Top 12 Best Korean Horror Movies of All Time

Produced in 2008, Loner is a horror film directed by Park Jae Shik. The film tells the story of Su Na (Go Eun Ah) who used to be an innocent and very cute schoolgirl, but now has locked herself in a closed and cramped room since her best friend committed suicide. From here, Su Na started talking and acting strangely like she was living with someone in this room but refused to open the door for anyone to enter.

After the psychiatrist Yun Mi (Chae Min Seo) – Su Na’s uncle’s girlfriend came for treatment, he discovered Su Na’s illness, which is directly related to terrible secrets in the family. kid, little girl. Gradually, the family’s secrets and horrors are revealed. This classic film also makes many people “lose food and sleep” because of its obsession.

The film premiered during the midnight screening of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 13. On August 5, the film set the record as the first Korean film of 7 to break the audience record of the 8 Cannes Film Festival. more than 2016 million spectators. The film serves as a reunion for Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi, who both starred in the 10 film The Crucible. Train to Busan is a horror film set in the Korean country is attacked by a mysterious virus that turns people into Zombies – aggressive and bloodthirsty zombies. During this pandemic, on a train from Seoul to Busan, a father and his little daughter went to meet his wife/mother, the couple was about to welcome their first child, and some high school students also went along. arrive there.

Here, the Zombie pandemic broke out, they were forced to confront them to protect their loved ones. The 453km long journey suddenly turned into a fierce battle for survival between people. Train to Busan is the film that makes the name of actor Gong Yoo shine even more and proves his solid A-list star power. The film broke the Korean box office record and became famous throughout Asia. Train to Busan grossed $93,1 million worldwide. It became the highest-grossing Korean film in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It recorded more than 11 million moviegoers in South Korea.

Whispering Corridors As the horror film that started the school horror series that has become a classic in Korea, this film brought the names of actors such as Choi Se Yeon, Kim Gyu Ri, Yoon Ji Hye to popularity. and help a lot for their career later. The story begins on the first day of a new school year at Jookran Girls’ School, an elderly female teacher dubbed “old fox” – the students’ obsession – is haunted by the death of Jin Ju. , a female student committed suicide in the art room of the school 9 years ago. Heo Eun Young (Lee Mi Yeon) – a new school teacher and former best friend of Jin Joo gradually discovers a scary secret.

Whispering Corridors is the first horror film in the Yeogogeodam series specializing in telling scary stories in girls’ schools, the film is also a lever to bring actresses Choi Se Yeon, Kim Gyu Ri, Yoon Ji Hye … to success later. . Whispering Corridors (Vietnamese name: Whispering Corridor) is known as a horror movie series produced by kimchi country for the first time in 1998. Up to the present time, Whispering Corridors has successfully attracted many viewers who like to watch horror movies with completely different content. The latest episode of Whispering Corridors is A Blood Pledge which premiered in 2009. All five episodes of Whispering Corridors are not related to each other. The film’s content mainly revolves around the problems of school, through the female characters. In addition to the horror scenes, the episodes also mainly expose the negative side of the Korean education system and sensitive issues in life. At the same time, Whispering Corridors It is also a launching pad for many actors such as Kim Ok Bin, Choi Kang Hee, Gong Hyo Jin, Kim Gyu Ri,…

The Red Shoes (English: The Red Shoes) is a 1948 British film, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film is considered the first to bring the art of ballet into the art of cinema. The film is on the BFI’s list of the 100 best British films, ranked 9th.

The Red Shoes revolves around a mysterious red shoe that appears at train stations and brings deadly bad luck to those who own it by stealing from others. Sun-Jae, a young woman who just broke up with her husband, accidentally picked up the shoes, but she couldn’t believe that the shoes were cursed and brought so much misfortune to those around her. The film has succeeded in blending the two genres of spiritual horror and criminal detective. Viewers follow the characters as they follow clues to investigate the tragedies suffered by the owner of the red shoe in the past, leading to its terrible curse. This movie has a skillful blend of the genre of spiritual horror and the genre of criminal detective. Viewers will follow the characters in the movie step by step by following the clues to investigate the truth of the tragedies that the owner of the film. red shoes suffered in the past and the source of the terrible curse of this shoe.

Tale of Two Sisters is the scariest horror film, the classic work of Korean cinema ever. Tale of Two Sisters is a work of director Kim Jee Woon produced in 2003. A Tale Of Two Sisters haunts the audience with the scary and pitiful story of two sisters Soo Mi (Lim Soo Jung) and Soo Yeon (Moon Geun Young). They have to live with their biological father and stepmother – who has a cold, emotionless face. The house they live in constantly appears ghosts, the stepmother blames Soo Yeon and locks her in a closet. Despite Soo Mi’s efforts to cry and beg, she was determined not to release her sister… the truth was finally revealed.

