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Korean Horror Movies

40 Korean horror movies. Includes The Wailing, The Host, and Sleep.

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The Wailing
81

The Wailing

2016 · 156m

Zombie HorrorSupernatural HorrorFolk Horror

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading.

The Host
78
Prime

The Host

2006 · 120m

Creature FeatureMonstersDrama

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,…

Sleep
75
Hulu

Sleep

2023 · 94m

MysteryThriller

A pregnant wife who becomes worried about her husband’s sleeping habits.

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
74
Prime

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

2018 · 95m

Supernatural HorrorFound FootageMedical

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move…

Three... Extremes
71

Three... Extremes

2004 · 125m

Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a…

Spellbound
70
Tubi

Spellbound

2011 · 114m

ComedyFantasyRomance

A magician makes an assistant out of a strange girl with the ability to see ghosts, and the two achieve success with their shows, through thick…

The Quiet Family
69
Prime

The Quiet Family

1998 · 101m

ComedyCrime

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area.

Ghost Train
69
Prime

Ghost Train

2025 · 95m

Mystery

Da-kyung, a horror YouTuber desperate for views, uploads a video about the eerie urban legends surrounding Gwanglim Station—the site of the…

The Closet
68
Prime

The Closet

2020 · 98m

Thriller

After moving into a new house, a young girl begins displaying strange and disturbing behavior until, one day, she disappears behind a closet.

Noise
67

Noise

2025 · 95m

Thriller

A young woman with a hearing impairment investigates her sister’s mysterious disappearance from her apartment, but as she searches for answers,…

Colony
66

Colony

2026 · 123m

Zombie HorrorZombiesAction

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to…

The Piper
66

The Piper

2015 · 107m

MysteryThriller

Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and…

The Mimic
65
Prime

The Mimic

2017 · 100m

Thriller

The mother of a missing child takes in a lost girl she finds in the woods, but soon begins to wonder if she is even human.

Suddenly in the Dark
65
Prime

Suddenly in the Dark

1981 · 101m

Supernatural HorrorPsychological HorrorSupernatural

A wife starts to suspect her husband's infidelity after the arrival of their new, young housekeeper, who carries a mysterious wooden doll with…

Svaha: The Sixth Finger
64
Netflix

Svaha: The Sixth Finger

2019 · 122m

ProceduralDetectiveMystery

Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion…

Ghost Mansion
63

Ghost Mansion

2021 · 107m

Thriller

A horror webtoon writer journeys to a shabby apartment building in search of ideas.

Killer Toon
63
Tubi

Killer Toon

2013 · 104m

Thriller

A web-comic artist finds that a series of murders are occurring that have a disturbing resemblance to the images in her work.

Memento Mori
63

Memento Mori

1999 · 98m

Supernatural HorrorComing-of-AgeHigh School

The ghost of a lesbian high-school girl takes revenge on the people who used to bully her.

Voice
63

Voice

2005 · 104m

Mystery

While practicing after hours in her high school, an aspiring singer is mysteriously killed and her body vanishes.

Epitaph
63

Epitaph

2007 · 102m

Supernatural HorrorMedical DramaMedical

A man and his wife investigate a string of murders, a medical student sees visions of a dead girl, and a child is haunted by her dead parent's ghosts.

Show Me the Ghost
62
Prime

Show Me the Ghost

2021 · 82m

Supernatural HorrorSupernaturalComedy

Best friends ‘Hodu’ and ‘Yeji’ are job seekers whose dreams and hopes have been ruined.

The Cat
60
Tubi

The Cat

2011 · 106m

Mystery

So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies.

Antarctic Journal
59
Tubi

Antarctic Journal

2005 · 114m

Psychological HorrorPsychological ThrillerSurvival Thriller

Arctic cold and paranoia take their toll as Korean explorers are beset by the same strange occurrences that preceded the disappearance of a…

White: Melody of Death
59
Tubi

White: Melody of Death

2011 · 106m

Supernatural HorrorSupernaturalMusic

When each member of Pink Dolls falls into a horrible accident, Eunju realizes that their hit song "White" is cursed and attempts to reveal the secret.

Wishing Stairs
59

Wishing Stairs

2003 · 100m

High SchoolSupernaturalArt & Literature

A staircase leading to a schoolgirls' dormitory usually has 28 steps, but sometimes a 29th step appears.

The Silenced
59
Prime

The Silenced

2015 · 99m

ThrillerMystery

A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health.

Bunshinsaba: Ouija Board
58

Bunshinsaba: Ouija Board

2004 · 92m

Supernatural HorrorDark FantasySupernatural

Yu-jin and her blind mother move to a small village from Seoul.

The Red Shoes
58

The Red Shoes

2005 · 108m

MysteryThriller

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.

Salmokji: Whispering Water
57

Salmokji: Whispering Water

2026 · 96m

DetectiveThriller

An incident unfolds when a film crew goes to a reservoir to update the road view where an unidentified figure was filmed, and they encounter…

The Uninvited
57
Tubi

The Uninvited

2003 · 125m

Thriller

An engaged interior designer sees two small girls on the subway train that die there.

The Guard Post
57
Prime

The Guard Post

2008 · 121m

MilitaryMystery

A small band of Korean soldiers is sent to patrol near a guard post and they find corpses scattered all over the area.

Dark Nuns
57
Prime

Dark Nuns

2025 · 115m

Supernatural HorrorSupernaturalMystery

Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt.

Death Bell
57

Death Bell

2008 · 90m

Survival ThrillerHigh SchoolChess & Mind Games

In a prep-class for year-end exams, a sadistic killer puts the students through mind-games in order to save each other.

The Ring Virus
56

The Ring Virus

1999 · 110m

Supernatural HorrorSupernaturalThriller

Sun-ju is a reporter who uncovers a series of inexplicable deaths that occurred simultaneously.

Chaw
56
Prime

Chaw

2009 · 121m

Creature FeatureDark ComedyWilderness & Nature

A black comedy about the events that are set into motion in a town after a man-eating boar goes on a rampage.

Warning: Do Not Play
56

Warning: Do Not Play

2019 · 85m

Mystery

A struggling director makes a desperate bid to dig into the urban legend about a film shot by a ghost, at the risk of her own life.

Metamorphosis
56

Metamorphosis

2019 · 113m

Supernatural HorrorSupernaturalThriller

An evil spirit that changes faces infiltrates one family placing one brother in danger while the other tries to save him.

Peninsula
56
Prime

Peninsula

2020 · 116m

Zombie HorrorDystopianZombies

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

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