Best African horror movies

Tommy Can't Sleep (2017)

Tommy can't sleep because there's rats in his room. A short film by Die Antwoord.

Saloum (2023)

Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

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.

The Lullaby (2018)

Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe struggles with the demands of caring for a newborn child. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia send her into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, she sees danger everywhere.

Muon (2022)

A young man encounters an unusual occurrence at his apartment

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.

Expiration (2012)

Four participants sign up for a mysterious medical test.

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.

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...

Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991)

When an American plantation owner's wife and her sister interrupt an African death ritual to save the sacrificial goat, the witch doctor places a curse on them, summoning a god from the sea to slaughter them and anyone in its way with a panga, a curved, African machete.

The Stick (1988)

A squad (stick) of South African soldiers is sent into the bush to track down some rebel fighters when things take a supernatural turn.

122 (2019)

During a bloody night, a young man and his lover are struggling, not to get to the hospital, but to escape and survive.

Fried Barry (2017)

Fried Barry is a heroin junkie who spends his days in an abandoned building walking around tripping from his latest hit, going through his ups and downs and reliving old memories.

Parable (2020)

A teenage girl is consigned to gay conversion therapy camp supervised by a sinister, self-styled holy man, whose brutal methods unleash a vengeful demon hellbent on triggering a mass suicide.

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.

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?

The Domestic (2022)

An upper-class couple hire the daughter of their recently deceased housekeeper as their new helper, only for things to take a dark and macabre turn when she tries to destroy them from within.

Riparian (2022)

A woman consumes water from the sink without realizing the threat she's put herself into.

Peacock (2023)

POU is a South African gothic horror following the journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.

The Judgment (2023)

A gay Egyptian couple return from America for a family emergency. In this homophobic environment, their secret threatens to unravel under anxiety, unease, and suspicion that someone is using witchcraft to send them back.

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)

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.

Disco 3000 (2011)

Rima (2020)

The movie revolves around a young girl who has the ability to foresee events before they happen. Will this special ability that she possesses become a curse or a blessing for those around her?

Juju Stories (2021)

Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In Love Potion, by Omonua, an unmarried woman agrees to use juju to find herself an ideal mate. In Yam, by Makama, consequences arise when a street urchin picks up seemingly random money from the roadside. In Suffer the Witch, by Obasi, love and friendship turns into obsession, when a young college woman attracts her crush's interest.

Warda (2014)

Walid, a video blogger, returns to his Egyptian countryside home to document and investigate strange happenings that have been disturbing his family since the death of his father.

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!

Blood Tokoloshe (2013)

Strange attacks plague the township's women, leaving the town leaders at a loss to defend them. At the same time Mthnuzi, a shrewd businessman, is becoming wealthier and more popular with the ladies - something is amiss. The local reverend, Simon Nkosi, learns that Mthunzi is controlling a Tokoloshe to fulfill his greedy desires. In his greed he breaks a golden rule of maintaining control over the beast and it goes on a rampage. Now its thirst for blood is strong and comes after Mthunzi's women, saving the one he loves for last. Together with Reverend Simon they must take on a mythical beast that has never been defeated, to try and save.

Burndown (1990)

The bodies turn out to be very radioactive. A sheriff and reporter start to investigate ...

Angst (2022)

A surreal depiction of anxiety.