10 Best Thai Horror Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 10, 2026

Thai horror leans on ghosts and folk belief more than slashers, and its best entries, a centuries-old ghost-wife legend, a shamanistic possession documentary, still unsettle viewers who have seen every Western trope. Meat Grinder has a noodle-shop owner whose secret ingredient is far worse than anyone suspects, Body unravels a husband’s cover-up through bad omens, Coming Soon has a projectionist finding a cursed print bleeding into reality, and Krasue: Inhuman Kiss hides a folkloric curse in 1940s rural Thailand. Nang Nak, The Eye, Shutter-style chillers like Alone, 4bia, Ladda Land and The Medium round out the list.

Meat Grinder (2009)

TMDB ★ 5.4

A noodle-shop owner's secret ingredient turns out to be far worse than anyone suspects.

Directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong · 1h 30m

Where to watch

Stream: Toku Amazon Channel

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Body (2007)

TMDB ★ 5.8

A husband's cover-up of his wife's death unravels through a string of bad omens.

Directed by Gerry Lively · 1h 30m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Coming Soon (2008)

TMDB ★ 5.9

A film projectionist realises a cursed movie print is bleeding into the real world.

Directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit · 1h 23m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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Krasue: Inhuman Kiss (2019)

TMDB ★ 6.2

A young woman in 1940s rural Thailand hides a folkloric curse from everyone she loves.

Directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri · 2h 02m

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Alone (2007)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Separated conjoined twins are reunited years later, and one of them may never have truly left.

Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom · 1h 30m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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Ladda Land (2011)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A family's new suburban home turns out to carry the previous owners' violent history.

Directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit · 1h 57m

Where to watch

Stream: Troma NOW · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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The Eye (2002)

IMDb ★ 6.6 RT 63% Metacritic 66

A cornea transplant lets a blind woman see again, along with things she was never meant to see.

Directed by Oxide Pang & Danny Pang · 1h 38m · Rated R

9 wins & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel, ARROW · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store

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4bia (2008)

IMDb ★ 6.5

Four separate horror stories, linked only by dread, in a single Thai anthology.

Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon & Parkpoom Wongpoom · 1h 55m

1 win & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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The Medium (2021)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A documentary crew following a rural shaman discovers something genuinely wrong in her family.

Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun · 2h 11m

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Nang Nak (1999)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A soldier returns home to his wife and child, unaware his wife has been dead for months.

Directed by Nonzee Nimibutr · 1h 41m

13 wins & 1 nomination

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

10 Best Thai Horror Movies

Meat Grinder (2009)

Body (2007)

Coming Soon (2008)

Krasue: Inhuman Kiss (2019)

Alone (2007)

Ladda Land (2011)

The Eye (2002)

4bia (2008)

The Medium (2021)

Nang Nak (1999)

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