Best African horror movies
A curated collection of popular horror movies from Africa.
Buried Alive (1989)
Buried Alive (1989)
A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a spooky old girls' school overrun by ants and staffed by some unusual types. Spurred on by a series of horrific hallucinations, she begins to investigate the mysterious disappearances of several students.
Real Dreams (2007)
Real Dreams (2007)
Mariam is living a troubled life with her husband Ahmed, suddenly her life turned to a nightmare after she dreams of crimes she discovered that it's a real crime after she wakes up, she decides not to sleep anymore.
The Blue Elephant: Part III (0)
The Blue Elephant: Part III (0)
A Third part of The Blue Elephant Saga.
The Tokoloshe (2018)
The Tokoloshe (2018)
Busi, a young destitute woman with dangerously repressed emotions, lands a job as a cleaner at a rundown hospital in the heart of Johannesburg. Desperate for the money so she can bring her younger sister to Johannesburg, she must cope despite the predatory and corrupt hospital manager. When Busi discovers an abandoned young girl in the hospital, who believes she is tormented by a supernatural force, Busi must face her own demons from her past in order to save the child from the abusive monster that pursues them both relentlessly.
The Shadowed Mind (1988)
The Shadowed Mind (1988)
A patient at a private clinic for sufferers of sexual dysfunction begins a tentative affair with one of the other patients while a killer stalks the institution.
Ambassador of Hell (1945)
Ambassador of Hell (1945)
The devil appears to a poor family, incarnated in a wealthy man who offers them a large fortune. The life of excess spoils the family and breaks up their relationships. Eventually, the devil appears again, this time with the will to drag the family to hell.
Day 13 (2023)
Day 13 (2023)
A horror feature that tells the story of Ezz El-Din, who returns from abroad after many years, looking for his family, and while staying at his family's mansion, he discovers an unexpected adventure.
Dracula 3000 (2004)
Dracula 3000 (2004)
In the year 3000, the deep space salvage ship Mother III locates the vanished starship Demeter in the Carpathian System. Captain Abraham Van Helsing and his crew composed of the blonde assistant Aurora Ash; the crippled navigator Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood, who believes that he is a genius; the strong and dumb Humvee; the intern Mina Murry; and the drug addicted 187, decide to claim the possession of Demeter. While exploring the spacecraft, they see a tape of fifty years ago of Captain Varna telling that he was locked in his cabin since his crew was acting weird after getting a cargo of coffins in Transylvania station. When 187 decides to search in the coffins for some possible hidden dope, he cuts his hand and his blood awakes Count Orlock, a.k.a. Count Dracula. When Aurora discloses who Dracula is, the survivors try to find a way to destroy the vampire.
Exo Sapien (2022)
Exo Sapien (2022)
The sole survivor of a crashed ship, Cass awakens in a strange and hostile alternate version of Earth. Devoid of any memory, her only clue is a mysterious device she carries with her that is counting down towards an unknown climax. Pursued by ruthless scavengers and a terrifying, preternatural entity, Cass must learn her true identity and unravel the mystery surrounding her crash.
House of the Living Dead (1974)
House of the Living Dead (1974)
On a South African plantation, a maniac is on the loose, first killing the estate's animals, then starting on the human members.
Have Mercy (1953)
Have Mercy (1953)
Ismail and Abdo work at an antiquities shop. One day, they bring a box with a mummy inside. They are watched by a man who claims to be an archaeologist, but it turns out that he has a devilish plot that will get Ismail in big trouble.
Riparian (2022)
Riparian (2022)
A woman consumes water from the sink without realizing the threat she's put herself into.
Blood Suckers (2005)
Blood Suckers (2005)
When two amateur hunters accidentally capture their first ever vampire, they are launched on a journey that will take them out into the Klein Karoo to track down and kill an evil blood sucking Prince known as Wyker, thereby fulfilling an ancient prophecy. The only problem, is that the prophecy is a vampire one...and Wyker knows they're coming!
The Figurine: Araromire (2009)
The Figurine: Araromire (2009)
Two buddies and a girl, down on their luck, have their lives changed when one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which, according to legend, bestows seven years of good luck. But no one told them about the next seven years...
House of Set Nakht (2019)
House of Set Nakht (2019)
The myth of returning the body of the king (Set Nakht) the god of evil to the ancient Egyptians for life, and returning him to rule for the sake of controlling mankind, the focus of interest of evil groups for thousands of years until now ... Much of the blood of the bodies of innocent people asked sacrifices waiting for the hour of the return of the god (six) So is the time approaching? Will journalist (Salma) reveal the secret of the legend?
Humans and Jinn (1985)
Humans and Jinn (1985)
Fatima returns from America after earning her doctorate, she meets Galal who works as a tourist agent. When she returns home, she finds Galal in her bedroom and warns her from marrying Osama her fiancé, he tells her that he is a demon who is in love with her. Fatima refuses Galal's request and orders him to stay away from her as she is the only person who can see him.
Al Ens Wa Al Jinn (1985)
Al Ens Wa Al Jinn (1985)
Fatima returns from America after earning her doctorate, she meets Galal who works as a tourist agent. When she returns home, she finds Galal in her bedroom and warns her from marrying Osama her fiancé, he tells her that he is a demon who is in love with her. Fatima refuses Galal's request and orders him to stay away from her as she is the only person who can see him.
Burndown (1990)
Burndown (1990)
The bodies turn out to be very radioactive. A sheriff and reporter start to investigate ...
Diamond Ring (1998)
Diamond Ring (1998)
A certain wealthy man’s son Chidi who is down with an unknown sickness. His parents spend millions of naira and take him to various best local and international hospitals for cure but the sickness doesn’t go. His sickness puts his family in sorrow and the family’s business into an automatic halt. But Chidi’s case is beyond ordinary, he is haunted by a ghost for robbing her and she is ready to kill him.
The Cursed Palace (1962)
The Cursed Palace (1962)
The daughter of a wealthy man is tormented by visions of her father's death while a struggle over inheritance plays out.
Farewell Johnny (1970)
Farewell Johnny (1970)
A new arrival to a mental institute is ostracised by the other patients, until they use him as a scapegoat when another patient dies.
They're All in Hell (1994)
They're All in Hell (1994)
Ra'fat lives with his aunt in her luxurious house as his brother works as her business manager. Hoping to seize his aunt's fortune, Ra'fat murders her, only to be haunted by what appears to be her ghost.
Dachra (2019)
Dachra (2019)
Come for Tunisia’s first horror film, following three students’ filmed investigation of weird rumors in a remote village, and stay for the sickening madness, macabre witchcraft, ghastly beheadings, and gory cannibalism.