Best of South Korea: Horror Movies
by d_smojver | created - 15 Nov 2011 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicSouth Koreans DEFINITELY know how to make a good horror movie!
A Tale of Two Sisters is not only one of the best horror movies ever made, but also one of the best movies of all time, in my opinion. Most of the other titles on this list (especially first 10) are also high quality.
My other lists:
Best of South Korea: Action/Adventure Movies
Best of South Korea: Anime
Best of South Korea: Comedies
Best of South Korea: Crime Movies/Thrillers
Best of South Korea: Drama Movies
Best of South Korea: Romance Movies
Best of South Korea: War/Military Movies
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1. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young
Votes: 68,271
2. Bedevilled (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A woman subject to mental, physical and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.
Director: Cheol-soo Jang | Stars: Seo Yeong-hie, Ji Seong-won, Min-ho Hwang, Min Je
Votes: 17,039
3. Train to Busan (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an
Votes: 258,768 | Gross: $2.13M
4. Hansel and Gretel (2007)
TV-14 | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.
Director: Pil-sung Yim | Stars: Cheon Jeong-myeong, Eun Won-jae, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Ji-hee
Votes: 4,945
5. Sleep (I) (2023)
95 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband's nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or his family.
Director: Jason Yu | Stars: Kim Gook Hee, Yoon Kyung-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Yu-mi
Votes: 2,079
6. The Piper (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.
Director: Kwang-tae Kim | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Sung-min, Chun Woo-hee, Lee Joon
Votes: 1,912
7. Ghost Mansion (2021)
106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A reporter collects stories from a supposed "haunted" apartment complex and the tenants who have gone missing.
Director: Jo Ba-Reun | Stars: Kim Bo-ra, Lee Dong-kyu, Kim Hong-pa, Seo Hyun-woo
Votes: 2,298
8. Arang (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
Veteran detective So-young and her rookie partner Hyun-gi happen onto an incendiary homicide case. They discover that the present case is somehow related to the mysterious death of a girl ten years previously.
Director: Sang-hoon Ahn | Stars: So-yeong Choo, Lee Dong-wook, Lim Il-Gyu, Lee Jong-su
Votes: 1,862
9. Wishing Stairs (2003)
R | 100 min | Horror, Drama
A staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins.
Director: Jae-yeon Yun | Stars: Song Ji-Hyo, Park Han-byeol, Jo An, Park Ji-yeon
Votes: 3,310
10. Dead Friend (2004)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
A teenage girl suffering from amnesia discovers that she is somehow connected to a group of people who are being killed off one by one by a vengeful ghost.
Director: Tae-kyeong Kim | Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Nam Sang-mi, Jeon Hye-bin, Yi Shin
Votes: 2,066
a.k.a. The Ghost
11. Into the Mirror (2003)
Not Rated | 113 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
An ex-cop, now working as a security guard in a shopping mall, tries to uncover the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths linked to mirrors.
Director: Sung-ho Kim | Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Myung-min, Hye-na Kim, Gi Ju-bong
Votes: 3,616
12. #Alive (2020)
TV-MA | 98 min | Action, Drama, Horror
The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation. It is his story.
Directors: Il Cho, Jo Il Hyung, Madeleine Martin, Jimmy Olsson | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Park Shin-hye, Jeon Bae-soo, Lee Hyun-wook
Votes: 47,736
13. Peninsula (2020)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A zombie virus has in the last four years spread to all South Korea. Four Koreans in Hong Kong sail through the blockade to Incheon for USD20,000,000 on a truck.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Jung-hyun, Nazeeh Tarsha, Kwon Hae-hyo
Votes: 37,841 | Gross: $1.23M
14. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. It soon encounters much more than expected as it moves deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
Director: Jung Bum-shik | Stars: Oh Ah-yeon, Wi Ha-joon, Yoo Je-Yoon, Park Ji-ah
Votes: 15,446 | Gross: $0.12M
15. Memento Mori (1999)
R | 97 min | Horror, Romance, Drama
In this second installment of the Whispering Corridors series, a young girl finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students who seem to have an unusually close bond.
