List of Hindi horror films

Hindi-language horror films have been a subgenre of the Hindi film industry in India since the birth of Hindi films. These films tend to mimic the characteristics and themes of horror films around the world. The themes explored consist of haunted houses, evil spirits and demonic forces, among other.

Raaz (2002) has been recognized as the best horror film in Bollywood history, due to its popularity, critical acclaim, and franchise legacy. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Popularly Bipasha Basu is recognized as the Scream Queen of Indian cinema for her frequent and successful list of movies in this genre. ^[5]

This is a list of Indian horror films in Hindi. ^{[6] [5] [7] [8]}

Films

Year	Film	Director
1935	Shadi Ki Raat	Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
1940	Anarbala	A.M. Khan
1946	Khooni	K. L. Kahan
1949	Bhedi Bungla	Bhagwan Dada
	Mahal	Kamal Amrohi
1958	Madhumati	Bimal Roy
1962	Bees Saal Baad	Biren Nag
	Tower House	Nisar Ahmad Ansari
1963	Shikari	Mohammed Hussain
1964	Woh Kaun Thi?	Raj Khosla
	Kohra	Biren Nag
1965	Gumnaam	Raja Nawathe
	Bhoot Bungla	Mehmood
	Poonam Ki Raat	Kishore Sahu
	Noor Mahal	Noshir Engineer
1966	Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi	Brij Sadanah
	Sau Saal Baad	B.K. Dubey
1967	Anita	Raj Khosla
1972	Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche	Tulsi Ramsay Shyam Ramsay
1975	Andhera
1976	Nagin	Rajkumar Kohli
1977	Jadu Tona	Ravikant Nagaich
1978	Darwaza	Tulsi Ramsay Shyam Ramsay
1979	Aur Kaun?
	Bhayaanak	S. U. Syed
1980	Jaani Dushman	Rajkumar Kohli
	Gehrayee	Aruna Raje Vikas Desai
1981	Mangalsutra	Vijay B.
	Dahshat	Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay
1984	Purana Mandir
1986	Tahkhana
1987	Dak Bangla	Keshu Ramsay
1988	Woh Phir Aayegi	B.R. Ishara
	Bhayaanak Mahal	Baby
	Ajnabi Saaya	Prasun Banerjee
	Veerana	Ramsay Brothers
	Kabrastan	Mohan Bhakri
1989	Purani Haveli	Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay
	Khooni Murda	Mohan Bhakri
1990	Bandh Darwaza	Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay
	Amavas Ki Raat	Mohan Bhakri
	Lekin	Gulzar
	Shaitani Ilaaka	Kiran Ramsay
	Kafan	Dhirendra Bohra
1991	House No. 13	Baby
	Aakhri Cheekh	Kiran Ramsay
	Khooni Raat	J.D. Lawrence
	Khooni Panja	Vinod Talwar
	Roohani Taaqat	Mohan Bhakri
1992	Junoon	Mahesh Bhatt
	Raat	Ram Gopal Varma
	Khooni Dracula	Harinam Singh
1993	Mahakaal	Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay
	Zakhmi Rooh	Pawan Kumar
1994	Raat Ke Gunaah	Rajeev-Neelabh
1996	Papi Gudia	Lawrence D'Souza
1997	Bhayaanak Panja	Rajesh Mittal
	Chudail	P. Chandrakumar
	Darawani Haveli	Kumar Rakesh Sinha
	Pret Aatma	R. Mittal & Rajesh Mittal
1998	Khofnak Mahal	Sushil Vyas
	Pyasi Chudail	P. Chandrakumar
	Laash	K. Mansukhini
	Pyasi Aatma	P. Chandrakumar
1999	Khooni Ilaaka:The Prohibited Area	Jitendra Chawda
	Chandaal Aatma	S.R. Pratap
	Khopdi: The Skull	Ramesh U Lakhiani
	Dracula	Bhooshan Lal
	Sar Kati Laash	Teerat Singh
2002	Raaz	Vikram Bhatt
2003	Bhoot	Ram Gopal Varma
	Darna Mana Hai	Prawaal Raman
	Saaya	Anurag Basu
	Hawa	Guddu Dhanoa
	Kucch To Hai	Anurag Basu & Anil V. Kumar
2004	Rudraksh	Mani Shankar
	Vaastu Shastra	Saurab Usha Narang
	Krishna Cottage	Santram Varma
	Rakht	Mahesh Manjrekar
	Hum Kaun Hai?	Ravi Shankar Sharma
2005	Kaal	Soham Shah
	Anjaane: The Unknown	Harry W. Fernandes
	Naina	Shripal Morakhia
2006	Aatma	Deepak Ramsay
	Darna Zaroori Hai	Sajid Khan, Ram Gopal Varma, Prawaal Raman, Vivek Shah, Jiji Philip, J. D. Chakravarthy, Manish Gupta
