Top 45 Best Korean Horror Movies to send shivers down your spine!

25. Cinderella (2006)

Running time: 1h 34min

Directed by: Man-dae Bong

Available on: Dramacool

‘Cinderella’ is a 2006 Korean horror film about a plastic surgeon with sinister motives, whose daughter is being treated by her father, a successful plastic surgeon who has treated many of her friends. Hyeon-su’s mother seems perfect to her—they seem to have a perfect relationship. But then, her friends begin to commit suicide by slicing their faces and complaining, “I’ll make you pretty.” The scariest Korean horror movies in the face of beautiful fiction.

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26. RABID (2021)

Running time: 1h 44min

Directed by: Erik Matti

Available on: IMDb pro

Rabid turns the pandemic stories of kawanggawa (roughly translated as unconditional acts of charity, especially towards neighbors or those in need) on its head. In Rabid, Matti explores the anxieties and frenzy pent up during the several months that we were all locked inside our homes, away from each other, viewing the world only through our phones and TVs.

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27. HOUSE OF TIME

Running time: 1h 26min

Directed by: Jonathan Helpert

Available on: IMDbpro

Robert Eglantine, the name of the character, invites five of his friends to spend a weekend in his castle, lost in the woods. He explains to them that he studied secret documents on Nazi scientific research during World War II. These researchers were on time travelling, and he’s now able to take his guests on an amazing trip seventy years back in time, in 1944, during the Occupation and only a few weeks before the landing in Normandy.

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28. THE WITCH (2018)

Running  time: 2h 5min

Directed by: Park Hoon-Jung

Available on:  MX Player

All the high school adults are welcomed to the entirely relatable film THE WITCH, except for the fact that you must have never experienced such thrill and horror in your school. Here, a schoolgirl is prepared to be a murder weapon. You will enjoy watching this film. A high school student with amnesia tries to uncover what has happened to her. All leading her into deeper troubles ultimately revealing a darkness she could not have imagined. Kim Da-mi, Min-soo Jo, and Choi Woo-Sik are the main leads of this film.

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29. THE MEDIUM (2021)

Running Time:  2h 11min

Directed by: Banjong Pisanthanakun

Available on:  Amazon prime

In the Isan region of Thailand, a shaman realizes that his nephew has been possessed. However, the goddess that appears to have taken possession turns out not to be as benevolent as she first appears.

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30. URBAN MYTHS TOOTH WORMS (2022)

Running  time:  2h 2min

Directed by: Hong Won-ki

Available on:  Amazon prime

Urban Myths: Tooth Worms tells bizarre stories that offer more horror than death, which started from revenge, desire, and a curse. From a tunnel and red clothes to mannequins and an escape room, the first batch of photos gives an eerie sensation of the horror of the materials that we encounter in everyday life. But at the same time, some of them give off a rom-com slash youth drama.

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31. SEOUL STATION (2016)

Running  time:  1h 32min

Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho

Available on:  Amazon prime

Seoul Station comes under the category of Korean horror movies, which are animated and adult-pictured. It was released in 2018 from the makings of Train to Busan. Shim Eun-kyung, Ryu Seung-ryong, and Lee Joon are the lead actors in this movie. The story revolves around a father who searches for his daughter around Seoul Station. Somehow the father manages to reach out to her daughter, but then suddenly an epidemic breaks out and Seoul turns out to be a zombie-contaminated zone.

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32. TRAIN TO BUSAN 2-PENINSULA (2020)

Running  time:  1h 55min

Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho

Available on:  Amazon prime

The breakdown returned after 4 years of terrific incidents that occurred in Busan. Train to Busan presents the sequel as Peninsula. GANG Dong-won, LEE Jung-hyun, and KIM Do-yoon are starring in this film, and it resolves around the story of a soldier. A soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team stumbles upon survivors unexpectedly and their lives, the whole scenario will depend on whether the best or worst of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances.

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33. UMMA (2022)

Running  time:  1h 23min

Directed by: Iris K. Shim

Available on:  Netflix

This story is about a daughter who abandons her own dead mother. Amanda and her mother used to live on American land; all were good. But, as soon as her mother died and her remains arrived from Korea, Amanda started getting chills of horror. She used to get scared by her own mother. This could be one of the best Korean horror movies you’ll ever see in 2023.

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34. UNLOCKED (2023)

Running  time:  1h 57min

Directed by: Kim Tae-joon

Available on:  Netflix

A woman’s life is turned upside down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.

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35. JUNG_E (2023)

Running  time:  1h 39min

Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho

Available on:  Netflix

Set in the 22nd century, Earth is now uninhabitable, and society is facing a civil war. A researcher at an AI lab leads the effort to end the war by cloning the brain of a heroic soldier: her mother.

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36. EXHUMA (2024)

Running  time:  2h 14min

Directed by: Jang Jae-hyun

Available on:  Amazon Prime

The story follows, the process of excavating an ominous grave. This unleashes long hidden secrets and dreadful consequences buried underneath.

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