Asian Horror Movies (1980 - 2025), a list by babybarr

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45

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70

/1/

3.4

/504/

100

/6/

The future Seoul, a city with the worst environmental pollution and the highest living prices. Shin-dong, the protagonist of the film, is helplessly living a repetitive and monotonous life, and is forced to find a new place to rent immediately by his landlord's unilateral notice. Unable to afford to move, his friend tells him that renting out a part of the house will complicate his rights and making it impossible for the landlord to evict him. Encouraged by his friend's advice, Shin-dong puts up an ad for rent. And when a strange newlywed couple shows up who want to live in the bathroom, Shin-dong impulsively invites them in.

63

27

5.2

/250/

44

/15/

53

/11/

2.9

/920/

100

/12/

76

/3/

Taka, a shiftless young man, sets off on a quest to find his brother Mune. Teaming up with a quirky new friend and an edgy, mysterious young girl along the way, Taka finds himself taking on a pack of vicious monster cats determined to execute unscrupulous pet shop owners.

72

36

6.7

/431/

56

/11/

66

/10/

3.6

/1212/

100

/5/

Cheong, a Chinese man, falls sick after a row with his neighbour. His wife Yan is desperately looking for a remedy to cure her husband. Throughout the journey, Yan endures strange encounters and unearthly experiences. Finally, Yan is convinced that she should seek help from the village shaman. Mysteries, legends and shamanism surround Yan with unknowns yet to be solved.

70

27

5.7

/217/

58

/6/

70

/4/

3.3

/595/

100

/10/

According to Korean folk tradition, the 21-day period after childbirth is known as “seire.” During this time, a newborn is vulnerable to bad luck, curses, and even evil spirits. Many superstitions surround these first three weeks, and new mother Hae-mi carefully follows every one of them. Her husband, Woo-jin, reluctantly plays along, but when he attends an ex-girlfriend’s funeral, he unwittingly opens the door to dark supernatural dangers.

95

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100

/41/

91

/397/

Sung-geun wants his son, Jong-hun, to be a Major-leaguer. Someday, they find a dying man.

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7.0

/44/

10

/2/

62

/7/

100

/5/

One snowy night, in a mountain hut, Minokichi, a hunter, sees a snow woman killing his mentor Mosaku. “Should you tell anyone, I will take your life” she says, then drifts off. A year later, Minokichi meets and marries a beauty named Yuki. She bears him a daughter, Ume. 14 years pass and Ume blossoms into a radiant lady who befriends the sickly Mikio, the village leader’s son and Mosaku’s distant relative. Mikio soon dies in the same hut as Mosaku, with his body showing the same frostbite scars. Minokichi is reminded of that horrid night, and wonders what it was that he saw, and who Yuki really is.

69

30

6.0

/260/

58

/14/

62

/8/

3.3

/725/

100

/10/

Solitary and skilled photographer Kai is afraid of women. When he encounters a beautiful model, Kyoko suffering from body dysmorphia, they begin a twisted romance. Kai is determined to save Kyoko from her anguishes, even if it means death to himself.

69

36

5.6

/162/

62

/7/

63

/11/

3.2

/1868/

100

/5/

A young woman discovers that a sex tape made without her knowledge is circulating online. Paranoia takes over, along with a sense of injustice. Her sudden terror of video triggers a downward spiral where she loses all social bearings.

80

48

7.0

/1870/

73

/57/

72

/35/

3.6

/2065/

100

/9/

93

/3/

Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.

72

47

5.7

/386/

63

/49/

67

/20/

3.2

/1335/

100

/98/

84

/156/

Cast and crew reunite to film a spin-off, this time set in Hollywood, boasting more zealous zombies and beefed up with international characters.

78

7.1

/51688/

72

/2450/

75

/921/

3.6

/167745/

100

/12/

79

/114/

age 16+

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

70

6.2

/3195/

66

/169/

63

/168/

3.5

/12985/

100

/11/

56

/19/

3.0

age 17+

A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.

80

7.6

/34631/

76

/2227/

76

/941/

4.1

/137965/

100

/98/

84

/155/

86

/14/

2.5

Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.

73

63

6.8

/3152/

66

/79/

65

/89/

3.7

/6247/

100

/5/

70

/55/

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

65

34

6.0

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60

/42/

69

/32/

3.3

/629/

100

/5/

38

/4/

A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.

73

65

6.3

/4063/

70

/119/

56

/75/

3.6

/7489/

100

/6/

82

/498/

Only legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.

65

51

5.7

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63

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56

/80/

3.1

/3091/

100

/6/

52

/28/

A disgruntled researcher injects his former employers' meal with a serum that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.

75

67

6.8

/4155/

67

/119/

68

/98/

3.5

/7278/

100

/8/

78

/232/

Hoping to land a role, two Japanese actresses begin a fight within their apartment that keeps escalating.

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79

6.9

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72

/359/

78

/280/

3.8

/21907/

100

/6/

92

/92/

A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.

63

6.1

/8615/

64

/636/

65

/473/

3.0

/15784/

100

/24/

40

/37/

MAL

5.6

/4118/

age 15+

In this animated prequel to "Train to Busan," a group of survivors deals with a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul.

83

7.7

/198728/

77

/11738/

75

/2945/

4.1

/827072/

99

/213/

98

/1981/

81

/34/

3.0

age 11+

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

79

7.4

/96394/

74

/4561/

73

/1955/

4.0

/267435/

99

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81

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81

/19/

3.0

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

77

7.2

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72

/2713/

71

/1578/

3.6

/212731/

98

/46/

81

/2285/

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

71

64

6.4

/4968/

66

/298/

61

/106/

3.1

/46371/

97

/37/

76

/24/

A man gets lost in an underground passage. He follows the "guide" through the passage, but one after another, strange things happen to him. Is this space real? Or an illusion? Will the man be able to escape the passage?