	Eight: The Power of Shani	Karan Razdan
2007	Darling	Ram Gopal Varma
	Ghutan	Shyam Ramsay
	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Priyadarshan
	Chhodon Naa Yaar	Dilip Sood
	Gauri: The Unborn	Akku Akbar
	Fear	Vikram Bhatt
2008	1920
	Bhootnaath	Vivek Sharma
	Phoonk	Ram Gopal Varma
2009	Raaz: The Mystery Continues	Mohit Suri
	13 B	Vikram Kumar
	Agyaat	Ram Gopal Varma
2010	Help	Rajeev Virani
	Mallika	Wilson Louis
	A Flat	Hemant Madhukar
	Phoonk 2	Milind Gadagkar
	Hisss	Jennifer Lynch
	Fired	Sajit Warrier
	Click	Sangeeth Sivan
	Bhoot and Friends	Karanjeet "Kittu" Saluja
	Rokkk	Rajesh Ranshinge
	Shaapit	Vikram Bhatt
	Kaalo	Wilson Louis
2011	Haunted - 3D	Vikram Bhatt
	Ragini MMS	Pawan Kirpalani
	404	Prawaal Raman
2012	?: A Question Mark	Allyson Patel & Yash Dave
	Bhoot Returns	Ram Gopal Varma
	1920: The Evil Returns	Bhushan Patel
	Raaz 3D	Vikram Bhatt
	Ghost	Puja Jatinder Bedi
	Dangerous Ishhq	Vikram Bhatt
2013	Horror Story	Ayush Raina
	Aatma - Feel It Around You	Suparn Verma
	Rise of the Zombie	Luke Kenny and Devaki Singh
	Ek Thi Daayan	Kannan Iyer
	Go Goa Gone	Raj & DK
	3G	Sheershak Anand & Shantanu Ray Chhibber
2014	Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai	Debaloy Dey
	Darr @ the Mall	Pavan Kirpalani
	Neighbours: They Are Vampires	Shyam Ramsay
	Ragini MMS 2	Bhushan Patel
	Pizza	Akshay Akkineni
	Creature 3D	Vikram Bhatt
	Trip to Bhangarh	Jitendra Pawar
	Mumbai 125 KM	Hemant Madhukar
	Room - The Mystery	Faisal Khan
	3 A.M	Vishal Mahadkar
	6-5=2	Bharat Jain
	Bhoothnath Returns	Nitesh Tiwari
2015	Khamoshiyan	Karan Darra
	Alone	Bhushan Patel
2016	1920 London	Tinu Suresh Desai
	Raaz Reboot	Vikram Bhatt
	The Last Tale of Kayenaat	Iqbal Baksh
	Saansein	Rajiv S Ruia
2017	Mona Darling	Shashi Sudigala
	Dobaara: See Your Evil	Prawaal Raman
	The Final Exit	Dhwanil Mehta
	The House Next Door	Milind Rau
	Golmaal Again	Rohit Shetty
	Phillauri	Anshai Lal
	Toast With The Ghost	Ankit Jaiswal
	Sheitaan	Sameer Khan
2018	1921	Vikram Bhatt
	Pari	Prosit Roy
	Lupt	Prabhuraj
	The Past	Gagan Puri
	Tumbbad	Rahi Anil Barve
	Stree	Amar Kaushik
2019	Ghost	Vikram Bhatt
	Mushkil: Fear Behind You	Rajiv S. Ruia
	Amavas	Bhushan Patel
2020	Laxmii	Raghava Lawrence
	Bulbbul	Anvita Dutt
	Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship	Bhanu Pratap Singh
	Haunted Hills	Sanjeev Kumar Rajput
	Ghost Stories	Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap
	Kaali Khuhi	Terrie Samundra
	Durgamati	G. Ashok
2021	Roohi	Hardik Mehta
	Bhoot Police	Pavan Kirpalani
	The Wife	Sarmad Khan
	Dybbuk	Jay K
	Chhorii	Vishal Furia
2022	Khel Kood Aur Bhoot	Adnan Malik
	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2	Anees Bazmee
	Phone Bhoot	Gurmmeet Singh
	Blurr	Ajay Bahl
	Bhediya	Amar Kaushik
	Judaa Hoke Bhi	Vikram Bhatt
2023	U-Turn	Arif Khan
	1920 Horrors of the Heart	Krishna Bhatt
	Aseq	Sarim Momin
2024	Shaitaan	Vikas Bahl
	Munjya	Aditya Sarpotdar
	Kakuda	Aditya Sarpotdar
	Bloody Ishq	Vikram Bhatt
	Stree 2	Amar Kaushik
	A Wedding Story	Abhinav Pareek
	Adbhut	Sabbir Khan
	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3	Anees Bazmee
2025	Chhorii 2	Vishal furia
	The Bhootnii	Sidhaant Sachdev
	Kapkapiii	Sangeeth Sivan
	Oye Bhootni Ke	Ajay Kailash Yadav
	Maa	Vishal Furia
	Haunted 3D: Ghosts Of The Past	Vikram Bhatt
	Thama	Aditya Sarpotdar

See also

• List of Hindi horror shows
• List of Bollywood thriller films
• List of Bollywood comedy films
• List of Indian horror films
• Bollywood content lists

References

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