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Erik, the Asian Movie Enthusiast presents: An exploration of 700+ Asian horror movies from 1926 to the present day. Spoiler-free mini-reviews will be provide...
A list of the best, extreme and latest Asian horror movies that you should definitely check out provided that you are a fan of the genre! :) Btw, the movies are listed in no particular order.
- 1,133 VOTES. Shutter. Video: YouTube. Photography is a little creepy when you get right down to it. Shutter examines the phenomenon of spirit photography and the blurry line between what is real and what appears on film.
- 892 VOTES. Ju-on: The Grudge. Video: YouTube. This terrifying 2002 Japanese horror by Takashi Shimizu is the third installment of the Ju-on series and by far the most successful.
- 728 VOTES. Ringu. Video: YouTube. Ringu is about a video that kills you when you watch it. Specifically, you die seven days after seeing the video, murdered by an absolutely terrifying ghost named Sadako.
- 651 VOTES. A Tale of Two Sisters. Video: YouTube. After spending time in a mental institution, two sisters return home to their father and stepmother in this 2003 South Korean psychological horror.
- Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
- #alive
- Monstrum
- Satan’s Slaves
- 23:59
- Ugetsu
- Macabre
- Reincarnation
- Alone
- Dumplings
Director: Jung Bum-shik Country: South Korean Where To Watch:Prime Video Log into Prime Video and you’ll find a sea of found footage horror movies. That makes it easy to overlook gems like Gonjiam. The titular asylum is based on a real psychiatric hospital, and that hint of realism really helps drive the thrills. Gonjiam follows a film crew looking...
Director: Cho-Il-hyung Country: South Korea Where To Watch:Netflix Quite often in zombie movies, the protagonist finds themselves surviving amongst a crowd. Day of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Zombieland, Return of the Living Dead, and so on didn’t quite touch on the potential isolation some would experience as they’re completely separated from family,...
Director: Heo Jong-ho Country: South Korea Where To Watch:Prime Video Good creature features often feel like they’re a thing of the past. Then a delightful and entertaining romp like Monstrum will drop, giving you a taste of some good monstrous horror. Following in the footsteps of South Korea’s popular The Host from 2006, Monstrum puts a spin on t...
Director: Joko Anwar Country: Indonesia Where To Watch:Prime Video When people discuss Asian horror, they usually touch on the usual supernatural suspects. Unfortunately, that leaves out other greats like this Indonesian gothic flick, Pengabdi Setan, or Satan’s Slaves. There are some hints of classics like Rosemary’s Baby tucked into this remake-pr...
Director: Gilbert Chan Country: Malaysia/Singapore Where To Watch:Netflix What’s the significance of 23:59? Outside of being one minute before the end of a 24-hour cycle, it’s also the exact time that a crazed woman living on a jungle island died. For most, that won’t mean much, but for the soldiers trapped on the island with her vengeful spirit, i...
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Country: Japan Where To Watch: Rent or Buy Sometimes, to find a great horror movie, you have to go back in time a little bit. For Ugetsu, we’re traveling back to the 1950s, where Kenji Mizoguchi delivered this supernatural flick set in Japan’s Azuchi-Momoyama period. It’s not an effects-ridden paranormal romp and is someti...
Director: Mo Brothers Country: Indonesia Where To Watch: Physical Only Often pegged as Indonesia’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Macabre follows a group of hapless travelers who come across a beautiful and distressed woman, Maya, who had been robbed and stranded. Sure, it’s not a grotesque redneck family, but Maya and her kin serve a similar purpose...
Director: Takashi Shimizu Country: Japanese Where To Watch: Physical Only Do you believe in reincarnation? Professor Norihasa Omori certainly did. Or, at least, he wanted to when he slaughtered more than a dozen people and committed suicide in a hotel in hopes of better understanding what happens when we die. Just as Omori was fascinated with the n...
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun / Parkpoom Wongpoom Country: Thailand Where To Watch:Netflix Reemerging from a 15-year hiatus from acting, Thai-German pop singer Marsha Wattanapanich stars in this Thai horror film about conjoined twins. When jealousy over the affection of a boy causes them to undergo a separation surgery that goes wrong, the movie ...
Director: Fruit Chan Country: China (Hong Kong) Where To Watch:Prime Video How disturbing can a movie about dumplings really be? The answer is “very,” thanks to director Fruit Chan and writer Lilian Lee. When a woman finds her life falling apart, she turns to an unlikely source – dumplings. It’s not pork or chicken in those little morsels, though, ...
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Jul 8, 2020 · From Whispering Corridors to A Tale of Two Sisters, here are 19 Asian horror movies you must watch if you're a fan of the genre.