Asian Horror Films
by Amygdalax800 | created - 27 Apr 2012 | updated - 03 Mar 2022 | PublicA list of Asian horror films that I have seen
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1. Wishing Stairs (2003)
R | 100 min | Horror, Drama
A staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins.
Director: Jae-yeon Yun | Stars: Song Ji-Hyo, Park Han-byeol, Jo An, Park Ji-yeon
Votes: 3,311
make sure you REALLY want what you wish for before taking the final step
2. Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Horror
About hair extensions that attack the women that wear them.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Chiaki Kuriyama, Megumi Satô, Tsugumi, Eri Machimoto
Votes: 3,355
Killer hair extensions!
3. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 636,266 | Gross: $0.71M
An amazing Mystery/Action/Thriller movie. Contains one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen.
4. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Lim Ji-eun
Votes: 75,169 | Gross: $0.05M
Great intertwining of stories and characters. a very tragic film
5. Lady Vengeance (2005)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek
Votes: 86,146 | Gross: $0.21M
She lives up to her name. Don't watch if you have a weak stomach
6. Thirst (2009)
R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Choi Hee-jin, Seo Dong-soo
Votes: 51,425 | Gross: $0.30M
One of the greatest depictions of vampires I've seen on film
7. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A 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.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 132,805 | Gross: $2.20M
a superb monster movie! Excellent special effects and great acting from the cast
8. Suicide Club (2001)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô
Votes: 22,227
Not a bad film, but it certainly doesn't make much sense. The opening scene will pull you right in.
9. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 194,504
One of my favorite Japanese films. Great story and great execution (pun intended)
10. 2LDK (2003)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Two actresses who have auditioned for one part, sharing the same apartment with opposite personalities equals a night which either neither of them will forget - if they survive!
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Maho Nonami, Eiko Koike, Maki Tsujimura, Runa Tsukishima
Votes: 3,908
And you thought your roommates were bad?
11. Voice (2005)
Unrated | 104 min | Horror
While training after hours in her high-school, the aspiring singer Park Young-Eon is mysteriously killed and her body vanishes. Her ghost is invisible and trapped in the school, but her ... See full summary »
Director: Equan Choi | Stars: Na Eun-kyeong, Jeon Ji-ae, Seo Ji-hye, Hyeon-kyeong Lim
Votes: 1,715
Hm, more of a drama than a scary, paranormal film but it had it's interesting moments
12. The Red Shoes (2005)
Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
Director: Yong-gyun Kim | Stars: Kim Hye-su, Kim Seong-su, Yeon-ah Park, Lee Eol
Votes: 3,185
Sort of silly, but a film about a killer pair of shoes.
13. Pulse (2001)
R | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka
Votes: 25,616 | Gross: $0.05M
very eerie and atmospheric film. Genuinely spooky
14. Bloody Reunion (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Buried grudges have disasterous consequences for a class reunion in this unapologetically bloody film from Korean director Dae-wung Lim.
Director: Dae-wung Lim | Stars: Lee Dong-kyu, Seong-won Jang, Seol-ah Yu, Oh Mi-hee
Votes: 2,623
I love twist endings!
15. Strange Circus (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô
Votes: 6,259
This film is... crazy. The plot is fairly confusing but it's pretty enjoyable although bizarre
16. Kansen (2004)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
INFECTION takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where a doctor's mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient.
Director: Masayuki Ochiai | Stars: Michiko Hada, Mari Hoshino, Tae Kimura, Yôko Maki
Votes: 5,766
Not a hospital I would want to visit
17. Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
R | 92 min | Horror
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Megumi Okina, Misaki Itô, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa
Votes: 48,101 | Gross: $0.33M
18. Reincarnation (2005)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûka, Karina, Kippei Shîna, Tetta Sugimoto
Votes: 6,767
I really enjoyed this one. The storyline was intriguing and I definitely did not expect the ending!
19. Shutter (II) (2004)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool
Votes: 49,203
An awesome concept, fairly well executed with just the right twists. Makes me want to buy a new camera, though.
20. Epitaph (2007)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Horror
A series of horrifying events plague a Korean hospital in the 1940s.
