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

37. TAROT (2024)

Running  time:  1h 32min

Directed by: Choi Byung-Gil (Ashbun)

Available on: Netflix

The film follows the main characters whose lives are changed after they receive different tarot cards. Their lives take a sinister turn as they try to survive their new fate.

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38. HANDSOME GUYS (2024)

Running  time:  1h 41min

Directed by: Nam Donghyub

Available on: Netflix

Self-proclaimed tough guy ‘Jae-pil’ and ‘Sang-gu’ move into their dream European-style house. When unwanted visitors arrive, awakening a sealed evil spirit in the basement, and a dark aura begins to envelop the house.

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39. DWIJU (2024)

Running  time: 1hr 25min

Directed by: Kim Ji-Woon

Available on: Netflix

Professor Ah-jin, graduate student Hyeon-ah, and Woo-soo are in charge of the exhibition project of Dwiju, which is said to be cursed. As time passes, the three gradually reveal their hidden desires and face the curse that is becoming real.

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40. THE HAND (2023)

Running  time: 52min

Directed by: Choi Yun-ho

Available on: Prime Video

A hand emerges from a toilet, wreaking havoc. Its Owner tries convincing others of strange event. Hand acts independently, raising safety concerns. Protagonist attempts escaping hand’s control while proving bizarre situation’s reality.

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41.Project Silence(2024)

Running  time: 1h 36min

Directed by: Kim Tae-gon

Available on: Prime Video

Due to sudden weather conditions getting decline, visibility on the Airport Bridge is very damaged, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. Amidst the chaos, the canine subjects “Echo” from the military experiment “Project Silence,” who were being transported in secret, break free, and all human survivors become targets of it.

Trailer of Project Silence-

42. Sleep(2023)

Running  time: 1h 35min

Directed by: Jason Yu

Available on: Prime Video

They are two newlyweds. Seemingly out of nowhere, the husband starts talking in his sleep. “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no memory of what happened the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he’d hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep.

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43.The Cursed: Dead Man’s Prey(2021)

Running  time: 1h 50min

Directed by: Kim Yong-wan

Available on: Prime Video

Following a brutal murder case, the police are puzzle to find out that the attacker, whose body was found on the scene with the victim, had already been dead for three months. Meanwhile, journalist Jin-hee sets up a live interview with an anonymous caller claiming he is the true killer behind the mysterious murder.

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44. The 8th Night(2021)

Running  time: 1h 55min

Directed by: Kim Tae-hyoung

Available on: Netflix

With a prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk is in search of a millennia-old spirit that’s possessing humans and making hell on Earth. 

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45. The Sin(2024)

Running  time: 1h 43min

Directed by: Dong-Seok Han

Available on: Netflix

A girl has been chosen to play the lead role in an experimental art film centered around her dance major. Along with her college friend , they perform geometric dance as part of a shamanic ceremony as directed by the film’s director. However, their world is turned upside down when a production team member suddenly falls from the roof, but their seemingly lifeless body begins to move and come to life.

Trailer of The Sin-

We hope these latest Korean horror movies were scary enough to give you sleepless nights. Which is your favorite best Korean horror movie? Let us know in the comments section.

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