Best Brazilian horror movies
A curated collection of popular horror movies from Brazil.
The Nightshifter (2019)
The Nightshifter (2019)
Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Zé do Caixão is an undertaker in a small Brazilian town, searching for the perfect woman to bear him a superior child. Unable to conceive with his wife, he kills her and sets out to find someone else.
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)
Zé do Caixão, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.
Invoked (2015)
Invoked (2015)
Five friends head out for a holiday to a remote island off the coast of Ireland and visit an abandoned hostel. As the night draws in and they fool around with a séance, the friends come to realise they are not alone...
Kill Me Please (2015)
Kill Me Please (2015)
Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murderers plague the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth, slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a 15-year-old girl. After an encounter with death, she will do anything to make sure she is alive.
The Trace We Leave Behind (2017)
The Trace We Leave Behind (2017)
A young physician coordinating the transfer of patients between state-run hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro struggles with a mystery: a patient goes missing one night and completely disappears from the system. As the doctor attempts to find out the truth, he slowly loses his sense of reality.
Embodiment of Evil (2008)
Embodiment of Evil (2008)
Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.
When I Was Alive (2014)
When I Was Alive (2014)
After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.
Isolados (2014)
Isolados (2014)
A couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner that gruesome murders are taking place in that area. Intending to keep this information hidden from his girlfriend, Lauro and Renata discover they might be not alone when staying in a isolated house.
Macabre (2019)
Macabre (2019)
In the 1990s, two brothers were accused of murdering eight women, one man and one child in the Serra dos Órgãos region. In the eyes of the suspects, Sergeant Téo realizes that the trial of the press, police and local society is fundamentally racist, and begins to have doubts about the conviction of one of them. Based on a true story, the film is a work of fiction about the famous case of the "Necrophil Brothers."
The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968)
The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968)
Zé do Caixão hosts this anthology of three short horror stories which feature a strange dollmaker, a necrophiliac balloon seller with a foot fetish, and a psychotic professor involved in sadistic rituals.
Excitation (1977)
Excitation (1977)
Helena and Renato are a couple who leave behind the big city to live in the comfort of a beach house and help Helena recover from her nervous crises. But soon she begins to suffer from increasingly worrying hallucinations, and the house’s appliances begin to come to life. Is it all real or in her head?
Diary of an Exorcist - Zero (2016)
Diary of an Exorcist - Zero (2016)
Lucas devotes his life to church work after a tragedy. When an exorcism case gets out of control, he has to figure out who is under the Devil's influence.
Occupants (2015)
Occupants (2015)
A documentarian named Annie has roped her husband into a project that involves setting up cameras throughout their house. Complications arise when the cameras start showing that same couple in an alternate universe.
The Caretaker (2016)
The Caretaker (2016)
Davi Carvalho is a psychology professor who wrote a book about how we project traumas of our past as paranormal events. A student from out of the city, Renata, appears in his life, asking for help for his little sister, Julia. Someone is hurting her and her father believes it is the ghost of a caretaker that lived in the family property years ago. Renata seeking for a rational answer, invites Davi to go to there family's house in order to find the truth behind it.
Twins (1999)
Twins (1999)
Identical twins Iara and Marilena like to play games and deceive men by pretending to be each other. But when they fall in love with the same man, a rivalry with devastating and horrifying consequences begins.
Raquel 1:1 (2023)
Raquel 1:1 (2023)
Raquel is a religious teenager who moves with her father to a small town in search of a new life. During her first days there, she has a mysterious experience which leads her to believe she’s been given an important and controversial mission by God.
Insensate (2021)
Insensate (2021)
A woman tries to help her twin sister, with whom she has a strong connection, recover from a trauma. But weird things surround their lives.
Trancado por Dentro (1989)
Trancado por Dentro (1989)
The paraplegic Bóris stays at home with the beautiful young woman Cacau, while his wife Ivette goes to the movie theater. When Cadú, the boyfriend of Cacau, unexpectedly arrives in the apartment, a night of sex, sadism and violence happens. When Ivette returns, the fantasies of a sick mind are disclosed in a surprising end.
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (2011)
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (2011)
Claw, discipline, tenacity, physical strength and obedience; These are the treasures that are kept so that we may live a fuller and healthier life. Your body thanks you!
The Mysterious Death of Pérola (2014)
The Mysterious Death of Pérola (2014)
Away from home, living alone in an old and gloomy apartment, Pérola feels the effects of the time passing, being increasingly taken by nostalgia and fear to a point where dream, fantasy and reality lose its borders.
Arrombada - I'll Piss On Your Fucking Grave!!! (2007)
Arrombada - I'll Piss On Your Fucking Grave!!! (2007)
A girl is kidnapped by a drug dealer at the behest of a corrupt senator (Coffin Souza), who intends to hold a party in the presence of a demented priest and a doctor using the girl as fun.
Road To The Mouth Of Hell (2024)
Road To The Mouth Of Hell (2024)
A group of young people are returning from a trip when they find a teenage girl lost on the road and offer her a lift. After being abandoned by the driver, the group decides to spend the night at the young woman's house. They just didn't expect it to be the worst choice of their lives...
Dark Sea (2013)
Dark Sea (2013)
A strange black spot approaches the coast, bringing death and destruction to a fishing village. In a desperate flight to escape the chaos, lonely Albino fights for the great love of his life at the risk of his own soul.
Betrayal (1999)
Betrayal (1999)
This film shows three episodes: "The First Sin" portrays the relationship of a man and married woman; in "Devilish", the desire between a young woman and her brother-in-law is shown; and in the episode "Cachorro!", a man sees his wife with her lover.
Nessa Tela Apagada Vejo um Reflexo do que não Sou (2019)
Nessa Tela Apagada Vejo um Reflexo do que não Sou (2019)
A mysterious virus transmitted by the use of cell phones starts to turn people into zombies. That affects the life of a girl who ends up having an existential crisis without her cell phone.
Motorrad (2017)
Motorrad (2017)
A gang of young dirt bikers on a ride across an isolated region of Brazil find themselves being hunted by a machete wielding band of motorcyclists intent on killing them all.
Entrei em Pânico ao Saber o Que Vocês Fizeram na Sexta-feira 13 do Verão Passado (2001)
Entrei em Pânico ao Saber o Que Vocês Fizeram na Sexta-feira 13 do Verão Passado (2001)
Goti and his friends Marcelo, Eliseu, Tomás, Ido and Geison will graduate on a Friday the 13th. To celebrate, they decide to make a party in Goti's house with booze, drugs and some girls. What they didn't expect is the visit of a masked killer - dressed as Ghostface in "Scream" -, who broke into the party to murder one by one.
Morgue Story: Sangue, Baiacu e Quadrinhos (2009)
Morgue Story: Sangue, Baiacu e Quadrinhos (2009)
Ana Argento, an accomplished cartoon artist yet frustrated with her relationships, meets two other lonely characters with peculiar lives. Daniel Torres is a sociopath and rapist coroner. Tom is a chronic cataleptic who ironically is a life insurance salesman. They could only meet in one place: the morgue.