Directors: Jung Bum-shik, Sik Jung | Stars: Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Dong-kyu, Kim Eung-soo, Jin Goo
Votes: 1,208
21. Onibaba (1964)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô, Jûkichi Uno
Votes: 21,879
Mother knows best?
22. Noroi (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Marika Matsumoto
Votes: 15,343
A very well-done "mockumentary" style film about ghosts and stuff. Had an awesome ending.
23. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After 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.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young
Votes: 68,296
24. Dark Water (2002)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa
Votes: 34,944
25. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,291
26. Gozu (2003)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Yûta Sone, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita
Votes: 12,738 | Gross: $0.05M
By far the weirdest movie I've ever seen, but a must-see for any surreal film fans
27. Cinderella (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
The daughter of a plastic surgeon experiences strange events that seem to be connected her childhood.
Director: Man-dae Bong | Stars: Ah-yung Ahn, Gyu-ryun Ahn, Yoo Da-in, Do Ji-Won
Votes: 1,600
28. Yogen (2004)
R | 95 min | Horror
A newspaper predicts the deaths of a man's (Hiroshi Mikami) family members and friends.
Director: Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita, Mayumi Ono
Votes: 4,604
started to get a little confusing, but a great story regardless
29. Dream Home (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive - even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead.
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang | Stars: Josie Ho, Ching Wong, Helen To, Man Jan San
Votes: 5,892
This woman REALLY wanted that condo.
30. Three... Extremes (2004)
R | 125 min | Horror
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau
Votes: 20,874 | Gross: $0.08M
31. 3 Extremes II (2002)
R | 140 min | Horror, Mystery
An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-woon, The Wheel by Nonzee Nimibutr, and Going Home by Peter Chan.
Directors: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Jee-woon Kim, Nonzee Nimibutr | Stars: Leon Lai, Kim Hye-su, Jeong Bo-seok, Suwinit Panjamawat
Votes: 3,918
32. One Missed Call (2003)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata
Votes: 19,321
33. Dumplings (2004)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror
Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer - a fading actress - is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Bai Ling, Miriam Chin-Wah Yeung, Sum-Yeung Wong, Wai-Ling Chan
Votes: 10,299
34. Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Horror
A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki
Votes: 4,992
sooooo much narration. It didn't do much for explaining the plot of "Suicide Circle" (since it's intended to be a 'companion' film). If anything, it confuses the story even more.
35. Marebito (2004)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Shinya Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa
Votes: 5,700 | Gross: $0.01M
One of my personal favorites. Traveling to a mystical world underneath Tokyo? check. finding weird blood thirsty feral girl chained up? check!
36. Kuchisake-onna (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Eriko Satô, Haruhiko Katô, Chiharu Kawai, Rie Kuwana
Votes: 3,049
Not a very good film, but an interesting adaptation of an urban legend.
37. The Eye (2002)
R | 99 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she will be able to see again. She gets more than she bargained for upon realizing she can also see ghosts.
Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Angelica Lee, Chutcha Rujinanon, Lawrence Chou, Jinda Duangtoy
Votes: 30,084 | Gross: $0.51M
38. The Eye 2 (2004)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After a failed suicide attempt, a pregnant woman gains the ability to see ghosts.
Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Shu Qi, Eugenia Yuan, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Thanarat Poonnarattanakul
Votes: 5,082
39. Bio-Zombie (1998)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of young shoppers and employees must band together when a zombie outbreak over runs their Hong Kong shopping center in the middle of the shopping day.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Jordan Chan, Emotion Cheung, Sam Lee, Yiu-Cheung Lai
Votes: 2,728
Shopping mall zombies! This movie is a lot fun
40. Loner (2008)
TV-G | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A student becomes a recluse in response to her best friend's suicide and locks herself in her room. She believes that someone is in the room with her. Her alarmed family hires a psychologist to intervene.
