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8 Korean Horror Movies
If your horror watchlist has stayed mostly in Hollywood, start here. Korean horror is particularly good at mixing fear with mystery, family drama and ideas that stay with you afterward.
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- Train to Busan
- As a zombie apocalypse erupts, passengers on a high-speed train fight for survival as they journey to what they hope is safety.
- The Wailing
- A stranger's arrival in a remote village coincides with a mysterious sickness spreading, forcing a local police officer to investigate.
- A Tale of Two Sisters
- Two sisters return home from a mental institution to a cold stepmother, only to encounter escalating supernatural disturbances.
- Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
- A horror web series crew streams live from a notoriously haunted asylum, delving into its dark history and triggering terrifying encounters.
- The Host
- A monstrous creature emerges from Seoul's Han River, abducting a young girl and prompting her dysfunctional family to rescue her.
- Thirst
- A Catholic priest becomes a vampire after a medical experiment, leading to a passionate, forbidden affair with his friend's wife.
- The Call
- Two women, living in different times, connect through a phone call, altering past events with catastrophic consequences for their present.
- Exhuma
- A team of shamans and a geomancer exhume a cursed grave, uncovering dark supernatural secrets tied to a wealthy family.