Korean Horror
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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: 68,296
2. 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: 2,067
a.k.a. The Ghost
3. 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
4. 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: 3,311
5. 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
6. 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: 3,185
7. 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
a.k.a. Hansel and Gretel
8. 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: 3,617
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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: 5,295
12. 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, Yûko Fueki
Votes: 1,131
13. 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: 3,504
14. 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: 3,611
15. 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: 480
a.k.a. Forbidden Floor
16. R-Point (2004)
R | 107 min | Action, Horror, War
During the Vietnam War, a South Korean base receives a radio transmission from a missing squad, presumed dead, and sends a platoon to rescue the lost squad from the R-Point.
Director: Su-chang Kong | Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Son Byung-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Park Won-sang
Votes: 5,832
17. 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: 20,874 | Gross: $0.08M
Segment 2: Cut (directed by Park Chan-wook)
18. 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: 3,918
Segment 1: Memories (directed by Kim Jee-woon)
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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: 1,562
23. 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
24. 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: 17,048
25. 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: 871
26. The Guard Post (2008)
121 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of GP506 soldiers have been brutally massacred, leaving only one alive but comatose. A military police investigator has only that night to uncover the facts, but ends up discovering a terrifying truth.
Director: Su-chang Kong | Stars: Chun Ho-jin, Hyun-jae Cho, Lee Young-hoon, Kim Byeong-cheol
Votes: 1,901
27. 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: 2,623
a.k.a. Bloody Reunion
28. 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: 1,208
29. 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
30. 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: 2,439
31. 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: Yoon Jin-seo, Park Gi-woong, Lee Ki-woo, Yu-seon Ham
Votes: 1,417
a.k.a. Someone Behind You
32. 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: 2,774
33. 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
34. 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: 457
a.k.a. Roommates
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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: 1,559
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
a.k.a. The Soul Guardians
41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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: 2,267
46. 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
47. 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
48. The Record (2000)
94 min | Horror, Thriller
This is the classic tale of misfit high school students taking a prank too far, resulting in the death of a classmate (or at least it seems). After burying him alive and torching him, he ... See full summary »
Directors: Gi-hun Kim, Jong-seok Kim | Stars: Kang Seong-min, Park Eun-hye, Jae-hwan Ahn, Min Jung
Votes: 291
49. 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
50. 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: 793
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