Korean Horror Films and TV [OVER 100 TITLES and GROWING]
Comprehensive South Korean horror film lists, contains some mystery and thriller films with horror elements.
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Also comment and let me know what your favourite K-Horrors are, I intend to do a list like this for J-horror and Chinese Horror followed by one of the rest of the Asian countries combined.
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If any of the information is wrong or if you know of a Korean horror film that I missed please leave me a comment or message.
Also comment and let me know what your favourite K-Horrors are, I intend to do a list like this for J-horror and Chinese Horror followed by one of the rest of the Asian countries combined.
Thank you! :D
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- DirectorByeong-ki AhnStarsKim Gyu-riHa Ji-WonChoi Jeong-yunSeven friends will die one by one for protecting a terrible secret. Can a vengeful spirit be stopped?AKA Horror Game Movie. Nightmare is a South Korean horror film directed by Ahn Byeong-ki who is known for later work such as Phone(2002) Bunshinsaba(2004) and APT(2006)
- DirectorByeong-ki AhnStarsHa Ji-WonKim Yu-miChoi Woo-jaeInvestigative 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.Is a movie directed by Ahn Byeong-ki who is known for his later work such as Bunshinsaba(2004) and APT(2006)
- DirectorByeong-ki AhnStarsKim Gyu-riLee Se-eunLee Yu-riA 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.AKA Bunshinsaba is a Ghost Story Korean Horror Film directed by Ahn Byeong-ki who is known for his work on Phone(2002) and APT(2006)
- DirectorsByeong-ki AhnAhn Byung-KiStarsKo So-youngKang Seong-jinJang Hie-jinSe-jin, who lives in an old apartment in a Seoul suburb, amuses herself by observing the windows of the apartments on the other side. One day, she notices that the lights of some of these apartments are turned off at the very same time.AKA Apartment. APT. is a Korean Horror Film directed by Ahn Byeong-ki. It is based on a Kang Full comic by the same name.
Ahn Byeong-ki also directed Phone(2002) and Bunshinsaba(2004) - DirectorHo-Young KwonStarsLee Hwang-UiKim Ja-yeongKim Seo-hyeongA woman investigates a series of bizarre deaths in her new apartment building.AKA Forbidden Floor is the Second instalment in the horror movie film series produced by Ahn Byeong-ki's 'Four Horror Tales'
Forbidden Floor was directed by Kwon Il-soo
Elegantly put by Wikipedia: In this film, a mother and daughter move into a haunted apartment. - DirectorJong-hoon JungStarsPark Eun-hyeLee An-NaEun-jin BaekJi-Yeon, a tollgate ticket girl, is frightened by a mysterious black car, which hands over a bloodstained ticket as a fee at midnight.AKA February 29. This is the first instalment in the horror movie film series produced by Ahn Byeong-ki's 'Four Horror Tales'
It was directed by Jong-hun Jung who was an assistant director in Ahn Byeong-ki's film Phone(2002) - DirectorEun-kyung KimStarsYoon Da-kyungLee Eun-seongJin-yong HeoROOMMATES 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 to adapt to the stifling atmosphere of the women's lodging institute - and to get along with each other due to their differing personalities. Yoo-jin has the most difficulty with the stuffy institute life. she begins to have visions of events that took place at the institute in the past - like the tragic fire that occurred years ago. Yoo-jin gradually becomes consumed with fear, and the relationship among the four intimate friends begins to suffer.AKA 'D-day' or 'Roommates' is the third instalment in the horror movie film series produced by Ahn Byeong-ki's 'Four Horror Series'
This film was directed by Kim Eun-kyeong
Taken from Wikipedia: Roommates Yoo-jin, Eun-soo, Bo-ram, and Da-young are cramming for a college entrance exam. It's difficult for them to adapt to the stifling atmosphere of the all female lodging institute and to get along with each other, due to their differing personalities. - DirectorJung-min KimStarsSo Yi-hyeonLee Jong-hyukKim Young-joonWoo-Jin, Jun-A and some friends are on a trip to the mountains. They walk into a dark forest, which is restricted to the public. They soon find themselves in trouble, and find they can't get any reception on their cell phones. They are all in fear, especially Jung-A, who finds she can see into the future.Dark Forest is the fourth and last instalment in the horror movie film series produced by Ahn Byeong-ki's 'Four Horror Series'
