10 Best Korean Horror & Thriller Movies

By Vlad Zakh · October 13, 2025

South Korea Horror intense

South Korea’s horror-thriller output rarely settles for a single scare mechanism, mixing zombies, cults, serial killers, and straightforward home-invasion dread into films that commit fully to being upsetting.

Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019) 01

Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A pastor investigating a cult uncovers something far stranger than fraud.

The Call (2020) 02

The Call (2020)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A woman on an old telephone accidentally connects with a killer twenty years in the past.

Confession of Murder (2012) 03

Confession of Murder (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A serial killer publishes a memoir bragging about crimes he was never convicted of.

Mother (2009) 04

Mother (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A mother investigates her son's murder charge herself when the police give up too fast.

The Man from Nowhere (2010) 05

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A reclusive pawnshop owner turns out to have a very violent, very specific skill set.

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) 06

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.2

Two sisters return home to a stepmother and a house that clearly isn't right.

Thirst (2009) 07

Thirst (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.0

A priest turned vampire tries to keep his faith while giving in to new appetites.

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) 08

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A wrongly imprisoned woman engineers an elaborate revenge on her release.

The Chaser (2008) 09

The Chaser (2008)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A pimp hunting a missing girl realizes he's tracking an active serial killer.

Train to Busan: Peninsula (2020) 10

Train to Busan: Peninsula (2020)

IMDb ★ 5.9

A follow-up that trades the original's train setting for a wasteland four years post-outbreak.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.