Directors: Kyu-dong Min, Kim Tae-yong | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Park Yejin, Lee Yeong-jin, Jong-hak Baek
Votes: 3,609
16. Voice (2005)
Unrated | 104 min | Horror
While training after hours in her high-school, the aspiring singer Park Young-Eon is mysteriously killed and her body vanishes. Her ghost is invisible and trapped in the school, but her ... See full summary »
Director: Equan Choi | Stars: Na Eun-kyeong, Jeon Ji-ae, Seo Ji-hye, Hyeon-kyeong Lim
Votes: 1,715
17. Epitaph (2007)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Horror
A series of horrifying events plague a Korean hospital in the 1940s.
Directors: Jung Bum-shik, Sik Jung | Stars: Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Dong-kyu, Kim Eung-soo, Jin Goo
Votes: 1,207
18. The Red Shoes (2005)
Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
Director: Yong-gyun Kim | Stars: Kim Hye-su, Kim Seong-su, Yeon-ah Park, Lee Eol
Votes: 3,184
19. 3 Extremes II (2002)
R | 140 min | Horror, Mystery
An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-woon, The Wheel by Nonzee Nimibutr, and Going Home by Peter Chan.
Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Jee-woon Kim, Nonzee Nimibutr | Stars: Leon Lai, Kim Hye-su, Jeong Bo-seok, Suwinit Panjamawat
Votes: 3,917
Segment 1: Memories (directed by Kim Jee-woon)
20. Phone (2002)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Investigative reporter Ji-won begins to receive a series of menacing calls. To escape the terrifying and relentless clanging of the telephone, she changes her number and moves out. But the threatening campaign of terror continues unabated.
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Kim Yu-mi, Woo-jae Choi, Ji-yeon Choi
Votes: 5,294
21. Whispering Corridors (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In a Korean school, students are regularly beaten and mistreated by their teachers. However, the spirit of one pupil, who died ten years ago, periodically returns in the guise of a new girl, thus able to gain a revenge on the culprits.
Director: Ki-hyeong Park | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Yun Ji-hye, Park Jin-hee, Choi Kang-hee
Votes: 3,501
22. The Ring Virus (1999)
Not Rated | 108 min | Horror
After the mysterious death of her niece and other three teenagers on the same hour and with the symptoms of heart attack, the journalist Sun-ju decides to investigate their last moments. ... See full summary »
Director: Dong-bin Kim | Stars: Shin Eun-kyung, Seung-Hyun Lee, Jung Jin-young, Kim Chang-wan
Votes: 2,438
23. Bloody Reunion (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Buried grudges have disasterous consequences for a class reunion in this unapologetically bloody film from Korean director Dae-wung Lim.
Director: Dae-wung Lim | Stars: Lee Dong-kyu, Seong-won Jang, Seol-ah Yu, Oh Mi-hee
Votes: 2,622
24. Three... Extremes (2004)
R | 125 min | Horror
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau
Votes: 20,872 | Gross: $0.08M
Segment 2: Cut (directed by Park Chan-wook)
25. The Priests (2015)
103 min | Mystery, Thriller
Two priests have to find out if a young girl was attacked by an evil spirit or human molester in order to save her life.
Director: Jae-hyun Jang | Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Gang Dong-won, Kim Byeong-Ok, Kim Eui-sung
Votes: 2,337 | Gross: $0.16M
26. Killer Toon (2013)
104 min | Horror, Thriller
Popular horror web-comic artist Ji Yoon finds life imitating her own work when her publisher turns up dead in a way, precisely mirrors the images in her latest comic.
Director: Yong-gyun Kim | Stars: Lee Si-young, Uhm Ki-joon, Lee Do-yeop, Oh Gwang-Rok
Votes: 2,265
27. Monstrum (2018)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Yoon Gyeom is a loyal subject of King Jung Jong of Joseon. He struggles to fight against a monster that threatens King Jung Jong's life and a group of people trying to depose King Jung Jong.
