Tamil films are not all Masala films. There are some pretty decent genre films, and horror is no exception. Here is a list of our top 10.
1. Pizza (2012)
Michael, a pizza delivery boy is sent to a large bungalow on the outskirts of Chennai one night. The lady of the house invites Michel in and asks him to wait for a minute as she goes upstairs to get some change. Suddenly, the lights go off and Michael hears a loud noise from upstairs. He goes to check and finds the lady brutally murdered, with a slice the pizza missing. When he tries to escape, he finds there is no way out and he is trapped all alone...
2. Maya
1. Pizza (2012)
Michael, a pizza delivery boy is sent to a large bungalow on the outskirts of Chennai one night. The lady of the house invites Michel in and asks him to wait for a minute as she goes upstairs to get some change. Suddenly, the lights go off and Michael hears a loud noise from upstairs. He goes to check and finds the lady brutally murdered, with a slice the pizza missing. When he tries to escape, he finds there is no way out and he is trapped all alone...
2. Maya
Apsara is a young single mother who is struggling to become an actress. She learns about a a new, unreleased horror film which is reportedly so scary that test audiences have gone hysterical halfway through watching it. The filmmakers organise a promotional contest that will award half a million Rupees to anyone willing to watch their film alone from beginning to end. Desperate, Apsara takes up the challenge to make some quick cash and pay off her debts. However, she quickly realizes that this is no ordinary film when she cannot escape the theater hall...
3. Yavarum Nalam
4. Pissasu
Manohar and his extended family move into a new apartment, 13B, on the 13th floor of the building. The women in his family start watching a new soap opera on TV called 'Everyone is Well', which is also about a family moving into a new home. As days pass, they start to realise that the soap opera's story line is strikingly similar to their own life. Manohar finds a diary that reveals the apartment's terrifying past involving suicide, murder, a broken heart and much more...
4. Pissasu
Siddharth Soundaarajan is an upcoming violinist in Chennai, who stumbles upon an accident where a teenage girl (Prayaga) is lying in a pool of blood. He rushes her to the hospital with the help of an auto driver and a couple. However, he is too late and the girl passes away holding his hand. Traumatized by the whole episode, Siddharth comes home with one of her slippers. He then drives around the city aimlessly with his red car while helping homeless people, unable to come out of the depression due to the girl's death.
violinist experiences paranormal experience in his flat after a death of a girl who he tries to save due to accident. Later he realises that actually the spirit is helping him and he tries to find out who killed the girl by accident.
5. Chandramukhi
Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge
6. Demonte Colony
After consuming liquor, four friends decide to do something interesting and visit a haunted bungalow. However, they do not realize that they have returned home with an evil spirit.
8. Aval
A happy couple faces horror when a family moves into the neighborhood
9. Mercury
Maimed from mercury poisoning, five friends try to cover up for an accident which caused a man to die. But problems and terror arise when they find the man out of the grave they buried him in.
10. The Villa
A writer moves into a mansion and things begin to go bump in the night.
5. Chandramukhi
Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge
6. Demonte Colony
After consuming liquor, four friends decide to do something interesting and visit a haunted bungalow. However, they do not realize that they have returned home with an evil spirit.
8. Aval
A happy couple faces horror when a family moves into the neighborhood
9. Mercury
Maimed from mercury poisoning, five friends try to cover up for an accident which caused a man to die. But problems and terror arise when they find the man out of the grave they buried him in.
10. The Villa
A writer moves into a mansion and things begin to go bump in the night.