Korean Cinema

Best Korean Horror Movies

Name: Best Korean Horror Movies
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South Korean horror films — uniquely unsettling and masterfully crafted.

Best Korean Horror Movies — 8 entries in the korean cinema category, sortable by Title, Year, Director. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
I Saw the Devil	2010	Kim Jee-woon	7.8	Thriller, Horror	South Korea	144	Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
Train to Busan	2016	Yeon Sang-ho	7.7	Horror, Thriller, Action, Adventure	South Korea	118	When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
The Wailing	2016	Na Hong-jin	7.4	Horror, Mystery	South Korea	156	A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
#Alive	2020	Cho Il	7.2	Action, Horror, Science Fiction	South Korea	98	As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
A Tale of Two Sisters	2003	Kim Jee-woon	7.1	Drama, Horror, Mystery	South Korea	115	Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Thirst	2009	Park Chan-wook	7.1	Drama, Horror, Thriller	South Korea	134	A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood f...
The Host	2006	Bong Joon Ho	7	Horror, Drama, Science Fiction	South Korea	120	A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
Peninsula	2020	Yeon Sang-ho	6.7	Horror, Action, Thriller, Adventure	South Korea	115	A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

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