Director: Jae-shik Park | Stars: Park Ah-In, Min-seo Chae, Lee Da-in, Joo Hee-jae
Votes: 442
41. Dead Girl Walking (2004)
44 min | Short, Horror
The unimaginable happens. Sayuri is pronounced 'dead' by her doctor, but her body continues to function. Her wounds begin to fester and her body begins to rot. Her once loving mother, ... See full summary »
Directors: Kôji Shiraishi, Kazuhiro Yokoyama | Stars: Ayaka Maeda, Moe Karasawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kibaji Tankobo
Votes: 207
"Walking Dead Girl". very b-movie style.
42. Ju-rei: Gekijô-ban - Kuro-ju-rei (2004)
Not Rated | 76 min | Horror
Japanese school girls die violently after seeing a man wearing a black hood.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Miku Ueno, Eriko Ichinohe, Ichirô Ogura
Votes: 514
43. Occult (2009)
110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Koji Shiraishi is interested in strange indiscriminate murder at a sightseeing resort. He goes behind the camera to investigate the circumstances surrounding strange occurrences and interview the survivors.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Mika Azuma, Horiken, Kôen Kondô, Shinobu Kuribayashi
Votes: 1,848
First Asian horror film I've ever seen that talks about UFO's
44. Sick Nurses (2007)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Horror
A group of sexy nurses who harvest organs are haunted by the vengeful spirit of one of their dead patients.
Directors: Piraphan Laoyont, Thodsapol Siriwiwat | Stars: Chon Wachananon, Wichan Jarujinda, Chidjan Rujiphun, Kanya Rattapetch
Votes: 2,008
an excuse for women to put on "sexy" nurse outfits and run around screaming. not bad.
45. Cello (2005)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery
A cellist is haunted by strange events after a car wreck
Director: Lee Woo-cheol | Stars: Sung Hyun-ah, Da-an Park, Jeong Ho-bin, Jin Woo
Votes: 2,774
smash a cello to bits only to realize you just smashed your daughter? why not?
46. Retribution (2006)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An experienced police detective has to investigate the murder of an unknown woman dressed in a scarlet dress.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Hiroyuki Hirayama
Votes: 3,263
47. Face (2004)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror
Lee Hyun-min, who works reconstructing faces from their skull, quits his work in a institute to stay with his Beta-allergic daughter Jin that was submitted to a transplant of heart by the ... See full summary »
Director: Sang-gon Yoo | Stars: Song Yun-ah, Shin Hyeon-jun, Kim Seung-wook, Ahn Suk-hwan
Votes: 1,217
48. February 29 (2006)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Ji-Yeon, a tollgate ticket girl, is frightened by a mysterious black car, which hands over a bloodstained ticket as a fee at midnight.
Director: Jong-hoon Jung | Stars: Lee An-Na, Eun-jin Baek, Son Jong Bum, Park Eun-hye
Votes: 871
ghosts that haunt toll booths and kill the lone attendants!
49. Densen uta (2007)
128 min | Horror, Mystery
A thriller centered on an urban legend about a song that fatally affects its listeners.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Yûko Ôshima, Sayaka Akimoto, Haruna Kojima
Votes: 346
50. Nightmare (2000)
R | 97 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Seven friends will die one by one for protecting a terrible secret. Can a vengeful spirit be stopped?
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Ha Ji-Won, Choi Jeong-yun, Yoo Ji-tae
Votes: 999
Basically a Korean slasher flick but the killer isn't human... each teenager embodies every typical high school cliche. It was okay
51. Red Eye (2004)
96 min | Horror
A supernatural story about a mystic events occurring on the train, which had the route similar to the train which crashed many years ago.
Director: Dong-bin Kim | Stars: Jang Shin-yeong, Kwak Ji-min, Lee Dong-kyu, Hye-na Kim
Votes: 957
ghost train!