A Tale Of Two Sisters is a cinematic work that contains both heart-pounding details and humane values ​​about sisterhood. With the talent of director Kim Ji Won and the flawless acting of the sisters Moon Geun Young and Lim Soo Jung, the film has become a classic Korean horror film, capturing 12 major and minor awards in the year. water and was remade by Hollywood. Movie The Story of Two Sisters Rated as the best Korean horror movie of all time. The story of the two sisters has attracted not only Korean audiences but also audiences in many other countries, and Hollywood itself bought the script of this online movie to build a new movie. The ending was completely opposite to the viewers’ predictions, but quite reasonable, and scored a plus point in the hearts of the public.

Evil Twins is a historical horror series set in Seorae village in the Joseon period, played by actress Park Shin Hye in 2007. Kbiz’s jewel – Park Shin Hye – is known for her sweet, pure image. and always say no to scandals. Possessing a “superior” acting experience, the 26-year-old beauty is not afraid to renew herself in many different types of characters. In 2007, when she was still “wearing” a child actress, Park Shin Hye surprised the movie world thanks to her double role in the horror work. Evil Twins (Demon Twins).

The film is based on an old Korean folk tale. In this movie, Park Shin Hye transforms into twin sisters So Yeon and Hyo Jin. The story begins when the young girl So Yeon wakes up from a long sleep and completely forgets everything in the past. She only heard her mother and servants recount her childhood and the cause of falling into a coma nearly 10 years ago. Realizing the unusual attitude of everyone around, So Yeon is determined to find the truth and gradually discover a scary secret behind her identity… Evil TwinsPark Shin Hye has proved her talent does not wait for her age. Not only playing the role of So Yeon who is weak and insecure with worries and obsessions surrounding her, she also makes viewers panic when she portrays a female ghost Hyo Jin full of hatred and always chasing to destroy life. twin sister life. One but two, two but one, Park Shin Hye really “clone” to create one Evil Twins most perfect. So far, this work has always been in the top of the best horror movies of the Korean screen.

“I Saw the Devil” is the scariest Korean horror movie of all time, which has been controversial even for a while because of so many horrible scenes, so violent that people ripple. Since the trailer was teased, viewers have been horrified with the murder scenes that are too realistic and cruel in the true “Devil”. Watching the movie, you can be terrified and disgusted, but you can also cry and be haunted by the tragic fate of the characters in the movie.

The story is about Kim Soo Hyun, a young, handsome and talented police agent. Kim Soo Hyun’s life suddenly fell apart when his girlfriend was murdered by a disgusting serial killer and then cut her body into pieces and threw it into the river. Kim Soo Hyun decided to avenge the killer, but not by bringing him to justice, but by destroying him both physically and mentally. After the plan ended, he walked alone in the twilight, not serene, but continued to cry bitterly.

The Phone is a famous horror movie directed by Ahn Byeong Ki produced in 2002. This film then has both English subtitles and was released in North America in 2009. The Phone tells the story of a young female reporter who specializes in writing reports about a successful man’s crime of buying underage sex. Everyone advised the girl to be wary of the man until he was prosecuted. After writing about an underage sex scandal, she is constantly in danger from those involved in the incident. She changed her phone number and moved into the house of her friend Ho Jeong and his wife. Since then, she always received phone calls with many creepy sounds and every time she turned on her laptop, the screen showed a picture of a young girl with long hair and a bloody face. She goes to find out the strange things happening to her and gradually uncovers a terrible secret right in the house she lives in.

Yeong Ju is a very lovely seven-year-old girl, loved and spoiled by her parents. But from the moment she accidentally picked up Ji Won’s phone, she changed completely and behaved very strangely. She loves her father with passionate male and female love, not father-son love, and always has the intention to kill her mother. Why did that phone call make Yeong Ju have such an attitude? Behind the girl’s behavior is what crime is being hidden? Jin hie is a high school girl, suddenly disappeared for unknown reasons. She is also the owner of a ghost phone number that causes its owners to die in fear and tragedy. So, how is Jin Hie’s disappearance related to those deaths? And really, what was the reason she suddenly disappeared? The Phone It is the launching pad to bring the name of actress Ha Ji Won to the list of A-list stars, in addition, the acting of child star Eun Seo Woo in the film is also praised by critics and audiences.

Cinderella is a horror film directed by Bong Man Dae in 2006. The film gathers talented actors such as Do Ji Won, Shin Se Kyung. Cinderella The story is about a little girl, Hyun Soo, who lost her father but always lives happily in the boundless love of her mother – a talented and extremely famous plastic surgeon. One day, the girls who are close friends of Hyun Soo after being given plastic surgery by her mother, cut their own face to commit suicide mysteriously. Then gradually Hyun Soo discovered a terrible secret in the house she was living in, causing her and her mother to have a big conflict.

