Zee Horror Show
The Zee Horror Show is a weekly Indian horror anthology television series, presented by Ramsay Brothers and it was aired on Zee TV from 1993 to 2001.
The first episode was titled "Dastak", featuring Pankaj Dheer, Shagufta Ali and Archana Puran Singh, and telecast on 9 August 1993. Initially it was a 24-episode deal with Subhash Chandra; the franchise would later run for 9 years.
Episodes
Anhonee
| Title | Year | No. Of Episodes | Cast |
| Jaal | 1997 | 6 | Nayantara Dutta, Rajesh Sharma (actor) |
| Mangalsutra | 1997 | 5 | Resham Tipnis, Sanjeev Seth |
| Ittefaq | 8/1997 | 5 | Ajinkya Deo, Varsha Usgaonkar, Raman Kapoor, Jaya Mathur, Arun Bali, Prem Rishi, Sulabha Deshpande, Goga Kapoor |
| Saazish | 1997 | 4 | Deepak Deulkar, Nishigandha Wad, Adi Irani, Prashant Jaiswal, Sagar Salunkhe |
| Doosra Aadmi | 1997 | 2 | Pankaj Dheer, Priyanka, Sunil Dhawan, Swati Verma, Vinod Tripathi, Deep Dhillon |
| Abhishaap | 1998 | 5 | Nawab Shah, Sangeeta Ghosh, Shiva Rindani, Sagar Salunke, Ashok Sharma, Santosh Kaushik, Rajeeta Kochhar, Nivedita Bhattacharya |
| Hospital | 1/1998 | 2 | Dharmesh Vyas, Sejal Shah, Asha Sharma, Kavita Ved, Chitra Kopikar, Prashant Jaiswal, Vinod Tripathi, Ramesh Tiwari, Sunil Dhawan, Fatima Sheikh |
| Shraap | 1/1998 | 5 | Javed Khan, Sheela Sharma, Amarnath Mukherjee, Tarakesh Chauhan, Kanchan Rawal, Jeet Atal, Vinod Tripathi, Ramesh Tiwari, Rajesh Vivek |
| Saamri | 2/1998 | 5 | Neena Softa, Achyut Potdar, Ashwin Kaushal, Faqir Nabi, Vinod Tripathi, Arun Mathur |
| Pyaas | 3/1998 | 4 | Sanjeev Seth, Resham Seth, Adi Irani, Liyaqat Ali, Pramod Kapoor, Anirudh Agarwal, Damini Kanwal |
| Musafir | 1998 | 2 | Malay Chakraborty, Usha Nadkarni, Mahesh Raj, Vijaya Aidasani, Rakhee Malhotra |
| Musafir | 1998 | 3 | Imran Khan, Afshan, Lalit Tiwari, Tarakesh Chauhan, Vicky Ahuja, Ashwin Kaushal, Subiraj |
| Deewar | 1998 | 1 | Ashwin Kaushal, Amita Nangia, Vinod Tripathi, Chitra Kopikar, Ballee Grover |
| Aatma | 1998 | 5 | Sudhir Mittoo, Neelam Sagar, Pankaj Berry, Shiva, Sumukhi Pendse, Ashwin Kaushal, Sunil Dhawan, Rana Jang Bahadur, Sudhir, Kalpana Iyer |
| Junoon | 1998 | 3 | Gajendra Chauhan, Nishigandha Wad, Anil Nagrath, Ballee Grover, Vinod Tripathi, Aroop Pal |
| Guest House | 6/1998 | 4 | Eva Grover, Rubeena Khan, Shruti Ulfat, Nawab Shah, Lalit Tiwari, Rajeeta Kochhar, Anant Jog, Bharat Kapoor, Raj Devgan |
| Achanak | 7/1998 | 3 | Raju Kher, Deep Shikha, Vijay Aidasani, Sudhir, Sunil Dhawan, Balee Grover, Meenakshi Saini, Faquira |
| Daayan | 1998 | 4 | Damini Kanwal, Prithvi Vazir, Ballee Grover, Goga Kapoor, Tej Sapru, Dinesh Kaushik |
| Woh Kaun Thi | 2/1998 | 1 | Dharmesh Vyas, Neelam Sagar, Ramesh Tiwari, Ballee Grover, Ashwin Kaushal, Sulbha Deshpande |
| Inteqam | 4/1999 | 4 | Dharmesh Vyas, Varsha Usgaonkar, Param Vir, Shalini Kapoor, Renuka Israni, Adi Irani, Afshan Khan, Prashant Jaiswal |
| Tijori | 1999 | 3 | Sanjeev Seth, Vijaya Aidasani, Channa Ruparel, S. M. Zaheer |
| Woh Phir Aayegi | 12/5 to 9/6/1999 | 5 | Harsh Chaya, Usha Bachani, Rajesh Khera, S. M. Zaheer, Madan Jain, Ballee Grover |
| Veerana | 11/1999 | 5 | Sooraj Thapar, Neelam Sagar, Sunil Dhawan, Rubeena Khan, Noopur Aliza, Harjit Walia, Ashwin Kaushal, Deepshikha, Ballee Grover |
| Junoon | 1999 | 5 | Niki Aneja Walia, Akshay Anand, Anju Mahendru, Raju Kher, Nawab Shah, Eva Grover |
| Darr | 1999 | 2 | Prithvi Vazir, Ashwin Kaushal, Ballee Grover, Vinod Tripathi, Ramesh Tiwari, Anil Nagrath, Sulbha Deshpande |
| Anguthi | 1999 | 2 | Rajan Haksar, Imran Khan, Suresh Chatwal, Rituraj Singh, Ramesh Tiwari, Achyut Potdar, Arun Mathur, S. Madan, Dimple Ghosh |
| Cheekh | 1999 | 3 | Prithvi Vazir, Fatima Sheikh, Baby Meenakshi Saini, Vilas Raj, Ashwin Kaushal, Prashant Jaiswal, Ballee Grover |
| Intezaar | 1999 | 4 | Pankaj Berry, Vinod Tripathi, Sonam Malhotra, Param Vir, Rajeev Verma, Anil Nagrath, Anuraag, Kalpana Iyer Sumet Sehgal Reena Kapoor |