52. Four Horror Tales: Roommates (2006)
95 min | Horror
ROOMMATES 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... See full summary »
Director: Eun-kyung Kim | Stars: Yoon Da-kyung, Lee Eun-seong, Jin-yong Heo, Kim Joo-ryung
Votes: 457
Apparently a strict private school is enough to drive anyone crazy
53. Home Sweet Home (2005)
99 min | Horror
A family moves to a new flat on a big building. They get to know the building was erected over a burnt slum, when lots of poor people died in a non accidental fire set by the constructors. ... See full summary »
Director: Soi Cheang | Stars: Shu Qi, Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Alex Fong, Chun-Ho Tam
Votes: 430
Not so much a paranormal horror movie, but more of a "thriller"
54. The Sylvian Experiments (2010)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Takahashi | Stars: Yôko Chôsokabe, Mina Fujii, Momoko Hatano, Tomohiro Kaku
Votes: 529
I didn't really understand it, but all I know is brain surgery is necessary for spirit communication
55. Gosuto shisutemu (2002)
74 min | Horror
Misaki receives an email from a friend who had supposedly died when they were younger. She investigates and finds a scientist who uses the "Ghost System" to contact spirits.
Director: Toshikazu Nagae | Stars: Atsuko Rukawa, Chikako Sakuragi, Hiroshi Tamaki, Maria Yanagisawa
Votes: 88
Not very scary. It's really more of a film about someone pondering the meaning of death and the afterlife, with spooky ghosts interspersed.
56. Scary True Stories: Night 2 (1992 Video)
60 min
Director: Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Akane Aizawa, Daisuke Ban
Votes: 75
Entertaining, but I'm sure not as true as they claim
57. Four Horror Tales - Hidden Floor (2006)
100 min | Horror
A woman investigates a series of bizarre deaths in her new apartment building.
Director: Ho-Young Kwon | Stars: Lee Hwang-Ui, Kim Ja-yeong, Kim Seo-hyeong, Kim Yoo-jung
Votes: 480
"The Forbidden Floor". throw a creepy child into the equation and you've struck horror gold.
58. A Blood Pledge: Broken Promise (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Four friends make an oath sworn in blood to commit suicide one night, but next morning only one is found lying dead on school grounds.
Director: Jong-yong Lee | Stars: Son Eun-seo, Kyeong-ah Jang, Min-jeong Song, Oh Yeon-Seo
Votes: 821
I love the Whispering Corridors series, and this movie really sticks to the main theme: School girls making oaths and dying and stuff. Not bad!
59. Whispering Corridors (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 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.
Director: Ki-hyeong Park | Stars: Kim Gyu-ri, Yun Ji-hye, Park Jin-hee, Choi Kang-hee
Votes: 3,504
Basically a movie about how drama between high school girls turns into suicide then turns into murder. excellent!
60. Goth (2008)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Morino and Kamiyama share a morbid fascination with cruelty and murder in this horror. Together they track down a brutal serial killer to find the latest two victims - not necessarily to ... See full summary »
Director: Gen Takahashi | Stars: Kanata Hongô, Rin Takanashi, Kunihiko Ida, Mika Kamiya
Votes: 617
it focused on two people who openly chose to be "different" from their peers and sought out much darker interests. The actual plot felt more like a side story to the entire film, but I still enjoyed it
61. Four Horror Tales - Dark Forest (2006)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
Woo-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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jung-min Kim | Stars: So Yi-hyeon, Lee Jong-hyuk, Young-joon Kim, Jang Ye-won
Votes: 306
when going hiking, it's always best to include your own psychic, especially when the woods you are hiking in plan to kill you and turn you into a zombie. It was your average "teenagers running around dying in the woods" kind of movie.
62. Bestseller (2010)
Not Rated | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young girl who disappeared 22 years ago tells us her horrifying story.
Director: Jeong-ho Lee | Stars: Uhm Junghwa, Jang Dae-woong, Kim Dae-yeong, Lee Do-kyung
Votes: 1,223
63. The Cut (2007)
Not Rated | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
Strange things start happening after a group of med students dissect a cadaver.
Director: Derek Son Tae-woong | Stars: On Joo-Wan, Han Ji-min, Oh Tae-kyung, Park Chan-hwan
Votes: 283
Lots of twists and turns, but basically a story about some medical students who begin to experience mysterious happenings (and death) after they dissect a donated body in "Autopsy Class" (I believe it was really an anatomy class, but the subtitles on the version I watched kept referring to it as an Autopsy class, which I find to be incorrect as they never performed any actual autopsies)
64. Princess Aurora (2005)
106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman gets killed in a department store. No one imagines this could lead to serial murders, but two days after the first murder, another homicide occurs. A woman is suffocated to death ... See full summary »
Director: Pang Eun-jin | Stars: Uhm Junghwa, Moon Sung-Keun, Kwon Oh-jung, Choi Jong-won
Votes: 1,279
An interesting story about a female serial killer seeking revenge for the death of her child. Great death scenes and an awesome view into the mind of a woman gone crazy
65. 301, 302 (1995)
Unrated | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two women, a chef and an anorexic writer, are neighbors in an apartment building. The chef.
