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Asian Horror

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  • 23 titles
  • Ringu (1998)

    1. Ringu

    19981h 36mNot Rated
    7.2 (82K)
    When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko sets out to investigate. She finds the tape, watches it and receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week.
    DirectorHideo NakataStarsNanako MatsushimaMiki NakataniYûko Takeuchi
    nippon
  • A Page of Madness (1926)

    2. A Page of Madness

    19261h 10mNot Rated
    7.3 (5K)
    A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
    DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie Nakagawa
  • Shikoku (1999)

    3. Shikoku

    19991h 40m
    5.6 (888)
    When Hinako was a child she was separated from Fumiya and Sayori as she moved to Tokyo. Now she has returned to Shikoku, but it turns out that Sayori drowned. When Hinako starts seeing Sayori in her dreams, she seeks help from Fumiya.
    DirectorShunichi NagasakiStarsYui NatsukawaMichitaka TsutsuiChiaki Kuriyama
    nippon
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    4. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (95K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
    nippon
  • Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

    5. Ju-on: The Curse

    20001h 10mTV-PGVideo
    6.8 (9.5K)
    A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsYûrei YanagiYueRyôta Koyama
    nippon
  • Spiral (2000)

    6. Spiral

    20001h 30m62Metascore
    6.1 (9.6K)
    The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
    DirectorHiguchinskyStarsEriko HatsuneFhi FanHinako Saeki
    it is so nippon
  • Pulse (2001)

    7. Pulse

    20011h 59mR68Metascore
    6.5 (29K)
    Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
    DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsHaruhiko KatôKumiko AsôKoyuki
    nippon
  • Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

    8. Ju-on: The Grudge

    20021h 32mR48Metascore
    6.7 (50K)
    A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsMegumi OkinaMisaki ItôMisa Uehara
    nippon
  • Dark Water (2002)

    9. Dark Water

    20021h 41mPG-13
    6.7 (36K)
    A mother going through a divorce moves into a run down apartment with her daughter. A persistent leak from above, visions of a missing girl, and other eerie phenomena become increasingly menacing as clues to a past tragedy come to light.
    DirectorHideo NakataStarsHitomi KurokiRio KannoMirei Oguchi
    nippon
  • Kim Kap-su, Yum Jung-ah, Lim Soo-jung, and Moon Geun-young in A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

    10. A Tale of Two Sisters

    20031h 54mR65Metascore
    7.1 (71K)
    After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-su
    korea
  • One Missed Call (2003)

    11. One Missed Call

    20031h 52mR54Metascore
    6.2 (20K)
    Yumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact call plays out, and Yoko dies.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiShin'ichi TsutsumiKazue Fukiishi
    nippon
  • Ananda Everingham and Natthaweeranuch Thongmee in Shutter (2004)

    12. Shutter

    20041h 37mNot Rated
    7.0 (52K)
    When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
    DirectorsBanjong PisanthanakunParkpoom WongpoomStarsAnanda EveringhamNatthaweeranuch ThongmeeAchita Sikamana
    Thai die!
  • Silk (2006)

    13. Silk

    20061h 48mNot Rated
    6.4 (3.6K)
    In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading lips, Detective Tung, to join his research team that is studying the phenomenon to understand the movements of the lips of the ghost. Hashimoto is trying to disclose why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, and Tung discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy. He was sick with tumors and was killed by his own mother and buried nearby a nuclear plant. Hashimoto deduces that the rage of the boy for his mother associated to the location where the body was buried were the reason to keep the energy. When the government decides to shutdown the research, Hashimoto becomes insane and takes the spirit with him.
    DirectorChao-Bin SuStarsChang ChenYôsuke EguchiKarena Ka-Yan Lam
    Taiwan
  • Hansel and Gretel (2007)

    14. Hansel and Gretel

    20071h 57mTV-14
    6.7 (5.1K)
    After meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.
    DirectorPil-sung YimStarsCheon Jeong-myeongEun Won-jaeShim Eun-kyung
    Korea
  • I Saw the Devil (2010)

    15. I Saw the Devil

    20102h 24mNot Rated67Metascore
    7.8 (157K)
    A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunChoi Min-sikJeon Gook-hwan
    Korea
  • Whispering Corridors (1998)

    16. Whispering Corridors

    19981h 45mR
    5.9 (3.6K)
    In a Korean school, students are regularly beaten and mistreated by their teachers. However, the spirit of one pupil, who died ten years ago, periodically returns in the guise of a new girl, thus able to gain a revenge on the culprits.
    DirectorKi-hyeong ParkStarsKim Gyu-riYun Ji-hyePark Jin-hee
  • Wishing Stairs (2003)

    17. Wishing Stairs

    20031h 40mR
    5.8 (3.4K)
    A staircase leading to the dormitory of a remote boarding school usually has 28 stairs, but every so often there appears to be 29. When someone steps on the mysterious extra stair, the horror begins.
    DirectorJae-yeon YunStarsSong Ji-hyoPark Han-byeolJo An
  • One Missed Call 2 (2005)

    18. One Missed Call 2

    20051h 45mR
    5.3 (3.8K)
    A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?
    DirectorRenpei TsukamotoStarsRie MimuraHisashi YoshizawaChisun
  • Cello (2005)

    19. Cello

    20051h 34mNot Rated
    5.9 (2.8K)
    10 years ago, Mi-ju lost her ambition to become a cellist when her entire family was brutally murdered. Due to the trauma, she now leads a quiet life as a teacher with her husband and children. However, dreadful events begin to occur.
    DirectorLee Woo-cheolStarsSung Hyun-ahPark Da-anJeong Ho-bin
    Goryo
  • Siwat Chotchaicharin and Pataratida Pacharawirapong in Ghost of Mae Nak (2005)

    20. Ghost of Mae Nak

    20051h 41mNot Rated
    5.1 (868)
    A young couple reawaken the spirit of a famous old Thai legend.
    DirectorMark DuffieldStarsPataratida PacharawirapongSiwat ChotchaicharinPorntip Papanai
  • Noroi (2005)

    21. Noroi

    20051h 55mNot Rated
    6.8 (17K)
    A prominent paranormal journalist Kobayashi goes missing shortly after completing a documentary. What begins as an investigation into strange noises soon evolves into the chilling mystery of a demonic entity named Kagutaba.
    DirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsJin MurakiRio KannoTomono Kuga
    Nippon
  • The Forbidden Door (2009)

    22. The Forbidden Door

    20091h 55m
    6.6 (3K)
    The life of a successful sculptor is turned upside down when he begins receiving mysterious messages from someone who asks for his help.
    DirectorJoko AnwarStarsFachry AlbarMarsha TimothyArio Bayu
    Indonesia.
  • Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro (2003)

    23. Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro

    2003–200533 epsTV Series
    5.9 (184)
    An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama. This series led to the film, Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004).
    StarsRina UchiyamaYôzaburô ItôKaoru Mizuki

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