Director: Jong-ho Huh | Stars: Kim Myung-min, Kim In-kwon, Lee Hyeri, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 2,744
28. Cello (2005)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery
A cellist is haunted by strange events after a car wreck
Director: Lee Woo-cheol | Stars: Sung Hyun-ah, Da-an Park, Jeong Ho-bin, Jin Woo
Votes: 2,773
29. White: The Melody of the Curse (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Horror, Music, Mystery
Girl group "Pink Dolls" is always pushed into the background by other popular idols. When the girls release their new song "White", a remake from unknown origins they become instant sensations.
Directors: Gok Kim, Sun Kim | Stars: Hahm Eun-jung, Hwang Woo-seul-hye, Maydoni, Choi Ah-ra
Votes: 1,701
30. The Silenced (2015)
99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A girl is transferred to a mysterious boarding school, where she is forced to discover its secrets to survive.
Director: Hae-Young Lee | Stars: Joo Bo-bi, Park Bo-young, Kim Dong-hyeon, Uhm Ji-won
Votes: 3,843
31. The Doll Master (2004)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Five people are invited to a remote doll museum and one by one they are mysteriously killed. The survivors find out the truth: dolls have spirits, and they have come to settle scores.
Director: Yong-ki Jeong | Stars: Kim Yu-mi, Eun-kyeong Lim, Shim Hyung-tak, Ok Ji-young
Votes: 2,087
32. The Closet (2020)
97 min | Horror, Mystery
After Sang-Won's daughter Yi-Na goes missing in their new home, a mysterious man approaches him and tells him to look for her in the closet.
Director: Kwang-bin Kim | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Yool Heo, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Si-Ah
Votes: 2,519
33. Acacia (2003)
R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
After unsuccessfully trying to have a baby of their own, Dr. Kim Do-il and his father convince his wife Choi Mi-sook to adopt a child in an orphanage. Mi-sook is connected to arts and ... See full summary »
Director: Ki-hyeong Park | Stars: Shim Hye-jin, Jin-geun Kim, Oh-bin Mun, Na-yoon Jeong
Votes: 2,066
34. Witch Board: Bunshinsaba (2004)
R | 120 min | Horror, Thriller
A high school girl moves from Seoul to a small remote village, where she is constantly harassed and bullied by the jealous common village girls. In a desperate bid to get back at her classmates, she tries to conjure a ghost to haunt them.
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Se-eun Lee, Lee Yu-ri, Seong-min Choi
Votes: 1,561
35. Death Bell (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
Advanced students who take a special class are being tortured by their class rank.
Director: Hong-Seung Yoon | Stars: Lee Beom-su, Kim Bum, In-sook Choi, Da-Geon
Votes: 3,178
36. Voices (2007)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
This creepy, supernatural thriller revolves around the paranoid belief that those dearest to you may want you dead.
Director: Ki-hwan Oh | Stars: Jin-Seo Yoon, Park Gi-woong, Lee Ki-woo, Yu-seon Ham
Votes: 1,417
a.k.a. Someone Behind You
37. Cinderella (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
The daughter of a plastic surgeon experiences strange events that seem to be connected her childhood.
Director: Man-dae Bong | Stars: Ah-yung Ahn, Gyu-ryun Ahn, Yoo Da-in, Do Ji-Won
Votes: 1,600
38. Face (2004)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror
Lee Hyun-min, who works reconstructing faces from their skull, quits his work in a institute to stay with his Beta-allergic daughter Jin that was submitted to a transplant of heart by the ... See full summary »
Director: Sang-gon Yoo | Stars: Song Yun-ah, Shin Hyeon-jun, Kim Seung-wook, Ahn Suk-hwan
Votes: 1,217
39. Scary Hair (2005)
106 min | Drama, Horror
In Seoul, Su-Hyeon is terminal with leukemia, and bald due the treatment of chemotherapy. Her sister Ji-Hyeon buys a long-haired wig, but she does not disclose the truth about Su-Hyeon's ... See full summary »
Director: Won Shin-yeon | Stars: Min-seo Chae, Jung-sung Lee, Kyeong-bin Rah, Hyeon-jin Sa
Votes: 1,353
a.k.a. The Wig
40. The 8th Night (2021)
TV-MA | 115 min | Horror, Thriller
With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that's possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.
