Paatal Lok had one of the most vicious killers seen on the screen. He killed with a hammer, earning the nickname Hathoda Tyagi, and was played with crazed frenzy by Abhishek Banerjee.
As Season 2 arrives this week, Deepa Gahlot looks at the most vicious killers on OTT.
Vijay Varma in Dahaad, Amazon Prime Video
A mild-mannered teacher entraps and robs gullible young women and leaves their corpses in public toilets.
Sumeet Vyas in Mrs Undercover, ZEE5
He hates independent career women, so he dates and then brutally kills them, leaving clues to mock the cops.
Vir Das in Hasmukh, Netflix
A stand-up comedian can't get inspired unless he commits murder.
Joshua LeClair in Cutputlli, Disney+Hotstar
A man suffering from progeria was bullied in school, and starts stalking and killing young girls.
The caretaker of a rich pervert's bungalow in Noida lures women and children to the house; rapes, kills and chops up their bodies.
To get his dying child the lung transplant, the father starts killing people who could speed up the wait list.
Amit Sadh in Duranga, ZEE5
An evil man pretending to be in a coma, kills and pushes the suspicion onto an innocent artist.
Abhishek Chauhan in Asur 2, JioCinema
Believing himself to be an incarnation of a mythical Asura, Shubh unleashes a reign of terror.
Kartik Aryan in Freddy, Disney+Hotstar
A socially awkward dentist goes on a killing spree when he discovers that the woman he loves used him to get rid of her husband.
Raashii Khanna in Rudra: The Edge of Darkness, Disney+Hotstar
A smart sociopath, she kills her parents, gets away with it, and then runs circles around troubled cop Rudra.