On the topic of the Best Horror Movies on Hotstar, with only limited titles available on India’s biggest OTT platform, it sometimes is a chore to get through their library to pick a quality movie to watch. With a ton of Disney, Pixar, and Marvel titles available on the streaming giant, we did the leg work and picked the right ones for you to watch. So, here are the Best Horror Movies on Hotstar you should not miss watching.

Last Updated on September 02, 2023

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10. The Night House

Starring – Rebecca Hall & Sarah Goldberg
Director – David Bruckner

Preview Only: Beth is a recent widow whose husband shot himself on the lake outside their house. Her co-workers and friends worry about her as she grieves in seemingly “unhealthy ways,” feeling the need to dig into her husband’s past for secrets he may have left behind. As Beth begins to unpack the cause of her husband’s death and a secret life she was unaware of, sinister forces begin to enter her life that cause her to come face to face with her past.


9. 13B

Starring – R. Madhavan & Neetu Chandra
Director – Vikram K. Kumar

Vikram K. Kumar’s 13B: Fear Has a New Address was a decent success in the late 2000s, it revolves around Manohar, who along with his family, moves into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbed by a spirit that uses the television set as a medium to communicate with them.


8. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Starring – Maxime Giffard, Michael Bailey Smith
Director – Alexandre Aja

Preview Only: A remake of Wes Craven’s 1977 film of the same name, The Hills Have Eyes begins when a family driving to California is kidnapped by cannibals, the results of the nuclear tests, they are forced to take on them and survive, however, their chances look bleak.


7. The Empty Man

Starring – James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland
Director – David Prior

Best Horror Movies on Hotstar: A 2020 horror-thriller, The Empty Man revolves around a cop, who is on the search of a missing girl, discovers a group attempting to summon a supernatural entity.


6. Ready or Not

Starring – Samara Weaving, Adam Brody
Directors – Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett 

Preview Only: After the wedding ceremony, the young bride’s in-laws take her to engage in a seemingly innocent game. Things soon turn bloody and sinister, revealing the bizarre rituals of the family. Watch the film on Hotstar here.


5. The Sixth Sense

Starring – Haley Joel Osment & Bruce Willis
Director – M. Night Shyamalan

[This movie is also feat. in Adi’s ‘Best Psychological Movies’ list]

The Sixth Sense is about a young kid, Cole Sear, who is scared because he sees dead people. His mom calls in for a psychiatrist who can help her son, but, some things don’t seem right with his doctor too. This is a tale that keeps you intrigued from the very beginning to the end and no one can ever forget the wild twist in the end. One of the Best Horror Movies on Hotstar.


4. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

Starring – Kristin Swanson & Donald Sutherland
Director – Frank Rubel Kuzul

Preview Only: Buffy Summers, a cheerleader and popular girl in her high school, learns that she is the latest in a long line of vampire hunters who now has to exterminate a lair of vampires in Los Angeles.


3. Barbarian

Starring – Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård
Director – Zach Cregger

Barbarian is written and directed by Zach Cregger and features Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long in the lead roles. It tells the story of a young woman who discovers that her Air BnB is double booked. Even so, she decides to stay with an unexpected housemate, but shortly she realizes that is the least of her concerns. An edge-of-the-seat thriller, Barbarian is well paced and warrants multiple watches.


2. Signs

Starring – Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
Director – M. Night Shyamalan

Best Horror Movies on Hotstar: M. Night Shyamalan’s controversial 2002 film, Signs, details the story of Father Graham Hess and his family, who migrate to a farmhouse that later shifts into a site of strange crop circles that suggest the existence of alien life.


1. Aliens (1986)

Starring – Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn
Director – James Cameron

Preview Only: James Cameron’s 1986 film, Aliens explores the story of Ellen Ripley, who is sent back to the planet LV-426 to establish contact with a terraforming colony. Once there, she encounters the Alien Queen and her children and has to fight them to endure.


Also Read: Best Horror Movies on Netflix India
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