Director: Kim Tae-hyung | Stars: Lee Sung-min, Park Hae-joon, Kim Yoo-jung, Nam Da-reum
Votes: 4,460
41. Warning: Do Not Play (2019)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery
Mi-Jung (Seo Ye-Ji ) is a rookie film director and she has been preparing a horror film for the past 8 years. One day, Mi-Jung hears about a movie which was banned. Mi-Jung wants to know ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Jin-won | Stars: Seo Ye-Ji, Jin Seon-kyu, Kim Bo-ra, Cha Yup
Votes: 1,227
42. House of the Disappeared (2017)
16+ | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
25 years ago, Mi-Hee was an ordinary housewife, married to Chul-Joong with a son. Suddenly, her husband died and her son went missing. This all took place at their house. Mi-Hee was ... See full summary »
Director: Dae-wung Lim | Stars: Yunjin Kim, Taecyeon, Jo Jae-yoon, Baek Do-bin
Votes: 1,079
43. Possessed (2009)
106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After Hee-jin's younger sister So-jin, who is possessed by a spirit,disappears,the neighbors die one by one and a secret underlying their deaths is revealed.
Director: Lee Yong-ju | Stars: Kim Bo-yeon, Sin Eun-jeong, Shim Eun-kyung, Shin Eun-kyung
Votes: 1,091
44. Metamorphosis (2019)
R | 113 min | Horror, Thriller
An evil spirit that changes faces infiltrates one family placing one brother in danger while the other tries to save him.
Director: Kim Hong Sun | Stars: Bae Sung-woo, Sung Dong-il, Jang Young-nam, Kim Hye-jun
Votes: 1,681
45. Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (2007)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, History, Horror
"Muoi" charts the path of a Korean writer who travels to Vietnam in search of stories for her second novel. There she learns about a mystery centered around a century-old vengeful spirit.
Director: Tae-kyeong Kim | Stars: Jo An, So-hee Hong, Hong-Anh, Yong-tae Kim
Votes: 1,102
46. Mourning Grave (2014)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
A teenager, with the ability to see ghosts, returns to his hometown to face his demons.
Director: In-chun Oh | Stars: Kim So-eun, Kim Jeong-tae, Hye-Rin Han, Doo-Sik Park
Votes: 1,127
47. The Cat (2011)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is murdered on an elevator and the only witness is her cat Bidan. Her friend So-yeon brings the cat home and wild and disturbing things begin to happen.
Director: Seung-wook Byeon | Stars: Park Min-Young, Kim Dong-wook, Ye-ron Kim, Kim Min-jae
Votes: 1,555
48. Sorum (2001)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 30 year old mystery resurfaces and takes over the lives of the people living in an eerie apartment complex.
Director: Jong-chan Yun | Stars: Jin-young Jang, Kim Myung-min, Jo An, Ju Bu-jin
Votes: 997
49. Apt (2006)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Se-jin, a young woman who lives in an old apartment in a Seoul suburb, amuses herself by observing windows of apartments on other side.
Directors: Byeong-ki Ahn, Ahn Byung-Ki | Stars: Ko So-young, Kang Seong-jin, Jang Hie-jin, Park Ha-seon
Votes: 1,129
50. A Blood Pledge: Broken Promise (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Four friends make an oath sworn in blood to commit suicide one night, but next morning only one is found lying dead on school grounds.
Director: Jong-yong Lee | Stars: Son Eun-seo, Kyeong-ah Jang, Min-jeong Song, Oh Yeon-Seo
Votes: 821
51. February 29 (2006)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Ji-Yeon, a tollgate ticket girl, is frightened by a mysterious black car, which hands over a bloodstained ticket as a fee at midnight.
Director: Jong-hoon Jung | Stars: Lee An-Na, Eun-jin Baek, Son Jong Bum, Park Eun-hye
Votes: 869
52. Nightmare (2000)
R | 97 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Seven friends will die one by one for protecting a terrible secret. Can a vengeful spirit be stopped?
