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So-called “lost places” or, more precisely, modern ruins are historically and culturally significant sites with a unique atmosphere. It’s no surprise that they have become central to countless true crime and haunted house videos on platforms like YouTube. Thus, the idea of influencers playing with forces they do not quite understand or underestimate has given birth to a plethora of horror movies over the years with Jung Bum-shik’s “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” being one of the most commercially successful entries. Son Dong-wan’s “The Ghost Game” aims to follow in the footsteps of these features with a story and characters that will feel very familiar to those who regularly watch horror movies.

The Ghost Game is screening at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Ever since the death of her sister, Ja-yeong (Kim Ye-rim) has been haunted by recurring nightmares. To face her feelings of guilt and possibly connect to her sister’s spirit,...

If you’re tired of Western horror’s same old jump scares, Asian horror will wreck you in the best way. These movies don’t just freak you out—they crawl under your skin and stay there. Think heart-pounding zombie chaos in South Korea or eerie village curses in Indonesia—it’s all about slow-burn dread, deep folklore, and messed-up psychology. We’ve picked 10 insanely scary Asian horror films (all ready to stream!) that’ll take you from ghostly possessions to full-on societal meltdowns. Fair warning: these ones stick with you. Sleep tight!

1. Train to Busan

Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki

Picture this: a high-speed train full of ordinary people suddenly becomes ground zero for the zombie apocalypse. But here’s the kicker – the real horror isn’t the infected. It’s watching how different people react when civilization crumbles around them. Some turn heroes. Some turn monsters.

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If you are a fan of the horror genre and are also familiar with the filmmaking style of found footage, In that case, you probably know that the blend between found footage and horror is exhilarating and brilliantly horrifying. That’s why we have compiled a list of the 7 best-found footage horror films you can find on Prime Video right now.

The Outwaters (Watch Now) Credit – Cinedigm

The Outwaters is a found footage sci-fi horror thriller film written and directed by Robbie Banfitch. The 2022 film revolves around a group of campers in the Mojave Desert as they begin experiencing weird sounds, unnatural animal behaviors and other unexplainable phenomena. The Outwaters stars Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis, Scott Schamell, and Michelle May.

Hell House LLC (Watch Now)

Hell House LLC is a found-footage supernatural horror film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti.

“Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital,” an adaptation of the South Korean box office hit “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” is headed for a world premiere in December at the Metro Manila Film Festival.

The 2018 Korean original was a found footage type supernatural horror film directed by Jung Bum-shik. Based on an actual psychiatric hospital located in Gwangju-si, it starred actors Wi Ha-joon (“Squid Game”), Park Ji-hyun (“The Divine Fury”), Oh Ah-yeon (“Mr. Sunshine”), Moon Ye-won (“Legal High”), Park Sung-hoon, Yoo Je-yoon (“Extreme Job”) and Lee Seung-wook (“Joseon Fist”) in the leading roles.

The new version is directed by Kerwin Go and produced by acclaimed director Erik Matti and veteran producer Dondon Monteverde in partnership with actor Enrique Gil. Production is through Reality Mm Studios.

Following the format of the Korean original, the group of Filipino amateur ghosthunters will explore the notorious Xinglin Hospital, an abandoned building located in Taiwan’s West Central District.

‘Genuine scares, a fitting cast and a strong adherence to verisimilitude from Bum-sik’s direction… a haunting experience that’s bound to spook a few frights’

Eastern Kicks

‘If I wanted to define the perfect horror movie, it would have to be this one… I’ve never been more scared in my whole life’

Korea.net

A reality show becomes all too real in Jung Bum-shik’s Korean found-footage fear-fest Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. Now you can discover what really happened at the haunted hospital as Second Sight Films brings the acclaimed horror to Limited Edition and Standard Edition Blu-ray on 24th June 2024.

The new collector’s edition is presented in a rigid slipcase with brand new artwork by Luke Headland and comes complete with a 70-page book with new essays and a fantastic haul of special features including: a new audio commentary and a slew of archive featurettes and more.

Chicago, Il – Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Apuc) announces its upcoming Season 17 lineup, running between September 8 and October 7 in Chicago. For the first time, this year's programming will include film selections from Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan, along with entries from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and more. This season's special guests attending with their films include Amarsaikhan Baljinnyham, Ben Yuen, Dornaz Hajiha, Lawrence Kan, Lee Won Suk, Ng Siu Hin, Park Dong-Hee, Rachel Leung, Roya Sadat and Wong You Nam. South Korean actor Lee Sun-Kyun will be Apuc's Excellent Achievement in Film Award recipient and will receive his award before the feature presentation of closing night film Killing Romance.

Apuc's Season 17 opens with a screening of director Masayuki Suzuki's Yudo, following architect Shiro Miura's (Toma Ikuta) attempts to modernize his outdated public bathhouse family business. As he immerses himself in the new role, Shiro connects with customers and begins to...

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles and happenings.

Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition

Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho (The King Of Pigs) among many others.

Event will include a spotlight on South Korean cinema and an award for underground filmmaker Larry Kent.

The Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed the first wave of titles for its July 20 to August 9 run in Montreal.

Among titles getting their world premieres at the genre event will be Theresa Sutherland’s directing debut Lovely, Dark, and Deep; Russian-American director Victor Ginzburg’s vampire story Empire V; Jared Moshe’s Aporia; Where the Devil Roams, from the writing-directing team of John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser; Xavier Gens’ Mayhem!; Larry Fessenden’s Blackout; and Nicholas Tomnay What You Wish For.