| Kismat | 1999 | 3 | Madan Jain, Damini Kanwal, Vinod Tripathi, Ballee Grover, Prithvi, Sonam Malhotra |
| Vapsi | 1 | Mahavir Shah, Brij Gopal, Vinod Tripathi, Gajendra Chauhan | |
| Khauff | 5 | Madan Jain, Rubeena Khan, Shraddha Sharma, Suresh Chatwal, Aryan Vaid, Avinash Sahijwani, Rita Bhaduri, S. Madan, Ramesh Tiwari, Achyut Potdar, Sudhir Dalvi | |
| Amaanat | 1 | Resham Seth, Uma Khosla, Vinod Tripathi, Jaya Mathur | |
| Post•Mortem | 4 | Suraj Thapar, Durga Jasraj, Himayat Ali, Ali Khan, Sahiba, Brij Gopal, Browney, Vijay Aidasani, Deep Dhillon | |
| Cafe 18 | 2 | Paramvir, Eva Grover, Sharmilee, Arun Bali, Nawab Shah | |
| Kabar THE GRAVE | 5 | Javed Khan, Ramesh Tiwari, Imran Khan, Rajeeta Kochhar, Neelam Sagar, Subbi Raj | |
| Tadap | 3 | Jeet Upendra, Rajeeta Kochhar, Prashant Jaiswal, Rubeena Khan, Renuka Israni, Ramesh Tiwari, Santosh Kaushik, Gopal Rai | |
| Raaz | 3 | Pankaj Berry, Vilas Raj, Ashwin Kaushal, Gopal Rai | |
| Murti | 3 | Rajeeta Kochhar, Ramesh Tiwari, Sheela Sharma, Santosh Kaushik, Rajan Haksar, Gajendra Chauhan, Vinod Tripathi, Neelam Sagar | |
| Telephone | 5/2000 | 3 | Waqar, Usha Bachani, Mac Mohan, Ashok Sharma, Suresh Chatwal, Santosh Kaushik, Ballee Grover, Anirudh Agarwal, Surendra Pal |
| The Party | 2000 | 1 | Pankaj Berry, Jaya Mathur, Ramesh Tiwari, Dinesh Kaushik, Vaishnavi, Ballee Grover |
| The Invitation | 2000 | 3 | Imran Khan, Shalini Kapoor, Adi Irani, Poonam Das Gupta, Sudhir, Vijay Aidasani, Anirudh Agarwal, Rajeeta Kochhar, Ashwin Kaushal, Noopur Aliza |
| Shraap | 2000 | 3 | Javed Khan, Sanjeev Seth, Sonia Kapoor, Malay Chakraborty, Rubeena Khan, Arun Mathur, Rajeeta Kochhar |
| Raat | 2000 | 2 | Prithvi Vazir, Usha Bachani, Kaushal Kapoor, Vinod Tripathi, Gajendra Chauhan |
| Ghar | 2001 | 4 | Eva Grover, Rituraj Singh, Karan Trivedi |
| Haadsa | 2001 | 3 | Niki Aneja Walia, Shaukat Baig |
| The Fatal Love | 2001 | 3 | Rohit Roy, Deepshikha Nagpal |
Soundtrack
The opening theme was composed by Ajit Singh and Uttam Singh. The tune was earlier the background score for several movies of Ramsay Brothers with the first one being Purana Mandir which was rearranged.Broadcast
Zee Cinema regularly telecasted the episodes of 1993-94 in movie format. On 9 August 1997, Taveez was telecast. Rajesh Cable recorded them and Zee Cinema had several reruns of those episodes like Khauf and Taveez under the title Chills & Thrills till 2004.Thriller Active Channel available only on Dish TV and Videocon D2H aired some episodes of Season 1 from 30 September 2018 to 20 October 2019.
The series aired on The Horror TV available only on Airtel Digital TV showing episodes of Season 1 from 10 May 2019 to 1 November 2019.
Zee TV decided to rerun this series during the first lockdown from 27 April 2020 but it lasted only for 5 days.
Starting 16 August 2021 Shemaroo entertainment re-aired this series on some channels owned by it like Thriller Active, Tata Play Adbhut Kahaniyan and Rahasmay Kahaniyan in subscription basis. It ran successfully till year end.
Reception
In July 1997 a petitioner in Punjab and Haryana high court argued that horror shows promoted superstitions which was affecting the youth. He requested that shows should be aired only after midnight. Women and children were a significant part of its viewership base so at the urging of Colgate, the show's sponsor, the show's name was changed to Anhonee with the words The Zee Horror Show written below it. Soon the serial name changed to simply "Anhonee" from September 1997.Ashok Surana was made the co producer of the show along with Ramsay brothers in November 1997. His episodes were directed by Indranil Goswami and would alternate with those made by Ramsay brothers. Some episodes produced by Ashok Surana were Jaal, Aaina and Aakhri Shikar.