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Ha Ji-Won, Choi Jeong-yun, Yoo Ji-tae
Votes: 999
53. New Normal (I) (2022)
112 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
New Normal is a captured record of 4 days in Seoul, 2022, which is a time of chaos that all the mankind never have been experienced before in entire human history. It depicts the unexpected... See full summary »
Director: Jung Bum-shik | Stars: Choi Ji-woo, Lee Yoo-mi, Choi Min-ho, Ha Da In
Votes: 197
54. The Cursed (2021)
110 min | Thriller
A mysterious serial murder cases take place by jaechaui (dead bodies which have risen from the dead and able to talk). These bodies are manipulated by someone.
Director: Yong-wan Kim | Stars: Uhm Ji-won, Jung Ji-so, Kim In-kwon, Lee Seol
Votes: 798
55. The Sleepless (2012)
86 min | Horror, Mystery
"Two Moons" depicts two women and a man that find themselves in a isolated area without a way out. So-Hee (Park Han-Byul) is a horror story writer who holds a secret. Seok-Ho (Kim Ji-Seok) ... See full summary »
Director: Dong-bin Kim | Stars: Park Han-byeol, Park Jin-joo, Sujin Kim, Ra Mi-ran
Votes: 322
a.k.a. Two Moons
56. Four Horror Tales: Roommates (2006)
95 min | Horror
ROOMMATES is the third part of a 4 horror movie series, FOUR HORROR TALES. Roommates Yoo-jin, Eun-soo, Bo-ram, and Da-young are cramming for a college entrance exam. It's difficult for them... See full summary »
Director: Eun-kyung Kim | Stars: Yoon Da-kyung, Lee Eun-seong, Jin-yong Heo, Kim Joo-ryung
Votes: 456
57. Horror Stories (2012)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
"Horror Stories" (Moo-seo-woon I-ya-gi) was a 2012 anthology horror movie that tells the tale of a teenager (Ji_Won Kim) who is abducted and forced to tell the scariest tales she knows, leading to this anthology of four stories.
Directors: Jung Bum-shik, Ji-Yeong Hong, Gok Kim, Sun Kim, Dae-wung Lim, Kyu-dong Min | Stars: Kim Bo-kyung, Nam Bo-ra, Jung Won Cha, Lee Dong-kyu
Votes: 792
58. Alice: Boy from Wonderland (2015)
16+ | 122 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Hye(Female, 27) has suffered from severe nightmares since she was a child. They actually happens in reality and finally endanger her life. According to a shaman's advice, she decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Eunhee Huh | Stars: Hong Jong-hyun, Jung So-min, Lee Go-eun, Seo Kap-sook
Votes: 392
59. The Cut (2007)
Not Rated | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
Strange things start happening after a group of med students dissect a cadaver.
Director: Derek Son Tae-woong | Stars: On Joo-Wan, Han Ji-min, Oh Tae-kyung, Park Chan-hwan
Votes: 283
60. Four Horror Tales - Hidden Floor (2006)
100 min | Horror
A woman investigates a series of bizarre deaths in her new apartment building.