61

55

5.2

/3916/

56

/278/

58

/362/

2.4

/9845/

96

/27/

57

/26/

Left alone to clean up a 6-meter-deep deserted pool, Day falls asleep on an inflatable raft. When he wakes, the water level has sunk so low that he can't climb out on his own. Stuck in the pool, Day screams for help, but the only thing that hears him is a creature from a nearby crocodile farm.

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38

4.9

/22/

51

/5/

95

/19/

61

/41/

Osamu Kogure is a young man who's out of prison and lives in poverty in an abandoned house, working odd jobs to survive. One day, his abusive prison senpai Inui arrives to boss him around. Inui makes Osamu reveal the location of his old girlfriend Koyuki, who he kidnaps, beats and rapes. When a robbery that Inui has planned goes wrong, Osamu's left arm is cut off. Koyuki takes him to a yakuza-affiliated doctor who treats him with an experimental medicine that regenerates his arm back as a monstrous beast hand that makes him lose control. Osamu and Koyuki try to start a new life together, but their past won't leave them alone.

76

70

7.0

/3662/

71

/240/

69

/81/

3.8

/21118/

95

/20/

When ghosts must compete to survive in the underworld by haunting the living, one unassuming young woman needs help creating a lasting performance while under the tutelage of a passionate agent and a washed-up diva.

75

6.6

/7277/

66

/542/

66

/221/

3.4

/37994/

95

/84/

72

/35/

80

/17/

3.5

A pregnant wife who becomes worried about her husband’s sleeping habits. What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman.

80

7.6

/299689/

78

/18569/

77

/8103/

4.0

/1065524/

95

/128/

89

/1380/

73

/17/

3.0

age 15+

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

66

39

7.0

/46/

47

/4/

59

/35/

2.6

/419/

94

/230/

76

/303/

Strange things begin happening to Kouy, the beloved son of Taew, prompting her to seek help from Panda, the calm twin of the mischievous ghost Pancake.

68

53

6.1

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66

/237/

64

/200/

3.0

/4438/

94

/17/

63

/5/

Ancient Korea, 1506. The tyrannical King Yeonsan-gun of Joseon is overthrown by his half-brother Jung-jong, whose reign begins with a blood bath. Over the years, traitors plot against him, sinking the kingdom into chaos. In 1528, frightened rumors come to royal palace, regarding a mysterious creature, known as Monstrum by the peasants.

80

7.5

/35823/

76

/1658/

75

/715/

4.3

/302795/

94

/66/

85

/255/

70

/13/

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

71

6.4

/3828/

61

/222/

68

/84/

3.5

/52548/

93

/102/

56

/23/

76

/25/

3.5

Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.

78

69

6.8

/1874/

68

/169/

71

/58/

3.9

/23930/

93

/123/

94

/12004/

MAL

8.0

/12628/

age 13+

In the chambers of the Edo harem, two newcomers uncover political intrigue, rivalry and a vengeful spirit only one traveling medicine seller can vanquish.

77

6.9

/27638/

70

/2125/

75

/610/

3.6

/149151/

93

/45/

83

/115/

80

/5/

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

78

7.1

/141784/

70

/4943/

70

/3017/

3.8

/297312/

93

/155/

72

/7811/

85

/35/

3.5

age 17+

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

73

6.5

/23583/

69

/1593/

72

/869/

3.3

/145775/

92

/13/

76

/108/

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.

67

6.1

/8981/

62

/572/

65

/389/

3.3

/32569/

92

/13/

61

/38/

Mitsuko, a young student, encounters a series of horrifying incidents set in alternate realities where people wind up dead in the most horrendous fashion.

70

6.4

/6735/

65

/319/

67

/208/

3.5

/22102/

91

/53/

57

/33/

76

/13/

3.0

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.

75

72

6.7

/8651/

72

/826/

74

/484/

3.5

/13558/

91

/11/

76

/31/

A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed on impact. A moment later, when the corpse stands up and walks away, it could be a hallucination or something far more extraordinary.

63

39

5.6

/557/

54

/31/

53

/20/

3.2

/2044/

89

/9/

After her daughter's death, divorced Miyabi works as a call girl. One day, she meets a weird customer who wants to take a picture of her spine. Then, at another assignation, her feet. She soon realises that every time she allows her body to be photographed, her daughter's spirit gets closer. Soon only her eyes remain to be captured, leading to the collapse of society in this bold, visionary and unique fantasy.

65

52

5.7

/3051/

62

/251/

71

/195/

2.8

/5635/

89

/9/

57

/5/

After moving into a new house, a young girl begins displaying strange and disturbing behavior until, one day, she disappears behind a closet. While the devastated father is left with no clue about his daughter's disappearance, an exorcist shows up to help.

73

59

6.7

/2882/

72

/252/

68

/82/

3.5

/7050/

89

/27/

76

/12/

When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.

76

7.2

/19123/

72

/705/

71

/463/

3.6

/21227/

89

/9/

82

/98/

A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.

61

6.1

/9100/

63

/716/

64

/418/

3.0

/23806/

88

/51/

62

/29/

53

/8/

1.5

While under heavily armed guard, the dangerous convicts aboard a cargo ship unite in a coordinated escape attempt that soon escalates into a bloody, all-out riot. But as the fugitives continue their brutal campaign of terror, they soon discover that not even the most vicious among them is safe from the horror they unknowingly unleashed from the darkness below deck.

69

6.5

/25469/

65

/1679/

68

/1040/

3.1

/105210/

88

/48/

68

/94/

68

/7/

3.0

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

59

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4.9

/132/

35

/5/

64

/8/