Top 10 Best Tamil Ghost Movies
This list highlights the best ghost movies that have entertained Tamil cinema audiences.
Super Star Rajinikanth's Chandramukhi is considered the finest ghost movie in Tamil. Chandramukhi has become synonymous with ghost movies in the minds of Tamil audiences. This movie ran for over 800 days in Tamil Nadu and is considered a blockbuster. It also achieved cult status.
A childhood favorite with an inspiring script.
One of the mass movies.
Excellent acting by the superstar.
One of the most remarkable horror-based movies by Raghava Lawrence in Kollywood. This movie is a sequel to "Muni." Apart from horror, the movie also focuses on comedy and romance. It emphasizes the importance of transgenders gaining a respectable position in our society.
Kanchana is a very funny movie! Raghava and all of his family members are hilarious, and my friends and I enjoyed the movie a lot. The backstory and ending are also very interesting.
It's a good movie.
Yavarum Nalam is a 2009 bilingual (Tamil-Hindi) psychological horror film written and directed by Vikram Kumar, starring Madhavan.
Best horror movie ever.
First rank on this list.
Eeram is a 2009 Tamil romantic-horror written and directed by newcomer Arivazhagan Venkatachalam, starring Aadhi and Sindhu Menon in the lead roles. It was a hit at the box office. The song "Mazhaiye Mazhaiye" by Ranjith was well received.
Anandhapurathu Veedu is a 2010 Indian Tamil supernatural mystery film co-written and directed by Tamil television director Naga. It was considered a super hit.
Muni (முனி) is a comedy-horror film directed and written by Raghava Lawrence. Released in 2007, it was declared a super hit.
Starring: Nizhalgal Ravi, Sadhna
Direction: Baby
Genre: Horror
Year: 1990
Verdict: Blockbuster
Scary and nice movie.
Starring: Santhanam, Shanaya
Direction: Rambala
Genre: Slapstick Comedy Horror
Year: 2016
Verdict: Super hit
Never will I ever forget this movie. It scares you like nothing else.
Starring: Yogi, Jayashree Rao, Anuja
Direction: K. R. Senthilnathan
Genre: Horror
Year: 2007
Verdict: Positive reviews. Hit
Great movie. Exceptionally well done.
Starring: Nayanthara, Aari
Direction: Ashwin Saravanan
Genre: Neo-Noir Horror
Year: 2015
Verdict: Blockbuster. Highest-grossing film of 2015.
The Newcomers
Nice ghost movie.
Aranmanai (English: Palace) is an Indian Tamil horror comedy film co-written and directed by Sundar C. This film is a remake of Super Star Rajinikanth's 1978 movie Aayiram Jenmangal. It was a super hit at the box office.
It is a nice horror film.
A simple movie with excellent direction, screenplay, editing, and sound.
Starring: Arulnithi, Ramesh Tilak, Sanath
Direction: R. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Genre: Horror Thriller
Verdict: Super hit
Starring: Krishna, Rupa Manjari, Oviya, Karunakaran
Direction: Deekay
Genre: Horror Comedy
Year: 2014
Verdict: Hit
Semma movie, pa.
Starring: G. V. Prakash Kumar, Nikki Galrani
Direction: San Anton
Genre: Horror Comedy
Year: 2015
Verdict: Blockbuster. It ran for 365 days.
Starring: Gokulnath, Meghna, Bobby Simha, Bala Saravanan
Direction: Hari Shankar, Hareesh Narayan
Genre: Horror Anthology
Verdict: Hit
Starring: Vivanth, Eden, Manisha Shree, and Aadhavan
Direction: K. M. Saravanan
Genre: Comedy Thriller
Year: 2014
Verdict: Positive reviews
Nice and creepy movie.
Surely don't miss it.
Starring: Mohan, Pallavi
Direction: G. M. Kumar
Genre: Horror
Verdict: Disaster. But the film has gained strong cult status.
Best movie in horror.
Mayabazar is a 1995 Indian Tamil comedy horror film directed by K. R., starring yesteryear actor Ramki and Urvashi in the lead roles.
Very interesting film.
Starring: Manoj Bharathiraja, Shira Gaarg, Baby Sathanya, Baby Srivarshini
Direction: D. Suresh
Genre: Horror
Year: 2015
Verdict: Positive reviews
Starring: Anushka, Sonu Sood, Manorama
Direction: Kodi Ramakrishna
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Year: 2009
Verdict: Blockbuster
Awards: 10 Nandi Awards, 2 Filmfare Awards, 6 Santosham Film Awards
Starring: Naga, Prayaga Martin
Direction: Mysskin
Verdict: Super hit. It was remade into Kannada as Rakshashi.
Starring: Nayanthara, Thambi Ramaiah
Direction: Doss Ramasamy
Genre: Horror Thriller
Verdict: Hit
Starring: Jeeva, Sri Divya
Direction: Ike
Genre: Horror Comedy
Year: 2017
Verdict: Below average