Directors: Park Chul-Soo, Cheol-su Park | Stars: Pang Eun-jin, Hwang Sin-hye, Chu-Ryun Kim, Park Cheol-ho
Votes: 1,176
Remind me to be nicer to my neighbors o_o
66. Night Fishing (2011)
30 min | Short, Fantasy
A fisherman becomes entangled in his line when he catches something unexpected.
Directors: Park Chan-wook, Chan-kyong Park | Stars: Oh Gwang-Rok, Lee Jung-hyun
Votes: 1,148
I didn't get it.
67. Re-cycle (2006)
R | 108 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A writer wants to get a glimpse of some genuine supernatural occurrences while doing research for a novel, but her experiences lead her down a dark path as she witnesses vivid hallucinations and begins to lose her grip on reality.
Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Angelica Lee, Soi Cheang, Lawrence Chou, Viraiwon Jauwseng
Votes: 5,207
Visually amazing, genuinely creepy at times, and very imaginative. It reminded me a little bit of "Mirror Mask"
68. Tales from the Dead (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
Tales From The Dead is anthology of four stories that looks at the quiet terror lurking inside the human soul, showing us that evil does not end when life departs. These original stories ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Cuadrado | Stars: Hiro Abe, Toshiya Agata, Masami T. Clarke, Mariko Denda
Votes: 149
I enjoyed this one. It consists of a few short stories, with a main story intertwined. Gotta love a twist ending ;)
69. Bedevilled (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A woman subject to mental, physical and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.
Director: Cheol-soo Jang | Stars: Seo Yeong-hie, Ji Seong-won, Min-ho Hwang, Min Je
Votes: 17,048
This film has been (quite fairly) compared to "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance". A woman living on a rural island tries desperately to escape the terrible conditions in which she must live, but is thwarted by the awful people whom share the village. tragedy strikes and she just isn't going to take it anymore. It's a great story for showing how a person will endure great suffering only for so long.
70. Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yûrei manshon (2005)
93 min | Horror
Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must ... See full summary »
Director: Akio Yoshida | Stars: Mei Kurokawa, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Yûta Sone, Ayaka Maeda
Votes: 491
low budget, but there were certain parts to this film that were legitimately creepy (like what the old man and his wife endure every night from some of the ghosts! terrifying!!)
71. Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)
80 min | Comedy, Horror
Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.
Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Norman England, Tomoka Hayashi, Yukijirô Hotaru, Ryôichi Inaba
Votes: 1,677
72. Ranpo jigoku (2005)
134 min | Fantasy, Horror
This four-part anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of legendary horror writer Edogawa Rampo.
Directors: Akio Jissôji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Satô, Suguru Takeuchi | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Yûko Daike, Chisako Hara, Masami Horiuchi
Votes: 1,195
73. The Shock Labyrinth (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of teenagers take a sick girl to a hospital only to find out it is a horrific labyrinth.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Misako Renbutsu, Daniel Garcia, Ai Maeda
Votes: 1,176
Super interesting plot, albeit a bit odd and inconsistent. I didn't get a chance to see it in 3D, but it's easy to tell which scenes were intended for the 3D effect. Personally, I feel that the 3D aspect is just a gimmick, and does not contribute to the story at all (that goes for most 3D films, not just Shock Labyrinth)
74. Dead Waves (2005)
77 min | Horror
When a television producer visits the home of a brother and sister to interview them for his series on paranormal phenomena, what first appears to be a simple case of psychopathology turns ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichirô Hayama | Stars: Akiko Esaki, Kanji Furutachi, Miho Hirata, Shihori Kanjiya
Votes: 169
Boring and trite. I highly recommend not wasting your time on this one.
