Malayalam cinema is always known for its diversity in style and started its efforts since the film Bhargavi Nilayam, which was released in the early 1960s.
If you are a fan of horror films, then it is with any sub-style like romance or comedy, you should definitely check these Malayalam enterprises on OTT.
10 Malayalam horror movies to watch on OTT
1. Brahmagam (2024)
- Cast: Mamuti, Arjun Ashokan, Siddharth Bharathan, Amealda Liz
- Where to see: Sonyliv
Brahmamgam, starring Mammootty in the lead role, is a folklore-based period horror venture. The film stars The Tail of Avon, a travel singer, who fled from the Portuguese Das traders and wounded in a terrible mansion.
At residence, under the care of his landlord Kodumone Poti, Dawan is welcomed as a guest. However, he soon learns that he is trapped inside the mansion walls, which has no migration and understands that the poti is not what he is.
2. Nine (2019)
- Cast: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Alok Krishna, Vamika Gabbi, Mamta Mohandas
- Where to see: jiohotstar
Nine is a science-fi horror film written and directed by Jenus Mohammed. The film is a width scientist Dr. Albert focuses on the story of Lewis, who enters the Himalayas for astronomical research with her son and some colleagues.
In a global level crisis, the adjacent EM pulse of a comet is ready to disable all modern equipment for nine days. With Albert and his son sharing a distant relationship, things are ready to wake up with a mysterious person coming in their lives for 9 days, questioning everything and everything.
3. Adventure (2023)
- Cast: Saubin Shahir, Arjun Ashokan, Sajin Gopu, Siju Sunny, Abin Bino, Anantman Ajay
- Where to see: jiohotstar
Romancham follows the story of seven virgin people who live together in a house in Bengaluru. Each is the character of his own wild personality, Jibin Madhavan, aka Jibi holds a sense using an OUIJA board to cheat his friends. However, things take a turn when they actually come beyond a ghost, which lead to many comic moments.
The film is based on real -life experiences with director Jethu Madhavan, on which the main hero is based.
4. Manipulatory (1993)
- Cast: Mohanlal, Shobana, Suresh Gopi, Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Innocent, Vinay Prasad
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Jiohotstar, YouTube
Mohanlal starrer Manichithazu will be a prestigious film in the Malayalam horror cinema culture. The Fazil Directory film is a psychological horror thriller inspired by a true tragedy in Alumotil Tharavad, where the inheriter and her domestic activist girl were killed, giving birth to many local legends.
The film focuses on how a newly married couple travel to the husband’s ancestral home, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of a dancer who was killed by her ancestor.
5. Aadi Kayrerek Kotmani (2015)
- Cast: Dhyanan Srinivasan, Namita Pramod, Aju Varghese, Mukesh, Neeraj Madhav
- Where to see: jiohotstar
Adi Carrear Vakotamani is a comedy horror film that is happening inside a male hostel. After Bhanu Prasad, a young man helps a girl enter the hostel without knowing anyone, the film mostly depends on how he manages to take her out with the help of his friends. In the guise of a ghost, the gang weaves a story with some truth.
6. Anandabhadram (2005)
- Cast: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kavya Madhavan, Manoj’s Jayan, Kalabhavan Mani, Biju Menon
- Where to see: Jiohotstar, Zee5
Anandabhadram is a folklore dark fantasy horror film based on a novel of the same name. Directed by Santosh Shivan, a young man from America is the story of Anand, who returns to his mother’s ancestral village, who illuminates a lamp in a holy temple wrapped in dark secrets.
However, a powerful magician from place stands against electricity and any sacred activities are being organized to get a hand on a Nagamnikyam.
7. Winter (2009)
- Cast: Jairam, Bhawan, Manoj’s Jayan, TG Ravi
- Where to see: jiohotstar
The film Winter, starring Jairam in the lead role, is an undefied slester horror venture from Malayalam cinema that promises terrible and thrilling moments. A city in a city, escaping from a sharp life, a doctor, along with his family, visits an old bungalow, where many frightening incidents occur.
8. In Ghost House in (2010)
- Cast: Mukesh, Siddique, Jagdish, Ashokan
- Where to see: jiohotstar
The third installment in a comedy film franchise in Harihar Nagar takes a style innings to become a horror-comedy that focuses on a notorious bungalow. Four friends are not afraid to be afraid of reunion to show the place, the film takes us in the competition of laughter-out-lime.
9. Bhuthakalam (2022)
- Cast: Shane Nigam, Revathi, Siju Kurup, James Alia
- Where to see: Soniliv, Manoramax
Bhutakalam is a psychological horror film that tells the story of a single mother and her son who experiences mysterious events after the death of a family member.
10. Ezra (2017)
- Cast: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Towino Thomas, Priya Anand, Sujit Shankar
- Where to see: Jiohotstar/YouTube
Azra, inspired by the Hollywood film The Capture, follows Ranjan’s life, is an atomic waste management specialist, who makes a change in Kochi from Mumbai with his wife. After searching for your consolation in a new house, frightening incidents come to light that is tied to a mysterious box.
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