The film opens with a bloody black shadow crawling little by little into the operating room, where Hyun-Su is undergoing a beauty surgery… She shivered at the terrifying sight and suddenly woke up. But right now, there was no trace in front of her eyes. Since the beauty treatment, Hyun-Su has become more confident because she got rid of her scarred face, the result of an unfortunate childhood accident… But beauty does not bring her happiness when Sleepless nights keep coming. The obsession of looking in the mirror and seeing an unfamiliar face with only a few familiar features but a feeling of fear… Then the terrible truth is discovered in the family… and the latest is the death of best friend. When witnessing the scene where Suk Yung died tragically in a pool of blood after a gruesome suicide, life became more and more stressful. All malicious rumors were directed at Hyun-Su because she was the last one to try to get in touch with her friend. Hyun-Su has a feeling that he is a criminal who murders savages. Carrying horrifying images, she reached out to her father who had not been contacted for a long time to ask for details… A slimy body crawled out of the bathtub, poor mother Yoon Hee panicked and called her child and tell her the truth..

Horror movie about vampires”Thirst” by director Park Chan Wook is the only Korean film to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival. Since its premiere, Thirst has made Korean cinemas feverish because of the bold script scenes and there is no shortage of hot scenes in the film. The film is about Sang-hyun – a priest who volunteers at a local hospital in Africa. He lived in an infinity of suffering, always skeptical of a world that belonged to it. He volunteered to participate in the trial of the Emmanuel virus vaccine in the hope of saving even one life. Although the test failed, it seemed that Sang-Hyun might die, but he recovered completely and quickly. News of Sang-Hyun’s miraculous recovery quickly spread to devout parishioners, who sought him out as a cure, among them Kang-woo. Kang-woo is his family’s childhood friend and he invited Kang-woo to his weekly Mahjong night at his home, and here Sang-hyun found unrest from Kang-woo’s wife, Tae. -ju. Suddenly, Sang-hyun fell ill, he coughed up blood and died. However, the next day, he opened his eyes in a great place to avoid the sun, he became a vampire.

Thirst won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. This is also the first Korean movie to feature complete male nudity. Right from the time of planning to implement Thirst, director Park Chan Wook shocked the public because of his too bold script that has been cherished for 10 years. Most of the top female candidates don’t dare to take part in a movie with too many hot scenes like Thirst. The bedroom scenes in the film were even confirmed by director Park himself “will be no less than Ang Lee’s Lust”. After a period of selection, Kim Ok Bin was finally cast as a magical woman in Thirst.

Cursed Bride is a mysterious story about deaths in the richest mansion in Joseon – the residence of the Lee family. There seems to be a curse on this family when the sons of this family all died on the wedding night. Despite the curse hanging over his head, the last son of the Lee family decided to get married and he couldn’t make it through the first day. Ok Boon – the newlywed bride from the peasant class had to join the widows union right after the wedding night. Not stopping there, mysterious deaths continued to occur without finding a cause, as if there was some dark force still residing in the darkness of this pompous-looking mansion. Besides, Madam Shin – the powerful woman who governs the powerful Lee family and is also the mother of sons who have died mysteriously – is too cold to calmly face the challenges. died in the family. Why is that? Changes to make a new and more haunting horror masterpiece.

Still on the old plot but detailed with more modern horror details and a few new character lines, horror situations change from visual to more psychological obsession, The Wrath 2018 There have been many changes to be able to “scare” viewers more fearfully than before. Remake the old version in the direction of psychological obsession, the film is also directed by the director to maximize the horror details, combined with infrared recording technology to have scenes right in the dark, ensuring color. authentic to the viewer. The costumes and colors used in the film are also minimized when revolving around dark and deep red tones to express the gloomy atmosphere of the whole film.

Korean cinema has brought a new breeze in The Silenced with a blend of Japanese horror in horror anime, sci-fi sensationalism and a bit of Kim Chi romance. And the film’s setting itself is depicted during the Japanese occupation and the seclusion of the boarding school is enough to arouse viewers’ curiosity. The content of the film is about the strange events that happen at an isolated boarding school in Seoul. Cha Ju Ran, who has been weak since childhood, was forced by her stepmother to live in a boarding school.

At this strange, isolated school, Ju Ran has a very difficult time adjusting because her classmates are all alienating her without saying why. One day, the students in the school suddenly mysteriously disappeared after showing very strange expressions. Ju Ran is the only one who can see the missing people but no one will believe her words, the only person who can clarify the matter is the headmistress who just calmly focuses on choosing. the best students. Ju Ran is left alone to face mysterious accidents and strange changes in her body…