75. End Call (2008)
94 min | Horror
The Devil has a phone number, and if you call him on your mobile phone at midnight, he will grant your wish. In return however, he will control your life for the duration of the call.
Director: Kiyoshi Yamamoto | Stars: Yuria Haga, Asami Usuda, Tasuku Nagaoka, Rina Matsuki
Votes: 227
this movie was confusing and didn't hold my attention long enough for me to finish the last third of it. I just didn't get it
76. Siren (2006)
87 min | Horror, Thriller
A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Yui Ichikawa, Leo Morimoto, Naoki Tanaka, Hiroshi Abe
Votes: 963
77. The Cat (2011)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is murdered on an elevator and the only witness is her cat Bidan. Her friend So-yeon brings the cat home and wild and disturbing things begin to happen.
Director: Seung-wook Byeon | Stars: Park Min-Young, Kim Dong-wook, Ye-ron Kim, Kim Min-jae
Votes: 1,559
The perfect horror film for that special "cat lady" in your life
78. Silk (2006)
Not Rated | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading ... See full summary »
Director: Chao-Bin Su | Stars: Chang Chen, Yôsuke Eguchi, Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Barbie Hsu
Votes: 3,498
I loved this one. It was refreshing because they mixed folklore/ghosts with technology. It was a really original story and I enjoyed it so much I bought my own copy.
79. Baan phii sing (2007)
110 min | Horror
This is inspired by a true story of three horrible murders that happened to three women in years past. Chalinee, a young reporter, is curious as to the truth behind the three mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: Monthon Arayangkoon | Stars: Inthira Charoenpura, Chutcha Rujinanon, Chamanun Wanwinwatsara, Khomsan Nanthajit
Votes: 342
The plot got a little confusing, but it's definitely the type of movie where you keep screaming "DON'T GO IN THERE!!"
80. Helpless (2012)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A man searches for his fiancée who vanished without a trace just before their wedding ceremony, only to discover the shocking identity of her.
Director: Young-Joo Byun | Stars: Lee Sun-kyun, Kim Min-hee, Jo Sung-ha, Song Ha-yoon
Votes: 2,533
This was more of a mystery/thriller detective story type film. It explores the emotional pain of uncovering lies from a person you thought you knew very well.
81. Spiral (2000)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
Director: Higuchinsky | Stars: Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Hinako Saeki, Shin Eun-kyung
Votes: 8,992
Interesting adaptation from Junji Ito's manga series of the same name. I feel like they could have done better for the movie, but you can tell they had a budget. a fun watch, regardless!
82. Battle Royale II (2003)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.
Directors: Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai
Votes: 21,444
To be honest, I started watching this and couldn't make it through. It was so bad compared to the first film.
83. Lady Snowblood (1973)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 16,311
a classic! Gotta love an awesome revenge tale
84. Koma (2004)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jealousy, desire, trust, and revenge. A complicated love triangle emerges during an investigation into the theft of a woman's kidney. At a wedding party in a fancy hotel, a guest happens on... See full summary »
Director: Chi-Leung Law | Stars: Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Angelica Lee, Andy Chi-On Hui, Raymond Ho-Yin Wong
Votes: 1,885
Kidneys just flying left and right in this movie.
85. Death Bell (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
Advanced students who take a special class are being tortured by their class rank.
Director: Hong-Seung Yoon | Stars: Lee Beom-su, Kim Bum, In-sook Choi, Da-Geon
Votes: 3,178
If you combined the "Saw" films and "Battle Royale", that is how I would describe this movie. (it was awesome)
86. Death Note (2006)
Not Rated | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yû Kashii
Votes: 31,874
Not necessarily Asian "horror", really more "thriller". I had watched the anime version before and loved the concept. The live action movie isn't necessarily bad, but it does sort of come across as a little bit "cheesy". Regardless, this first installment was fun to watch and is a great adaptation from the original manga/anime.
87. Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
Not Rated | 141 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Picking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda, Nana Katase
Votes: 17,622
88. The Locker (2004)
71 min | Horror, Thriller
On a whim, group of college friends decide to test the validity of a local legend involving a small locker near Shibuya station.
