Filmmaker Bejoy Nambiar brings back a creature feature film after a long time. The film revolves around two social media influencers trapped in a swimming pool with a lethal crocodile. As a unique concept takes over the screens, it serves as a perfect time to look back at the few Bollywood films that have ventured into this largely undiscovered genre of films.
Updated On: 2026-02-12 08:55 PM IST
Compiled by : Amarylisa Gonsalves
Koi... Mil Gaya (2003)
Rohit befriends a friendly alien, Jadoo, who he summons on earth using his scientist father's futuristic machine.
Go Goa Gone! (2013)
Three friends, on a trip to Goa, find themselves not only stranded on an isolated island, surrounded and hunted by flesh-eating zombies.
Nagin (1976)
A female shape-shifting serpent takes various human forms to trick and murder the group of friends who brutally killed her lover during their hunting party. 1986's Nagina feauring Sridevi revolves around a similar story.
2.0 (2018)
When mobiles start flying from people's hands due to the creature, Pakshi Rajan. Dr Vaseegaran and his robot Nila reinstate Chitti to defeat him.
Papi Gudia (1996)
A notorious criminal uses a possessed doll to lure children and kill them.
Stree 2 (2024)
Women from the town of Chanderi are mysteriously abducted by a terrifying headless entity, Sarkata. It is up to Vicky and his friends to save their town and loved ones.
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002)
A shape-shifting snake seeks vengeance for the killers of Divya, his past life lover.
Creature 3D (2014)
Ahana and Kunal fall in love but are soon terrorised by a dinosaur-like creature that begins to kill the residents.
Tumbbad (2018)
A family builds a shrine for Hastar, a monster who is never to be worshipped. However, when they try to get their hands on the cursed wealth, they face catastrophic consequences.
Hisss (2010)
A man, diagnosed with brain cancer, seeks to obtain 'nagmani' to become immortal. However, a mystical cobra shows up.
Munjya (2024)
A family secret and a vengeful spirit, the Munjya, a creature desperate to get married, is revealed when a young boy visits his ancestral home.
Kaalo (2010)
Kaalo, a ruthless witch, returns after many years to kill a young girl, who is travelling alone in a bus to her grandmother's place.