5 Korean Horror Movies That Are Even Scarier Than Japanese Ones
Have you heard that Japanese horror movies are the scariest? Korean ones are even more horrifying.
South Korean horror movies are often overlooked.
However, if you were to watch a few examples of quality Korean horror, you would be convinced of South Korea's great contribution to Asian cinema.
The frank portrayal of dark human nature makes Korean horror stand out among other representatives of the genre.
Whispering Corridors
A young teacher arrives at her hometown school, where her best friend committed suicide many years ago. She learns that several people have been killed there, and the students believe it's the work of a vengeful ghost.
The movie was released in 1998 and immediately drew attention to Asian cinema.
The film highlighted such a serious social problem as an overly rigid and authoritarian school system, and marked the beginning of the franchise of the same name.
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
Two teenagers record a video in an abandoned psychiatric hospital Gonjiam and then disappear. After seeing the news of their disappearance, Ha-joon, host of a horror YouTube channel, decides to investigate the building as well.
This low-budget found-footage horror movie by veteran horror director Jeong Beom-shik is based on the story of a real-life abandoned hospital (the building was demolished the same year the film was released).
I Saw The Devil
Special Agent Kim Soo-hyeon is on the trail of a criminal who killed his pregnant fiancée.
In Korea, the movie had censorship problems: to get even a limited rating, the creators had to cut out the most violent and naturalistic scenes. But even those that remain can shock an unprepared viewer.
A Tale of Two Sisters
Two sisters, Soo-yeon and Soo-mi, return to their father's house from a psychiatric hospital where they ended up after their mother's death. Now a strange stepmother lives with their father.
The movie won numerous awards and became popular not only in Korea but all over the world. And a few years after it came out, it was remade in the US under a new name – The Uninvited.
The Quiet Family
The family buys a small hotel on the outskirts. After the first guest commits suicide, the characters decide to hide his body to avoid publicity. But the situation repeats: newly arrived tourists keep dying.
The movie combines several genres at once – comedy, horror and detective.