Director: Ho-Young Kwon | Stars: Lee Hwang-Ui, Kim Ja-yeong, Kim Seo-hyeong, Kim Yoo-jung
Votes: 479
a.k.a. Forbidden Floor
61. The Evil Twin (2007)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, History, Horror
(Korean with English subtitles) So-yeon awakens from a 10 year coma, with no memory of the tragic drowning of her sister. As ominous events and deaths accumulate, So-yeon begins to discover... See full summary »
Director: Kim Ji-Hwan | Stars: Park Shin-hye, Jae Hee, Yang Geum-seok, Park Myung-shin
Votes: 299
62. Horror Stories 2 (2013)
95 min | Horror
In an insurance company, Se-young, who has a power to see people's past and read their minds. Mr.Park, Se-Young's boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ... See full summary »
Directors: Sung-ho Kim, Jung Bum-shik, Hwi Kim, Kyu-dong Min | Stars: Jung In-sun, Kim Ji-won, Baek Jin-hee, Sung Jun
Votes: 419
63. The Wicked (2014)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery
Saeyoung is a new employee who eventually stands against Leesun, her stubborn team leader. Leesun is upset by Saeyoung's behavior, but she soon learns about ominous stories about Saeyoung. ... See full summary »
Director: Yoo Young-sun | Stars: Park Joo-hee, Soo-yoon Na, Mi-so Lee, Ye-jin Sin
Votes: 211
64. Mad Sad Bad (2014)
PG-13 | 117 min | Thriller
GHOST (Ryoo Seung-Wan) Seung-ho is a high school student who is deeply engaged in an online community and has a crush on a girl member named Sunshower, whom he has never met. One day, ... See full summary »
Directors: Ji-Seung Han, Ryu Seung-wan, Kim Tae-yong | Stars: Lee Da-wit, Park Jeong-min, Soo-Hyun Son, Park Gi-woong
Votes: 187
65. The Mimic (2017)
100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The Jangsan Tiger, who mimics human voices to lure them close, encounters a family affected by the creature.
Director: Jung Huh | Stars: Yum Jung-ah, Park Hyuk-kwon, Heo Jin, Shin Rin-ah
Votes: 2,131
66. Loner (2008)
TV-G | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A student becomes a recluse in response to her best friend's suicide and locks herself in her room. She believes that someone is in the room with her. Her alarmed family hires a psychologist to intervene.
Director: Jae-shik Park | Stars: Park Ah-In, Min-seo Chae, Lee Da-in, Joo Hee-jae
Votes: 442
67. Whispering Corridors: The Humming (2020)
108 min | Horror, Mystery
Strange things happen in the closed toilets of Eunhee's old school, where she was deputy head girl. Hayeong and Soyeon, who used the place as their hideout, believed there was a ghost there... See full summary »
Director: Mi Young Lee | Stars: Kim Seo-hyeong, Kim Hyeon-soo, Choi Ri, Kwon Hae-hyo
Votes: 356
68. Be with Me (I) (2009)
100 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Seo-hee, Nam-hee and Lan. These three girls happen to read their tarot cards. Tarot cards tell them once-in-a-life-time opportunities will be coming to each of them simply by holding tarot ... See full summary »
Directors: Hong Dongmyung, Eun-kyung Jo, Jho Kwang-soo Kim | Stars: Hwang Byeong-guk, Lee Chae-eun, Lee Jehoon, Hong Jong-hyun
Votes: 238
69. The Wrath (2018)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery
In the household of Lee Gyeong-jin, a high-ranking official of Joseon Kingdom, three sons die from an unidentified horror. A woman pregnant with a child of the third son soon learns of the evil spirit that haunts the house.
Director: Yoo Young-sun | Stars: Choi Hong-il, Lee Jae-goo, Lee Kyu-sung, Son Na-eun
Votes: 516
70. Horror Stories III (2016)
94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Girl from Mars seeks refuge at a place run by robots/androids. She must explain to them why she is fleeing the humans, and tells some stories about human fear. Three 'short horror stories' within the film.
Directors: Seung-bin Baek, Gok Kim, Sun Kim, Kyu-dong Min | Stars: Ji An, Lee Dae-yeon, Sung Do-hyun, Hong Eun-hee
Votes: 151
71. The Hypnosis (2021)
85 min | Horror, Thriller
Jin-ho lost his parents in an an accident as a child, he receives hypnosis to treat his trauma related to the accident. Do-hyun, a college student gets interested in Jin-ho's hypnosis and he tries to do it too.
Director: Jae-Hoon Choi | Stars: Son Byung-ho, Lee Da-wit, Shin Ji-won, Kim Min-joon
Votes: 257
72. Marui Video (2023)
87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The video evidence of the murder, which is especially brutal and graphic that shouldn't release to the public. A reporter who has access to the prosecutor's office hears about a cursed tape in the video archive and begins reporting on it.
