novel Misery.

Cast: Saritha, Jayaram, Ramya Krishnan

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Bhuvan Nullan R. · 136 min

Three friends who con people by exploiting their fear of ghosts are hired by a man to scare his business rival. However, things change after the three encounter a real ghost.

Cast: Yogi Babu, Pooja Devariya, Mime Gopi

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (6.0/10 on IMDb (88 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Srinath Ramalingam

While visiting Chennai to treat their ill son, a couple encounter a paranormal presence. A horror movie!!

Cast: Deepak Paramesh, Jaqlene Prakash

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

S. Bani · 110 min · MK Films

When one of her daughters dies and the second one is diagnosed with the same illness, single mom in Malaysia takes her to a hill station, where the girl stars behaving mysteriously.

Cast: Sai Dhanshika, Namo Narayana, Anil Murali

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.0/10 on TMDb (1 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Rambhala · 117 min · Handmade films

Due to the black magic protecting Maya, anyone who falls in love with her ends up mysteriously killed, so Vijay tries to get rid of the magic.

Cast: Santhanam, Shritha Sivadas, Rajendran

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.7/10 on TMDb (13 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Muthukumar

A woman Jennifer along with her daughter and husband shifts to their bungalow in Kothagiri where they lived earlier. All hell breaks loose when Jennifer starts experiencing supernatural things. A horror thriller!!

Cast: Ramakrishnan, Yashmith, Leema Babu

AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Ponkumaran · 116 min · Global One Studios / Dwarakish Chithra

Chaaru and Latha (both played by Priyamani) are conjoined twins and the latter dies during surgery. Chaaru moves from Karnataka's Mangalore to Srinagar in North India to escape the guilt of being the survivor while her sister died and she finds love with Ravi (Skanda). Flashbacks to Chaaru's childhood show how the bittersweet relationship with her sister and their commitment to stay together forever. It transforms into a repressive bond that ultimately leads to a separation. Just days before her marriage, she gets a call about her mother in the hospital. After she returns to visit her mother, the spirit of her dead sister angrily thrusts herself into Chaaru's life. This is a self confessed remake of the Korean movie, Alone.

Cast: Priyamani, Skanda Ashok, Saranya Ponvannan

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (5.3/10 on IMDb (188 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Pa. Vijay · 140 min

A taxi driver who experiences paranormal activities and is informed that a spirit wants to communicate with him. The answer to a certain question; what does the spirit wants from him forms the crux of this story.

Cast: Pa. Vijay, Samuthirakani, Devayani

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (5.2/10 on IMDb (73 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Manikandan Ramalingam

During the East India Company era, a botched witchcraft ritual curses Asthinapuram village for generations. Years later, a young man battles this dark legacy to rescue his beloved from its fatal hold.

Cast: Chandini Tamilarasan, Ayraa Palak, Mona Bedre

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Jawahar · Vasantham Productions

After a group of friends discovers that one of their friends is facing problems with his wife, who they believe is possessed by a ghost, they try to save him with the help of an exorcist.

Cast: Santhosh Prathap, Kovai Sarala, Rajendran

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Sai Krishna · 114 min · distributor = LIPI Cine Crafts

Three brothers, who are gangsters, had a tough fight with the police. As the police couldn't oppose them, as they are powerful in their area, he had been searching for someone to help him take a dig at them. Meanwhile, the cop finds small-time robbers and asks them to loot the gangsters. Finally, the robbers steal the money from the gangsters and enter a bungalow to escape from them. The gangsters chase them and enter the same bungalow. After getting in, they come to know it is a bungalow. How they all come out from the bungalow, forms the rest of the story.

Cast: Sethu, Balasaravanan, Sonu Gowda

AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.3/10 on TMDb (3 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Dass Ramasamy · 129 min · A Sarkunam Cinemaz / Nemichand Jhabak

A father and a daughter purchase a used car which is possessed by an unknown dangerous spirit craving for revenge.

Cast: Nayanthara, Thambi Ramaiah, Harish Uthaman

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.7/10 on TMDb (15 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Sundar C., Manoj Yerunkar · 160 min · Vision i Medias

Murali along his wife Madhavi come down from Mumbai to his village in order to sell his family's ancestral palace. His relations having a stake in the property also gather to jointly sign and sell it. When servants in the house start disappearing mysteriously & Madhavi starts seeing fleeting images of spirits, her brother Ravi finds out that the palace is haunted by a ferocious female spirit and delves into its horrific details.

Cast: Sundar C., Vinay Rai, Santhanam

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (5.3/10 on IMDb (1,268 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Arul

Arul and his sister Ruthra and friends Jency, Stella, Victor travelling to hills station near by Andhra area from Chennai.

Cast: Akila Narayanan, Kaashima Rafi, Arul

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Ajayan Bala · 118 min · Ascii Media Hut

6 Athiyayam is an anthology that has 6 stories helmed by 6 different directors. All the stories are based on different genres and are penned in a manner that the movie caters to all the sections of the audience with different artists playing the lead. The stories are correlated and the climax of each story is revealed only in the finale that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Cast: Vinoth Kishan, Kishore DS, Thaman Kumar

AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

Haresh Narayan, K. Hari Shankar · 138 min · KTVR Creative Frames / Shankar Bros

Three friends meeting on their reunion are being drawn into a bet to prove the presence of ghosts by a rich schoolmate unexpectedly, leading them to a journey to five different places around the world suspected to be haunted.

Cast: Gokulnath, Bobby Simha, Meghna

AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (4.9/10 on IMDb (125 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Aadharsh Madhikaandham · 97 min

How the Naayaadis, who have been suffering for years, learned and used witchcraft voodoo and black magic to protect themselves from humans and animals in the past, and their connection today

Cast: Fabby, Aadharsh Madhikaandham, Malavika Manoj

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (4.9/10 on IMDb (170 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Yuvaraj Subramani · 123 min

Revolves around a family, in a village, where cops are regarded as kaaval deivam similar to Aiyanaar and Karuppan and most of the members of which have been in the police force for decades. All, except for One person, who vows to make his son a cop one day, despite troubles from supernatural forces..

Cast: Vaibhav, Nandita Swetha, Yogi Babu

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (5.7/10 on TMDb (3 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Nambikkai Chandru · Bamboo Trees Productions

After moving to a new house, Kathir hears some voices, meets accidents frequently, and gets nightmares. All these occur only at 3:33, the time when he was born. Was this a dream or a psychological occurrence for Kathir?

Cast: Gautham Vasudev Menon, Saravanan, Mime Gopi

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AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.

V. Z. Durai · 133 min

A cop who takes charge at a police station in a hill station goes after the reasons behind a few unnatural deaths which seem mysterious like never before.

Cast: Sundar C, Sai Dhanshika, Sakshi Chaudhary

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.6/10 on TMDb (11 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Dharani Dharan · 134 min

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.

Cast: Sibiraj, Bindu Madhavi, Sathyaraj

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (4.6/10 on TMDb (5 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

A. L. Vijay · 160 min · Lyca Productions

After abortion, a woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she is visited by the foetus, who is now grown up and is visible to her.

Cast: Sai Pallavi, Naga Shaurya, Veronika Arora

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AI verdict: Based on TMDb's aggregated score (6.3/10 on TMDb (9 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.