An Tae-jin's The Night Owl Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival

The first wave of films has been announced for this year's Fantasia International Film Festival, providing a taste of what attendees at the Montreal-based festival can look forward to. In celebration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea, this year's festival will have a special focus on South Korean cinema, including the North American première of Jung Bum-shik's horror anthology New Normal, An Tae-jin's period thriller The Night Owl, and hotly anticipated The Roundup sequel The Roundup: No Way Out. There will also be a selection of the country's most impressive genre hits from the past two decades.

Lovely, Dark And Deep Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival

Alongside this, there will be a screening of the latest work by the Adams family, Where The Devil Roams, which follows a group of sideshow performers in pursuit of immortality,...

The 27th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 20th through August 9th at the Concordia Hall Cinema in Montreal, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée – and today the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening there this year! The festival runners promise this edition of the show will deliver “a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events”, with a spotlight on South Korean cinema, a Canadian trailblazer Award being presented to Larry Kent, and World Premiere screenings of new films from the likes of Larry Fessenden, Xavier Gens, Jenn Wexler, The Adams Family, and Victor Ginzburg. They’ll also be hosting the International Premieres of Tsutomu Hanabusa’s blockbusters Tokyo Revengers 2 – Part 1 & 2.

2023 marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea, so Fantasia is teaming up with the Korean...

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia reveals a selected first wave of titles and happenings.

Here’s the press release:

Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition

Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho...

The Fantasia International Film Festival announces today the first wave of programming for its forthcoming 27th edition, to take place in Montreal, Québec from July 20 through August 9. An initial highlight from this year’s slate includes a spotlight on South Korean cinema, which will feature several retrospective titles and a handful of premieres. Jung Bum-shik’s (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum) The New Normal will have its North American premiere, and there will be Canadian premieres of An Tae-jin’s The Night Owl, Lee Sang-yong’s The Roundup: No Way Out and the 4K restoration of Jeong Jae-un’s Take Care of My Cat (2001). […]

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The Fantasia International Film Festival announces today the first wave of programming for its forthcoming 27th edition, to take place in Montreal, Québec from July 20 through August 9. An initial highlight from this year’s slate includes a spotlight on South Korean cinema, which will feature several retrospective titles and a handful of premieres. Jung Bum-shik’s (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum) The New Normal will have its North American premiere, and there will be Canadian premieres of An Tae-jin’s The Night Owl, Lee Sang-yong’s The Roundup: No Way Out and the 4K restoration of Jeong Jae-un’s Take Care of My Cat (2001). […]

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While other parts of Asia have been making horror movies for decades, Vietnam had a late start. Tales of non-war horror didn’t really begin to crop up until after the 20th century. Since then, Vietnam has been trying to catch up. There is indeed a learning curve to consider when watching V-horror; it’s a fairly new genre for many filmmakers. But as someone watches Screambox‘s latest acquisition, the aptly titled and now streaming Vietnamese Horror Story, it’s evident that Vietnam has a lot to offer in terms of unique cultural frights and thrills. Vietnamese Horror Story (Chuyện Ma Gần Nhà) uses not only a familiar format, but also a digestible one; Trần Hữu Tấn‘s movie is an anthology. The first of its kind in Vietnam.

In Vietnamese Horror Story, a group of friends shares ghost stories when the power goes out during a rainy night.

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is a found footage styled horror film. Released earlier this year on Digital platforms, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is a Korean film, from director Beom-sik Jeong. In the film, a crew shoots in one the world's most haunted locations. A place of torture, these filmmakers will never be seen again. Now, Well Go USA will release the film, on home entertainment formats, this month. Release details on Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum are hosted here, before next week's release. The home entertainment artwork and trailer show the film's central setting. A multi-level, concrete block - this asylum was rumoured to use torture on its many inmates. Illegal experiments were also performed on some of the patients, supposedly. Now, this broken down, industrial building is the center piece of new horrors. As well, a number of early reviews have mostly been positive. Richard Gray, of Reel Bits, mentions that Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum stands out in the.

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is an upcoming horror release. From Well Go USA, this Korean shot feature visits one of the most haunted locations, in the world. In the asylum, a film crew steams their haunted experience. They also get to see the real life nightmare of Gonjiam. Well Go USA will release this feature, in North America, on March 28th. The film was directed by Beom-sik Jeong (Horror Stories). And, it stars: Seung-Wook Lee, Ye-Won Mun, Ji-Hyun Park and Ha-Joon Wi. The trailer, for Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, is hosted here. The synopsis reveals more of the story. This film crew has set up some of the scares. But, not everything is as it seems. There is a supernatural presence, still within the asylum. Now disturbed, it looks for new victims. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum was shot for 1.5 million dollars. So, the quality of this title is sure to be high. As well,...

By Erin Lashley, MoreHorror.com

Since supernatural horror movies from Asia became popular worldwide, I have often heard complaints that there are too many of them and that they are too formulaic. While I agree that many fall under the second category, I don’t believe there is such a thing as too many supernatural horror movies.

What keeps a movie from becoming more of the same old “I have long black hair and I am mad at you because I am dead” stuff is fresh writing and the effective drama contained within. You have to have human drama to tell a good ghost story; otherwise you’re just watching a ghost and her effects team find creative ways to kill people. Because I am on a quest to watch every movie with a ghost in it, I can help you wade through the flood of ectoplasm.

Here are five...