Horror Genre is a difficult genre to work with specially in Indian cinema. While Bollywood is not much famous for its horror films yet hindi horror movies has got a wide cult following among the Bollywood lovers. Psychological horror movies will be very less in quantity because most directors trust on blood,gore and paranormal activities to bring the horrific elements live on screen. Many directors became famous for working in this genre. Most famous among them are the Ramsey brothers. Ramsey brothers single handedly kept the genre alive in the 70s,80s and 90s in Indian cinema when most of the audience liked to watch romantic comedy or action movies. However lately in 00s several other directors has worked and got critical acclaim for their work in the horror genre. Ram gopal verma and Vikram bhatt are few notable names. Here I had made a list of 100 Most Popular Hindi Horror movies. These horror films are selected on the basis of their impact on pop culture and their cult following.
Please Note that if you find any of your favorite Indian horror film missing from the list then do let us know in comments: So here is the list of Top 100 Best Hindi Horror Movies.
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100. Khooni Raat
Director – Salim Hyder
Cast – Huma Khan, Javed Khan, Om Shivpuri, Beena Banerjee
IMDB Rating – 5.8
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Release Date – 1991
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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99. Vishkanya
Director – Jag Mundhra
Cast – Puja Bedi, Munmun Sen, Kabir Bedi, Satish Kaushik
IMDB Rating – 4.3
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Release Date – 30 July 1991
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Action
Awards – None
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98. Aakhiri Cheekh
Director – Kiran Ramsay
Cast – Poonam Dasgupta, Vijay Arora, Deepak Parashar, Anil Dhawan
IMDB Rating – 5
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Release Date – 1991
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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97. Tum Mere Ho
Director – Tahir Hussain
Cast – Juhi Chawla, Aamir Khan
IMDB Rating – 5
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Release Date – 25 May 1990
Box Office – Rs.1.80 crore
Genre – Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Awards – None
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96. Humse Na Takrana
Director – Deepak Bahry
Cast – Mithun Chakraborty, Shatrughan Sinha, Dharmendra, Kimi Katkar
IMDB Rating – 4.9
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Release Date – 1 June 1990
Box Office – Rs.5 Crores
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
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95. Khooni Murdaa
Director – Mohan Bhakri
Cast – Shagufta Ali, Deepak Parashar, Sriprada, Kiran Kumar
IMDB Rating – 3.8
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Release Date – 23 February 1989
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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94. Who Phir Aayegi
Director – B. R. Ishara
Cast – Farha Naaz, Shekhar Suman, Rajesh Khanna, Moon Moon Sen, Javed Jaffrey
IMDB Rating – 6.5
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Release Date – 23 September 1988
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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93. Ghungroo Ki Awaaj
Director – Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay
Cast – Vijay Anand, Rekha
IMDB Rating – 6.6
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Release Date – 29 September 1981
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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92. Manglasutra
Director – Manjit K. Singh, Ryan Golding
Cast – Robert Blake, Amie Dicarlo, Irwin Hudginson, Nunich Lohr, Cookie Khan, Nick Mann
IMDB Rating – 6.5
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Release Date – 2009
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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91. Hotel
Director – Tulsi Ramsay, Shyam Ramsay
Cast – Rakesh Roshan, Navin Nischol, Bindiya Goswami, Prema Narayan, Neelam Mehra, Krishnakant, Ranjeet
IMDB Rating – 6
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Release Date – 6 August 1981
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
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90. Red Rose
Director – P. Bharathiraja
Cast – Poonam Dhillon, Rajesh Khanna
IMDB Rating – 6.3
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Release Date – 6 June 1980
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Crime, Romance, Thriller
Awards – None
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89. Guest House
Director – Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay
Cast – Vijayendra Ghatge, Prem Krishan, Padmini Kapila, Madhu Kapoor, Dev Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Mac Mohan
IMDB Rating – 6.3
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Release Date – 1980
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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88. Naina
Director – Shripal Morakhia
Cast – Anuj Sawhney, Urmila Matondkar, Shweta Konnur, Kamini Khanna, Amardeep Sinha
IMDB Rating – 4.3
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Release Date – 20 May 2005
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Drama, Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
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87. Purana Mandir
Director – Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay
Cast – Puneet Issar, Mohnish Behl, Aarti Gupta, Pradeep Kumar, Sadashiv Amrapurkar
IMDB Rating – 6.4
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Release Date – 19 October 1984
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Horror
Awards – None
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86. Ho sakta Hai
Director – Wilson Louis
Cast – Hazel Crowney, Victor Banerjee, Khalid Siddiqui
IMDB Rating – 6.2
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Release Date – 31 March 2004
Box Office – Rs.210,000
Genre – Crime, Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
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85. Rokkk
Director – Rajesh Ranshinage
Cast – Tanushree Dutta, Suraj Shukla, Sachin Khedekar, Shaad Randhawa, Ashwin Khalekar, Murli Sharma, Udita Goswami
IMDB Rating – 4.4
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Release Date – 5 March 2010
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Drama, Horror, Mystery
Awards – Horror
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84. Saya
Director – Anurag Basu
Cast – Mahima Chaudhry, Tara Sharma, John Abraham
IMDB Rating – 5.8
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Release Date – 4 July 2003
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Awards – None
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83. Benaam (1999)
Director – Narendra Bedi
Cast – Moushumi Chatterjee, Amitabh Bachchan, Prem Chopra, Sharat Saxena
IMDB Rating – 6.9
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Release Date – 18 October 1974
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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82. Bhayanak Panja
Director – R. Mittal
Cast – Gajendra, Anil Dhawan, Tina Ghai, Menaka, Kumar Rajesh, Bharat Kapoor
IMDB Rating – 4.9
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Release Date – 15 August 2003
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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81. Khooni Ilaka
Director – Jitendra Chawda
Cast – Kishore Anand Bhanushali, Anil Nagrath, Jyoti Rana, Arif Khan, Rami Reddy, Raj Premi, Anuradha Sawant
IMDB Rating – 6.1
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Release Date – 1999
Box Office – Rs.1 Crore
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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