Top 5 Korean Zombie Movies Ever Till 2023

By Nida Naaz Jan 13, 2023, 18:20 IST

Do you love watching Zombie movies? Then, you should definitely give it a try to Korean Zombie movies.

Which of these movies is the best, out of the scary Korean zombie movies and the comedic ones?

 Here is the list of the curated ones, go and check them now.

  1. Train to Busan

The 2016 action-thriller Train to Busan, one of the highest-grossing South Korean movies ever, is the tale of train passengers attempting to survive a zombie invasion that is rapidly spreading across the nation. Along with well-known Korean actor Gong Yoo, the movie also stars Choi Woo-shik from Parasite, Ma Dong-Seok AKA Don Lee from MCU's The Eternals, and Sohee, a former member of the Wonder Girls. With a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Train to Busan has won praise from viewers, reviewers, and even filmmakers like Edgar Wright, who tweeted that it was the "best zombie movie I've seen in forever." 

  1. Peninsula

Yeon Sang-ho is the director of the 2020 South Korean action horror heist movie Peninsula. In this stand-alone prequel to the 2016 movie Train to Busan, a former soldier is sent with a team to retrieve a truck full of cash from the wastelands of the Korean peninsula, which are now home to a family, rogue militia, and zombies.

  1. Kingdom

Kingdom, the first Korean-made original film on Netflix, received positive reviews upon release. The historical horror drama, written by Kim Eun-hee and based on a webtoon series, centres on Lee Chang (Ju Ji-hoon), the Crown Prince of Joseon, who is looking into a mysterious illness that is ravaging his kingdom. In addition to defending his country from the deadly plague, he is also embroiled in a political power struggle to succeed to the throne.

  1. Happiness

Happiness sees the return of both of its main actors: Park Hyung-sik after serving his country in the military and Han Hyo-joo to television. Following the release of a misguided treatment drug that instead led to a pandemic known as the Rita Virus or mad person disease, the Korean drama is set in the not-too-distant future. People who have the virus experience symptoms like intense bloodlust before turning into zombies. Civil rights organizations protest against the South Korean military's extensive attempts to stop the virus' spread.

  1. Seoul Station

Seoul Station is worth seeing despite being an animated movie. The film, which was written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho, is actually a prequel to the smash hit Train to Busan and depicts how the zombie epidemic first spread through the nation. The story revolves around three characters: Hye-sun, a runaway daughter, her boyfriend Ki-woong, and Suk-gyu, a father searching for his missing daughter. The action takes place around Seoul Station. Seoul Station was praised for being more than just a zombie movie and for tackling some of South Korea's societal problems.