The film was directed by Kim Jung-Min. - DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoByun Hee-BongPark Hae-ilA monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.The Host is a Korean Monster film directed and written by Bong Joon-ho
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsPark In-hwanNa Moon-heeSong Kang-hoA family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates.The Quiet Family is a Korean Comedy-Horror film it was the Director Kim Jee-woon's debut film. He would later go on to direct A Tale of Two Sisters(2003) and I Saw The Devil (2010)
From Wikipedia: The story centers on a family who owns a hunting lodge in a remote area, whose customers always happen to end up dying. - DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-suAfter 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.A Tale of Two Sisters is a Korean psychological-horror-thriller film directed by Kim Jee-Woon of I Saw The Devil (2010)
It was remade in America in 2009 as The Uninvited. it is based on a folk tale titled Janghwa Hongreyon-jon. - DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunChoi Min-sikJeon Gook-hwanA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.I Saw the Devil is a Korean slasher film directed by Kim Jee-Woon of Tale of Two Sisters(2003)
- DirectorPil-sung YimStarsSong Kang-hoYoo Ji-taeKim Kyeong-ikStrange things begin happening to an expedition deep in the Antarctic.The debut film by Korean director Yim Pil-sung combines psychological thriller elements with classical horror elements in this film.
Yim Pil-sung also directed Hansel and Gretel(2007) and
From Wikipedia: During their journey to the Pole of Inaccessibility (POI), the remotest point of the Antarctic, the expedition of six men, led by Captain Choi Do-hyung, discovers a journal that was left behind by a British expedition 80 years earlier. The journal was remarkably preserved in a box in the snow and Kim Min-jae, another member of the expedition, gets the job of examining it. It turns out that the two expeditions shared the same goal and soon other strange similarities between them start to show up. - DirectorPil-sung YimStarsCheon Jeong-myeongEun Won-jaeShim Eun-kyungAfter 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.AKA 'Hansel and Gretel' was directed by Yim Pil-sung it is a psychological Korean horror film.
Yim Pil-sung also directed Antarctic Journal (2005) - DirectorDong-bin KimStarsShin Eun-kyungSeung-Hyun LeeJung Jin-youngAfter 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. She discloses that the four friends had just watched a videotape exactly one week before their death in a resort. She travels to the place and finds the deadly video and after watching the weird footage, her telephone rings. When she takes a picture of herself, she sees her image blurred the same way that happened with the teenagers. She makes a copy of the cursed tape to her acquaintance, the skeptical coroner Choi Yeol. Together they seek for a hint, and find that it was taped thorough telekinesis by Eun-suh, a psychic girl that had disappeared years ago. When Sun-ju's little daughter watches the movie, Sun-ju has a stronger reason to unravel the mystery to save her daughter and her own lives.The Ring Virus is a Korean horror film based on the Japanese novel by Koji Suzuki 'Ringu'
This film was directed by Kim Dong-bin who is also known for his later work Red Eye(2005)
From Wikipedia: Although the filmmakers claimed that the film was adapted from the novel, there are various scenes in the film that match the 1998 film Ring, such as the sex of the lead character, some of the scenes on the videotape as well as copying other film scenes directly from the original film, including the film's climax. - DirectorThomas MichaelStarsHayden BaptisteLaurie BrunettiCarolyn GoffWhen Pete and Jenny's love-life gets stale, they decide a threesome might spice things up.Three is a horror film collaboration consisting of three omnibus segments by directors from three Asian countries.
Memories, directed by Kim Jee-woon (South Korea) - dialogue in Korean. Jee-woon is also known for his work on A Tale of Two Sisters(2003) and I Saw the Devil(2010)
The Wheel, directed by Nonzee Nimibutr (Thailand) - dialogue in Thai
Going Home, directed by Peter Chan (Hong Kong) - dialogue in Cantonese and Mandarin - DirectorsFruit ChanPark Chan-wookTakashi MiikeStarsBai LingLee Byung-hunKyôko HasegawaAn Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.is a 2004 international East Asian horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by three directors from three countries.
