Korean horror movies to watch during the spooky season: check out the top 5 list

Korean horror movies for a spooky night, grab some popcorns and a blanket

By Betty Cruise October 18, 2022

Korean horror movie list is below, check out:


1. The Divine Fury (2019):

Director: Jason Kim

IMDb RATING: 7.3/10

MMA fighter Yong Hoo (Park Seo-joon) is afflicted with unusual wounds and terrible nightmares, for which he seeks an exorcist's help. Yong Hoo soon learns that these maladies are otherworldly and joins hands with the priest (Ahn Sung-ki) to fight the battle against the devil. 


2. Call (2020):

Director: Chung-Hyun Lee

IMDb RATING: 7.1/10

A woman living in the past (a serial killer) and a woman living in the present in the same house, are connected through a phone call. The serial killer connects her life with the woman in the present to change their fates irrevocably.


3. The Wailing (2016):

Director: Na Hong-jin

IMDb RATING: 7.4/10

A policeman investigates a series of gruesome murders and illnesses after the arrival of a stranger in a rural village called Gokseong. The policeman, who had initially arrived to rescue his daughter, stumbles upon unexplained maladies and the subsequent killings.


4. Gonjiam Haunted Asylum (2018):

Director: Jung Bum-shik

IMDb RATING: 6.4/10

The crew of a horror web series visits an abandoned psychiatric ward to garner views and publicity due to the place's notorious past. The crew mysteriously disappears during a live broadcast, which gets disconnected after a ghostly face appears on the camera. Ha Joon, owner of the YouTube channel Horror Times, decides to explore the building and find out what happened with the teenagers.


5. The 8th Night (2021):

Director: Kim Tae-hyung

IMDb RATING: 5.3/10

A monk and a former exorcist attempt to destroy two mysterious millennia-old evil entities, kept in two separate caskets , who have tormented humans for a long time. With prayer beads on one hand and an axe on the other, the monk attempts to prevent them from resurrecting.