Director: Yoon Joon-Hyeong | Stars: Seo Hyun-woo, Jo Min-Kyoung, Seo Sung-gwang
Votes: 363
73. The Chosen: Forbidden Cave (2015)
105 min | Horror, Thriller
An exorcist and his assistant try to free a young woman from her bizarre possession and release a much more fatal evil.
Director: Hwi Kim | Stars: Chang-Hyeon Han, Chun Ho-jin, Lim Hwa-young, Won Jin-ah
Votes: 288
74. 0.0 Mhz (2019)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror
Members of a supernatural exploration club go into a haunted house.
Director: Sun-Dong Yoo | Stars: Shin Joo-Hwan, Eun-ji Jung, Won-Chang Jung, Sung-yeol Lee
Votes: 1,180
75. Lingering (2020)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror
When Yoo-mi searches out her mother's friend at a hotel to drop off her younger sister, she falls into unexpected mystery and horror.
Director: Yoon Een-Kyoung | Stars: Lee Se-yeong, Park Ji-young, Park So-yi, Seo Yeong-ju
Votes: 559
76. Ghastly (2011)
91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After his parents are murdered, Bin is taken into the care of relatives. He begins to act strangely, the new occupants of his house experience horrific nightmares, and a mystery unfolds as a terrible secret is revealed.
Director: Ko Seok-jin | Stars: Han Eun-jeong, Hyomin, Lee Hyung-suk, No Min-woo
Votes: 508
77. Mi-hwak-in-dong-yeong-sang (2012)
93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
You better not click if you want to survive.
Director: Tae-kyeong Kim | Stars: Park Bo-young, Joo Won, Kang Byeol, Baek Gwang-Doo
Votes: 713
78. Guimoon: The Lightless Door (2021)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In a community center where a mass murder took place years earlier and it involves a paranormal investigator who discovers a door to another world.
Director: Sim Deok-Geun | Stars: Kim Kang-woo, Kim Sohye, Goo Ga-Eun, Choi Ha-Eun
Votes: 362
79. Bloody Beach (2000)
91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A group of chat room buddies decide to meet together in reality on the beach for some fun in the sun. However, their vacation transforms into a nightmare as each person except Nam-kyeong (... See full summary »
Director: In Soo Kim | Stars: Hyun-Jung Kim, Yang Dong-kun, Seung-chae Lee, Lee Jung-Jin
Votes: 342
80. Hide and Never Seek (2016)
88 min | Horror
A broadcaster of live horror themed streams receives a video which contains a female high school student disappearing right after she was calling a ghost while playing hide and (go) seek alone. He then goes to investigate.
Director: Doo-Hwan Lee | Stars: Jo Bok-rae, Ryu Deok-hwan, Yea Eun Hong, Lee Soo-bin
Votes: 253
81. Red Eye (2004)
96 min | Horror
A supernatural story about a mystic events occurring on the train, which had the route similar to the train which crashed many years ago.
Director: Dong-bin Kim | Stars: Jang Shin-yeong, Kwak Ji-min, Lee Dong-kyu, Hye-na Kim
Votes: 957
82. Yoga Class (2009)
97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
After the co-host of a shopping channel TV show loses her job to a younger rival, she enrolls in an intensive yoga course. The very strict trainer informs her students that there will be ... See full summary »
Director: Jae-yeon Yun | Stars: Kim Yoo-jin, Su-yeon Cha, Daniel Choi, Jo Eun-ji
Votes: 663
a.k.a. Yoga Academy
83. Devil in the Lake (2022)
111 min | Horror
Bo-Yeong moves into the mansion of her previously wealthy grandmother, Wang, as a caregiver with a dangerous intention. But once there, he will see that there is something supernatural in that mansion and in the lake.
