15 Best Korean Horror Movies Till 2022
Are you one of those people who can't stop watching scary movies? Then you must have seen a lot of Bollywood horror movies to give you sleepless nights. However, if you want to experience a different type of horror, you should watch Korean horror films. Korean films have always been experimental, with horror elements. Horror films have existed in Korea since the beginning of Korean cinema. They did, however, become popular in the late 1990s. Here is a list of the best Korean horror films to watch in 2018.
So, what are you holding out for? Simply turn off the lights (if possible) and begin watching these classic and cult top Korean horror films.
1. I Spotted the Devil (2011)
Running time: 2 hours and 33 minutes
Kim Jee-Woon directed the film.
Amazon Prime is an option.
I Saw the Devil is a horrifying story of murder and vengeance that revolves around Kyung-Chul, a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. However, the murder of a pregnant woman one day turns his world upside down. This eventually causes the pursuer to become the pursued.
2. Bus to Busan (2016)
Running time: 1 hour and 58 minutes
Yeon Sang-ho directed the film.
Netflix has it available.
Train to Busan is a classic Korean zombie film in which passengers on a moving train turn into zombies. Seok-woo boards a train from Seoul to Busan with his daughter, Soo-an. Suddenly, the apocalypse occurs, and the majority of the population is transformed into flesh-craving zombies. As the train approaches Busan, the passengers must fight for their lives against the zombies – and each other. This is a must-see horror film for anyone obsessed with zombies.
3• The Wailing .. (2016)
Running time: 2 hours 36 minutes
Na Hong-jin is the director.
Amazon Prime is an available service.
The Wailing is a disturbing horror film in which a stranger arrives in the small village of Goksung in South Korea only to discover a mysterious disease that begins to spread throughout the village. Jong-Goo, a police officer, is drawn into the case to investigate the strange murders caused by the mysterious disease. Suddenly, his daughter goes missing. He must now solve the mystery to save his daughter.
4. bedeviled (2010)
Running time: 1 hour 55 minutes
Jang Cheo-soo directed the film.
Dramacool has it available.
Bedeviled is a fantastic piece of crime drama. Hae-won is a lovely single woman who works at a bank in Seoul. She needs to get away, so she travels to Moodo, a small island. She has a friend there named Bok-Nam, who writes to Hae-won frequently and invites her to visit. When Hae-won arrives on the island, he is astounded to discover that Bok-Nam is subjected to mental, physical, and sexual abuse. She begs Hae-won to assist her in leaving the island. But will she be able to assist her in escaping?
5• A Story of Two Sisters (2003)
2 hours of running time
Kim Jee-Woon directed the film.
Amazon Prime is an option.
A Tale of Two Sisters is a Korean psychological thriller film about two sisters who, as the title suggests, return to their father's home and are confronted by a cruel stepmother. Their suffering does not end even after they have spent time in a mental institution. They must deal with upsetting events as a result of their stepmother and the ghosts who haunt their home. All of the events eventually lead back to a dark period in the family's history.
6• thirst (2009)
Running time: 2 hours and 28 minutes
Park Chan-wook directed the film.
Amazon Prime is an option.
Thirst is a dark-comedy vampire-love story with it all: jaw-dropping violence, goriness, great humor, incredible suspense, and intimate realistic sex scenes. It is centered on Sang-Hyun, a priest who works for a hospital. He volunteers for a covert vaccine development project aimed at eradicating a deadly virus. The virus, however, eventually takes over the priest. He nearly dies but miraculously recovers thanks to the infusion of vampire blood. Eventually, the pleasures of the flesh become his sole reason for living. The priest is now afflicted with vampirism. Can he give up his ascetic ways?
7•The Quiet Family (1998)
Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Kim JeeWoonn directed the film.
YouTube is an option.
The Quiet Family is a fantastic comedy horror film about a family that decides to open a lodge in a remote hiking area. The mountain inn's first customer commits suicide. The family is upset, so they bury his body to avoid negative publicity. Suddenly, all of their guests are killed, and the bodies begin to pile up. Will the family be able to resolve the situation or will they fall victim to something terrible?
8• The hostess (2006)
2 hours of running time
Bong Joon-ho directed the film.
Netflix has it available.
The Host is an entertaining monstrous horror film about Park Hee-bong, who runs a small food joint on the banks of the Han River with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks appear to live a fairly ordinary and peaceful existence. To disrupt the peace, a monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. The monster kidnaps Hyun-Seo, the monster's granddaughter. One victim's loving family does everything possible to free her from its clutches. Can they track down Hyun-Seo? She's still alive, isn't she? The family must track down the monster and rescue Hyun-Seo.
9• Extremes (2004)
2 hours and 6 minutes
Park Chan-wook, Fruit Chan, and Takashi Milke are among those who have directed films.
Just watch it?
Three... Extremes is a collaboration of three Asian horror films titled Dumplings, Cat, and Box. Each segment was directed by a different director from three different countries, adding to the versatility. It is also a sequel to the 2002 film Three, with the same concept. The three short films are all one-of-a-kind and unforgettable. Dumplings were the most effective in my opinion, but all three films are excellent.
10• Hansel and Gretel (2007)
1 h 57 min running time
Yim Pil-sung directed
Amazon Prime is available.
Hansel and Gretel is a fantasy horror film set in a remote and creepy setting. On a mystical, lonely road, Eun-soo is involved in a car accident. To get help, he follows a mysterious girl carrying a lantern to a beautiful house filled with strange secrets, creepy children, and no way out.
11•Whispering Corridors (1998)Even though Whispering Corridors is over two decades old, it remains one of the cornerstones of the Korean horror genre. It was released at a time whether n free expression was still relatively new in the country, and it serves not only as a chilling story but also as social commentary.
Following the suicide of a teacher at an all-girls school that is said to be haunted by a ghost, staff and students begin to vanish into thin air. This is a story that started it all in Korean horror, but whether or not its mystery is solved remains to be seen.
12•Do Not Click (2012)
Don't Click is a more recent title that has become extremely popular due to its contemporary themes.
Don't Click is a more recent title that has become extremely popular due to its contemporary themes. It tells the story of a strange video that circulates the Internet and is dubbed the "forbidden video." Strange things start to happen in the life of the main character Jung-Mi after she has her sister's boyfriend download the file for her.
13•The Red Shoes (2005)
Who doesn't appreciate a good pair of heels, especially when they're free? Sun-Jae finds a beautiful pair of red high heels on the subway and takes them home, only to discover that they have a very dark secret.
It's a dark and twisted story about vanity and beauty based on Hans Christian Andersen's old fairy tale, which turns into a classic haunting.
14•Cinderella (2006)
Plastic surgery is a major theme in many Korean films, but in Cinderella, it is portrayed as a terrifying aspect. When one of her patients commits suicide before her daughter, a successful plastic surgeon and her daughter begin to notice strange things.
Another story about vanity and body image; for those afraid of body horror and gore, this is a rough one, but it's still terrifying.
15•The Quiet Family (1998)
Nothing is scarier than living in near-complete isolation from the rest of the world, as the Kang family is about to discover. As the entire family relocates to a remote mountain location for a business, they are overjoyed to receive their first customer.
However, when their first visitor commits suicide, the family decides to bury him quietly to avoid negative publicity. Unfortunately, this is only the beginning of The Quiet Family.