Think You¡¯re Brave? These 15 Unsettling Korean Horror Films Will Haunt You For A Long Time

When it comes to the genre of horror, there is nothing that can beat Korean movies. Hollywood has given us some good films too, but Bollywood has usually produced awful horror movies.. If movies and shows like Betaal failed to put up a scary show for you, here is a list of unsettling Korean horror movies that will for sure give you the thrills and chills. Horror is one of Korean cinema¡¯s strongest genres, after all.

For an adrenaline rush, make sure you watch these alone at night. Scary movies are best enjoyed in solitude and in the comfort of one's own home, all alone, right?

1. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

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If you are a fan of found-footage/documentary style horror movies, this South Korean horror movie is a must watch for you. Gonjiam revolves around an online reality show whose crew travels to an abandoned asylum for a livestream but soon they realise they are surrounded by something terrifying. Just for added thrill, this is based on Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital in Gwangju, which is one of Korea's most haunted locations.

The film that is hailed as the Korean version of The Blair Witch Project is also getting an English remake.

2. A Tale of Two Sisters

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This is one of the classic horror movies ever made that you just cannot watch once. It has so many twists, especially the ending which is hailed as mother of all twists, that you would want to watch this movie again to connect all the dots. The mind-boggling plot of the movie revolves around two sisters who after the death of their mother, one of whom returns to home from a mental asylum after mother¡¯s death, to a cruel stepmother.

This is the film that brought Korean horror movies to the limelight. So much so, that it went on to become the highest-grossing K-horror film and also the first one to be screened in US theaters.

3. Thirst

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If you think Twilight should have been a horror movie about vampires and not a love tale, Thirst is what you have been looking for apparently.

The story revolves around a priest who is brought back to life as a vampire. If this doesn't excite you, the movie, which won at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, is hailed as one of the sexiest horror movies of all time, and that doesn¡¯t make it any less scary.

4. Train To Busan

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If you're a fan of zombie horror movies, you cannot miss this one. Not only will this movie make you shit bricks with its terrifying fights, it will also make you cry out of empathy for characters that are well-built.

This apocalypse saga takes place on a movie training. The fact that there is a sense of perpetual motion, makes the movie overwhelmingly thrilling.

5. The Wailing

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If horror movies have failed to cast a long lasting effect on you, The Wailing will make you think about its terrifying ending for several days. The twists and turns and horrifying scenes in the climax of the movie is what makes it one of the best horror movies of all time.

The story follows a cop who investigates a series of killings in a small village and fights the supernatural to save his infected daughter. It will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.

6. I Saw the Devil

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Warning: This film is extremely violent and also the one of the most draining movies you'll ever watch.

This is a revenge-themed horror film that has some bone-chilling gory scenes along with great actions. It's a roller coaster ride full of excitement. At several moments you will feel you have reached the top, but then you'll realise, it keeps going up from there. When it falls at the peak, it falls harder than you would expect and leaves a long lasting impact on you.

What is it about?

The movie follows the story of a secret service agent seeking revenge from a psychopath serial killer who murders his fiance.

7. The Host

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Directed by Bong Joon-ho, the man who also directed Oscar winning Parasite, The Host is a monster epic movie that will make you laugh in one moment and scare the heck out of you in the other. This modern monster movie is unique and hard-hitting as well. The plot follows the story of a humble family's daughter who has been taken by a monster in the sea.What gave birth to the monster? It was the biochemical waste that is dumped into the sea. The story is inspired from a newspaper article about a deformed fish found in Han river. The movie is a thriller, horror as well as slapstick humour.

8. Death Bell

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Filled with scenes that have blood and gore in abundance, Death Bell isn't a ghost story yet it flirts with supernatural ideas. The plot of the movie follows the story of high school students who are taking a pre test. All is well until they are trapped in the class by a lunatic who forced them to answer some riddles. Their life depends on the answers because they cannot leave the school before solving the questions. The answers have to be correct or else, with every wrong answer, one person dies.

9. Bloody Reunion

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You think bunnies are adorable? This movie has a bunny-masked killer who will make you rethink your assertion. The film has a thrilling take on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and delivers a jarring twist in the end that you will have to watch to believe. The movie revolves around.

The death scenes in the movie will make your heart shiver. The story revolves around a teacher whose students gather at her home for she is now sick. While she was spiteful and unfair when the students were young, now she is forgiving and sympathetic. The gathering turns into a massacre when one after the other, the students are murdered.

10. The Red Shoes

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The Red Shoes is a horror thriller based on a spooky interpretation of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale. The plot follows the story of a separated housewife who finds a pair of pumps lying at a subway station. She picks them and brings them home, not knowing that whoever wears them, falls under an unsettling spell. When her friend tries to steal them, she dies.

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11. Bedevilled

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Bedevilled is a film that uniquely is not being narrated from the point of view of the avengers. This revenge based female centric movie, narrates the story of a woman who reaches her breaking point. The character is so well-built that after half an hour of build up, you will understand her actions better than before. It's not a dun watch, and that's what it is intended to be.

12. Loner

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Have you heard of hikikomori? This is the term given to people who withdraw themselves from the society and instead prefer isolating themselves in their houses for years.

This is one of those horror movies that is based on someone's inner pain. It narrates the story of a girl who lives with her uncle and grandmother after her parents' death. While her family gets worried why she isn't leaving the room, she is talking to someone else in her room.

13. Whispering Corridors

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Have your ever heard of the stories of your school being made on a graveyard after someone committed suicide? Reminding you the spine chilling childhood tales. At an all-girls school, the rumours of a student committing suicide spreads like wildfire. When a new teacher joins the school, she realizes her old BFF has killed herself. And that¡¯s when the haunting begins.

This movie was so successful that it led to the formation of a Whispering Corridors franchise.

14. Hide and Seek

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This creepy, suspense thriller keeps you on the edge of the seat throughout its runtime. It centers on a man who learns his elder has gone missing. When he goes to his home, he finds some strange symbols engraved into the door. When he returns home he finds similar symbols on his door too.

15. Seoul Station

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This movie is a prequel to Train to Busan, and is more horrifying than the original. This digs deep into the darkness into human nature. How To Download Movies From Todaypk.com?