Top 7 Regional Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween Season!

Halloween has begun which means it is time for spooky and thrilling movies! While there are many horror movies and series to watch this season, Indian regional horror movies offer something rooted in culture, folklore, and spine-tingling ghost stories. If you are looking for movies that will run a shiver up your spine, this article is for you! From regional folklore to real-life ghost story retellings, here are the top 7 Indian regional horror movies that should be on your Halloween watchlist!

1. Bramayugam (Sony LIV)

This Malayalam movie has brought back experimental filmography to the industry. Starring Mammootty, Arjun Ashokan, and Sidharth Bharatahan, this film revolves around a folk singer, an enigmatic cook, and a powerful master are bound by fate to escape a mystical creature’s plans for ruin.

2. Tumbbad (Amazon Prime Video)

In the rural village of Tumbbad lies a decaying castle which hides a vast ancestral treasure, which is guarded by something sinister and monstrous, which was supposed to be forgotten. This regional horror film was screened in the critics’ week section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival, the first Indian film to be screened there.

3. Demonte Colony (YouTube)

Four friends living in a shared room in Chennai, decide to go on to a haunted bungalow to explore it for fun at night. What they don’t realise is, they have returned home with an evil spirit.

4. Kantara (Amazon Prime Video, Netflix)

Rooted in the Karnataka folklore, spirit possession rituals, and divine belief systems, Kantara is about a Kambala champion who gets into a fight with a forest officer. This leads to a larger conflict regarding the sacred land and its ancestral legacy. It is the third highest-grossing Kannada film of all time.

5. Bulbul (Netflix)

A man returns home after years to find his brother’s child bride grown up and abandoned, and his ancestral village is plagued with mysterious deaths. Starring Tripti Dimri in the leading role, this film has gatherd a cult-following for its powerful women characters and the star-studded cast.

6. Bhoothakaalam (Sony LIV )

After the death of a family member, a mother and son start to encounter mysterious events, that alter their sense of reality. Living in their house, which has a history of tenants meeting deaths, the mother and son need to work together in order to make it out alive.

7. Arundathi (YouTube)

Arundathi returns to her hometown, to celebrate her engagement. She finds out that her ancestral home is transformed into an eternal grave, housing an ancient and dangerous entity. She needs to embrace her family’s lineage, when the evil entity returns once more.

These top 7 Indian regional horror movies tick all the boxes – having a phenomenal cast, exceptional storytelling, and bone-chilling horror! So, the next time you are hosting a Halloween watch party, make sure to give these movies a chance!

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