TBT: 5 Movies That Haunted Our Sleep

Nobody likes nightmares, but that doesn’t stop us from watching horror films, before the coming of cinemas and before we started watching scary movies made in America, there were movies made in Nigeria that are the basis of our fear today. Some have argued that these set of movies are the scariest movies ever made even Hollywood doesn’t stand a chance beside them. So here are the five movies that gave us Nightmares
1. Eran Iya Osogbo:

This Yoruba classic made us fear elderly women especially those above 60, the movie was surrounded with rumor and controversies about real witchcraft being used and some have alleged that some of the actors died as a result of the film.
2. Koto Aye:

This is another film that didn’t let us sleep at night, this movie made us piss our pants anytime we hear the sounds of a beating drum.
3. Karishika:

This movie which was also filled with evil and witchcraft made guys very careful about what they do with girls.
4. Nneka The Pretty Serpent: 
This is another movie that made guys conscious about what they do with girls, this movie is about a mermaid sent to earth to seduce men will send your heart racing.
5. Last Burial:

This is one of the films we wished our parents had stopped us from watching because the image of the man sitting on a coffin still haunts our dreams.  Photo Credit: Getty

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