Director: Se-woong Tak | Stars: Park Ha-na, Heo Jin, Jung Young-joo
Votes: 185
84. Contorted (2022)
91 min | Horror, Mystery
A family moves to a quiet and isolated place, but suffers from nightmares on their very first day in the new home. The wife is anxious about a strange sound she hears in the warehouse, but ... See full summary »
Director: Kang Dong Hun | Stars: Kyung Da Eun, Kang Gil-woo, Bo-Min Kim, Kim Min-jae
Votes: 166
85. The Soul Guardians (1998)
98 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
When the police raid the compound of a religious cult, they discover that almost all of the members have committed suicide. The only survivor, laying on an altar in the middle of the room, ... See full summary »
Director: K.C. Park | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Shin Hyeon-jun, Choo Sang-mi, Hyun-chul Oh
Votes: 250
86. Hayanbang (2002)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery
A website is seemingly killing every woman who views it within fifteen days. While investigating the phenomenon, a female reporter begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of the site known only as The White Room.
Director: Chang-jae Lim | Stars: Eun-ju Lee, Jeong Jun-ho, Seong-Yong Kye, Kim Hyeon-suk
Votes: 480
87. The Ghost Station (2022)
80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A public service worker at Oksu Station witnesses a shocking incident and recruits his friend to help uncover the truth behind the station's mysterious happenings.
Director: Yong-ki Jeong | Stars: Kim Bo-ra, Kim Jae-hyun, Shin So-yul, Oh Jin-Seok
Votes: 487
88. The Pot (2008)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Horror
(Korean with English subtitles) Everything is picture-perfect for a family of three recently moved to Seoul from the countryside. But when religious ritual goes terribly wrong, their ... See full summary »
Director: Tae-gon Kim | Stars: Yang Eun-yong, Hae-yoen Gil, Kil Hae-yeon, Hyeong-gook Im
Votes: 131
89. Woman's Wail (1986)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
A vengeful spirit passes herself of as human and gains a family's trust, only to murder them one-by-one.
Director: Hyeok-su Lee | Stars: Ki-jong Kim, In-su Seok, Lee Gye-in, Yun-hui Kim
Votes: 26
90. Mount Chiak (2023)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five members of the mountain bike club, Sangaja. To ride a mountain bike, we head to Chiaksan Mountain, where Min-joon's Uncle villa is located. After arriving at Chiaksan Mountain and ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Sun-Ung | Stars: Bae Geu-rin, Yeon Je-wook, Yoon Kyun-Sang, Lee Tae-Hwan
Votes: 39
91. A Thousand Year-Old Fox (1969)
89 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Once upon a time, under the reign of the three kingdoms, there was a woman who tempts a Buddhist priest named Cho. She is a one-thousand-year-old fox who intends to reincarnate as a human ... See full summary »
Director: Shin Sang-ok | Stars: Yeong-gyun Shin, Ji-su Kim, Hye-jeong Kim, Gye-shik Kang
Votes: 95
92. Haggyogidam: Oji Anhneun Ai (2020)
60 min | Horror
In closed societies like schools, one of the biggest fears is to be forgotten, fading into oblivion. Such fears come to life when a trainee teacher meets a student who would not come to school.
Stars: Kim Sohye, Jeong Yoon-seok, Shin Ji-won, Min Ka-rin
Votes: 33
93. The Public Cemetery Under the Moon (1967)
87 min | Horror, Thriller
The kisaeng (korean geisha) Wol-ha marries Kim Han-su, but soon dies because of a false accusation made up by her husbands mother and her servant. Now the ghost of Wol-ha wants revenge!
Director: Cheol-hwi Kwon | Stars: Kum-Bong Do, Hae Hwang, Ae-ran Jeong, Mi-ae Kang
Votes: 95
94. Tastes of Horror (2023)
118 min | Horror, Mystery
Montage from the Te-i-seu-cheu o-beu ho-reo (2021) series, which is composed of ten short films directed by five of the most acclaimed directors of the genre in South Korea.
Directors: Sang-hoon Ahn, Johnny Chae, Yoon Een-Kyoung, Yong-gyun Kim, Dae-wung Lim | Stars: So-Young Ban, Yoo Da-in, Kim Dong-young, Shin Eun-soo
Votes: 66
95. The Other Child (2022)
114 min | Mystery, Thriller
Follow an adopted boy who is able to see the invisible.
Director: Jin-young Kim | Stars: Park Hyo-ju, Kim Min-jae
Votes: 66
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