Dumplings (Chinese film later remade as a full film.)
Cut (Korean film with Lee Byung-Hun as the Director.)
Box (Japanese film) - DirectorYun-hyeon JangStarsHan Suk-kyuShim Eun-haJang Hang-seonLieutenant Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.Tell Me Something is a Korean horror-crime film directed by Kong Su-chang.
Kong Su-chang is also known for his work on R-Point(2004) - DirectorSu-chang KongStarsKam Woo-seongSon Byung-hoLee Sun-kyunDuring 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.R-Point is a Korean horror film written and directed by Kong Su-chang.
Kong Su-Chang is also known for his work on Tell Me Something(1999) as director. He also wrote the screenplay for The Ring Virus(1999) a movie directed by Kim Dong-bin
From Wikipedia: Set in 1972 Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, it stars Kam Woo-sung and Son Byong-ho as members of the South Korean military in Vietnam. Most of the movie was shot in Cambodia. Bokor Hill Station plays a prominent part of the movie, in this case doubling as a colonial French plantation. - DirectorSu-chang KongStarsChun Ho-jinHyun-jae ChoLee Young-hoonA 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.AKA 'The Guard Post' is a Korean Horror Movie written and directed by Kong Su-Chang
Kong Su-Chang also directed Tell Me Something(1999) and wrote the screenplay for The Ring Virus(1999) a movie directed by Kim dong-bin. - StarsLee Se-eunLee Kyu-hoiIm Won-heeIt is a horror-mystery film set in a hospital that is being shut down due to its dubious practices.Coma is directed by Kong Su-chang, Jo Kyoo-ok, You Joon-suk and Kim Jeong-goo
Kong Su-Chang also directed Tell Me Something(1999) and R-Point(2004)
From Wikipedia: is a five-part series co-produced by two South Korean firms, SIO Film and OCN. It is a horror-mystery film set in a hospital that is being shut down due to its dubious practices. - DirectorKi-hyeong ParkStarsShim Hye-jinKim Jin-geunMoon Oh-binAfter 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 chooses the six years Kim Jin-sung that loves to draw trees. The boy becomes close to the eight years old next door neighbor Min-jee and is attracted to an old Acacia tree in their lawn. When Mi-sook unexpectedly gets pregnant, her mother asks her to return Jin-sung to the orphanage, beginning the rejection process of the boy. When the baby is born, Mi-sook does not treat Jin-sung well, who believes the acacia tree is his mother, and in a rainy night he vanishes. Along the next days, the family becomes insane, disclosing a dark secret about Jin-sung.Acacia is a Korean horror movie directed by Park Ki-Hyung, a re-release of the film had its name changed to the Root of Evil(2011)
Park is also known for directing the Whispering Corridors(1998) - DirectorKi-hyeong ParkStarsKim Gyu-riYun Ji-hyePark Jin-heeIn 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.Whispering Corridors is a highly influential Korean Horror film.
The movie was directed by Park Ki-Hyung who is also known for Acacia(2003)
This movie is part of a series of horror films, Momento Mori(1999) Wishing Stairs(2003) Voice(2005) and A Blood Pledge(2009)
From Wikipedia: It was part of the explosion in Korean cinema following the liberalization of censorship in the aftermath of the end of the country's military dictatorship, and makes a strong social commentary on authoritarianism and conformity in the harsh South Korean education system. - DirectorsKyu-dong MinKim Tae-yongStarsKim Gyu-riPark YejinLee Yeong-jinIn 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.Momento Mori is the second movie in the Whispering Corridors series, following Whispering Corridors(1998). This time directed by Kim Tae-yong and Min Kyu-dong.
Memento Mori was one of the first Korean commercial films to depict lesbian characters. - DirectorsJung Bum-shikJi-Yeong HongGok KimStarsKim Bo-kyungNam Bo-raJung Won Cha"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.Horror Stories is a horror omnibus film made up of four short films by five South Korean directors.
Featuring directors:
Im Dae-woong
Jung Bum-sik
Hong Ji-young
Kim Gok
Kim Sun
Min Kyu-dong