List of Malayalam horror films

This is the chronological list of horror films produced in Malayalam cinema.

Bhargavi Nilayam, released in December 1964, is considered the first horror film in Malayalam language. The film was scripted by writer Vaikom Muhammed Basheer based on his own short story "Neelavelicham". The film, which is now considered a classic in Malayalam cinema, celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2014.^[1]

Films

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
1964	Bhargavi Nilayam	A. Vincent	Based on the short story "Neelavelicham"	[1]
1966	Kadamattathachan	George Thariyan
1968	Yakshi	K. S. Sethumadhavan	Adapted from the novel Yakshi
1970	Moodalmanju	Sudin Menon
1976	Yakshagaanam	Sheela
	Vanadevatha	Yusufali Kechery
1978	Vayanadan Thamban	A. Vincent
	Lisa	Baby
1979	Kalliyankattu Neeli	M. Krishnan Nair
1980	Sakthi	Vijay Anand
1981	Aarathi	P. Chandrakumar
	Karimpoocha	Baby
1984	Kadamattathachan	N.P Suresh
	Manasariyathe	Soman Ambatt
	Sreekrishna Parunthu	A. Vincent
	Rakshassu	Hassan
1985	Pacha Velicham	M. Mani
1986	Viswasichalum Illenkilum	Alleppey Ashraf
1987	Veendum Lisa	Baby	Sequel to Lisa
1989	Adharvam	Dennis Joseph
1989	Kalpana House	P. Chandrakumar
1990	Brahma Rakshass	Vijayan Karote
	Nidrayil Oru Rathri	Asha Khan
1991	Agni Nilavu	N sankaran Nair
1992	Aayushkalam	Kamal
1993	Manichitrathazhu	Fazil		[2]
1998	Mayilpeelikkavu	Anil Kumar
	Ennu Swantham Janakikutty	Hariharan
1999	Aakasha Ganga	Vinayan
2000	Devadoothan	Sibi Malayil
	Summer Palace	G. Murali
	Indriyam	George Kithu
2001	Megha Sandesham	Rajasenan
	Bhadra	Mummy Century
2002	Ee Bhargavi Nilayam	Benny P. Thomas		[3]
	Pakalppooram	Anil Kumar		[4]
2003	Soudamini	P. Gopikumar
2004	Agninakshathram	Karim		[5]
	Aparichithan	Sanjeev Sivan		[6]
	Vellinakshatram	Vinayan		[7]
	Vismayathumbathu	Fazil		[8]
2005	Anandabhadram	Santosh Sivan		[9]
2006	Thanthra	K. J. Bose		[10]
	Moonnamathoral	V. K. Prakash	First Malayalam digital movie	[11]
2007	Soorya Kireedam	George Kithu		[12]
2008	Calcutta News	Blessy
2009	Winter	Deepu Karunakaran		[13]
	Kana Kanmani	Akku Akbar		[14]
	Kerala Cafe	Uday Ananthan	Fourth segment in Kerala Cafe	[15]
	Chemistry	Viji Thampi		[16]
2010	Drona 2010	Shaji Kailas		[17]
	In Ghost House Inn	Lal	Sequel to 2 Harihar Nagar	[18]
	Yakshiyum Njanum	Vinayan		[19]
2011	Maniac	Syed Usman
2012	Manthrikan	Anil Kumar		[20]
	Yakshi – Faithfully Yours	Abhiram Suresh Unnithan		[21]
2013	Dracula 2012	Vinayan		[22]
	Akam	Shalini Usha Nair	Adapted from the novel Yakshi
	One	Parthan Mohan
	Geethaanjali	Priyadarshan	Spin-off to Manichitrathazhu	[23]
	Ms Lekha Tharoor Kaanunnathu	Shajiyem		[24]
	Red Rain	Rahul Sadasivan		[25]
2014	Raktharakshassu 3D	R Factor		[26]
	Mithram	Jespal Shanmugham		[27]
2015	Adi Kapyare Kootamani	John Varghese		[28]
2016	Ghost Villa	Mahesh Keshav		[29]
	Pretham	Ranjith Sankar		[30]
	168 Hours	K. G. Vijayakumar		[31]
	Aadupuliyattam	Kannan Thamarakkulam		[28]
	Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya	Sajan K Mathew		[30]
2017	Ezra	Jay K		[32]
	E	Kuku Surendran		[33]
2018	Neeli	Althaf Rahman		[34]
	Pretham 2	Ranjith Sankar	Sequel to 2016 film Pretham
	Kinavalli	Sugeeth
2019	Nine	Junues Muhammad
	Aakasha Ganga 2	Vinayan
2021	Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi	Sooraj Tom
	The Priest	Jofin Chacko		[35][36]
	Cold Case	Tanu Balak
	Chathur Mukham	Ranjeet Kamala	First techno-horror film in Malayalam
	Ghost In Bethlaham	T. S Arun Giladi		[37]
2022	Bhoothakaalam	Rahul Sadasivan
	Vazhiye	Nirmal Baby Varghese	First found footage film in Malayalam	[38][39][40]
2023	Romancham	Jithu Madhavan
	Neelavelicham	Aashiq Abu	Reboot of Bhargavi Nilayam, Based on the short story "Neelavelicham"
	Dreadful Chapters	Nirmal Baby Varghese	Time-loop horror film.	[41]
2024	Vadakkan	Sajeed. A	A supernatural thriller based in Dravidian folklores.
	Bramayugam	Rahul Sadasivan
2025	Disease X: The Zombie Experiment	Nirmal Baby Varghese	Zombie film.	[42][43]

See also

• List of Malayalam films
• List of horror films