Director: Kei Horie | Stars: Asami Mizukawa, Shûji Kashiwabara, Chisato Morishita, Mayuka Suzuki
Votes: 605
89. Pyega (2010)
84 min | Horror
Over the past 42 years, six people have gone missing, eight people have died "accidently" and eleven cases of murder have occurred in a deserted house. 3 members of an abandoned house ... See full summary »
Director: Cheol-ha Lee | Stars: Lee Hwa-jung, Tae-Ho Hyun, In-Kul Jun, Kyung-Sun Shin
Votes: 488
90. Phone (2002)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Investigative 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.
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Kim Yu-mi, Woo-jae Choi, Ji-yeon Choi
Votes: 5,295
91. Yoga Class (2009)
97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
After the co-host of a shopping channel TV show loses her job to a younger rival, she enrolls in an intensive yoga course. The very strict trainer informs her students that there will be ... See full summary »
Director: Jae-yeon Yun | Stars: Kim Yoo-jin, Su-yeon Cha, Daniel Choi, Jo Eun-ji
Votes: 663
92. King's Game (2011)
82 min | Horror
The students think of it as a silly joke when the mobile telephones ring with instructions for the classmates. The texts keep coming and the demands escalate under punishment of erasure ... See full summary »
Director: Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Yurina Kumai, Airi Suzuki, Mai Hagiwara, Yoshihiko Hosoda
Votes: 320
93. 407 Dark Flight 3D (2012)
R | 105 min | Horror, Thriller
A senior flight attendant named New has to deal with a supernatural event and mystery on the plane when the passengers begin to die one by one.
Directors: Isara Nadee, Issara Nadee | Stars: Marsha Wattanapanich, Peter Knight, Paramej Noiam, Patcharee Tubthong
Votes: 1,034
94. Scary Hair (2005)
106 min | Drama, Horror
In Seoul, Su-Hyeon is terminal with leukemia, and bald due the treatment of chemotherapy. Her sister Ji-Hyeon buys a long-haired wig, but she does not disclose the truth about Su-Hyeon's ... See full summary »
Director: Won Shin-yeon | Stars: Min-seo Chae, Jung-sung Lee, Kyeong-bin Rah, Hyeon-jin Sa
Votes: 1,353
95. Phobia (2008)
240 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
4BIA is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange about... See full summary »
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Paween Purijitpanya, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Maneerat Kham-uan, Witawat Singlampong, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Chon Wachananon
Votes: 3,662
96. White: The Melody of the Curse (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Horror, Music, Mystery
Girl group "Pink Dolls" is always pushed into the background by other popular idols. When the girls release their new song "White", a remake from unknown origins they become instant sensations.
Directors: Gok Kim, Sun Kim | Stars: Hahm Eun-jung, Hwang Woo-seul-hye, Maydoni, Choi Ah-ra
Votes: 1,701
97. Ghastly (2011)
91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After his parents are murdered, Bin is taken into the care of relatives. He begins to act strangely, the new occupants of his house experience horrific nightmares, and a mystery unfolds as a terrible secret is revealed.
Director: Ko Seok-jin | Stars: Han Eun-jeong, Hyomin, Lee Hyung-suk, No Min-woo
Votes: 508
98. Voices (2007)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
This creepy, supernatural thriller revolves around the paranoid belief that those dearest to you may want you dead.
Director: Ki-hwan Oh | Stars: Yoon Jin-seo, Park Gi-woong, Lee Ki-woo, Yu-seon Ham
Votes: 1,417
99. Mi-hwak-in-dong-yeong-sang (2012)
93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
You better not click if you want to survive.
Director: Tae-kyeong Kim | Stars: Park Bo-young, Joo Won, Kang Byeol, Baek Gwang-Doo
Votes: 713
100. Apt (2006)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Se-jin, a young woman who lives in an old apartment in a Seoul suburb, amuses herself by observing windows of apartments on other side.
Directors: Byeong-ki Ahn, Ahn Byung-Ki | Stars: Ko So-young, Kang Seong-jin, Jang Hie-jin, Yûko Fueki
Votes: 1,131
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