Best Asian Horror Movies – Everything You Need to Know

51. Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)

Aspiring hairdresser Kuriyama falls under the spell of an infatuated thiophilic man who sells extensions to local salons. As a result, those who use the extensions are driven insane or killed by the voluminous black hair that continues to grow from the dead body of the girl whose hair was stolen.

Director: Sion Sono
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror and Comedy
Main Cast: 

  • Chiaki Kuriyama
  • Ren Osugi
  • Megumi Sato
  • Tsugumi

IMDb Rating: 6.3
Running Time: 108 minutes

Box Office: $113,701
Movie Trailer: Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) – Movie Trailer

52. Black House (2007)

Jun-oh, an insurance claims agent, has a run-in with a client he suspects of murdering people in order to collect insurance premiums.

Director: Shin Tae-ra
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Hwang Jung-min
  • Yoo Sun
  • Kang Shin-il

IMDb Rating: 6.2
Running Time: 104 minutes

Box Office: $9,540,896
Movie Trailer: Black House (2007) – Movie Trailer

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53. Kaidan (2007)

Japanese history from 250 years ago. When the cruel samurai Shinzaemon kills the moneylender Soetsu, he ends up with nothing. In the Kasenega-Fuchi River, his corpse is disposed of. Everyone who drowns in the river will never be seen again, according to a local fable. Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu, by chance twenty years later. There’s a spark of romance between them. It’s a doomed romance because Soetsu’s spirit is far from dead.

Director: Hideo Nakata
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Romance
Main Cast: 

  • Kuroemon Onoe
  • Kumiko Asō
  • Asaka Seto

IMDb Rating: 6.2
Running Time: 120 minutes

Box Office: $3,646,201
Movie Trailer: Kaidan (2007) – Movie Trailer

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54. THE HOST (2006)

Seoul’s Han River is invaded by a monster that attacks people as it emerges. A victim’s loving family does everything they can to save her.

Director: Bong Joon-ho
Language: Korean and English
Genre: Horror, Action, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Song Kang-ho
  • Byun Hee-bong
  • Park Hae-il
  • Bae Doona

IMDb Rating: 7.1
Running Time: 119 minutes

Box Office: $89,433,436
Movie Trailer: The Host (2006) –  Movie Trailer 

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55. Cinderella (2006)

Due to the fact that her father has passed away, Hyun-su now lives with her plastic surgeon mother Yoon-hee. Each of Hyun-vain SU’s friends undergoes facelifts, eyelifts, and other procedures performed by Yoon-hee in order to improve their appearances. Each one of them begins to experience paranormal activity, including seeing ghosts and feeling the urge to mutilate themselves. In order to find out what is killing her friends, Hyun-su must look into her mother’s past.

Director: Bong Man-dae
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Ah-yung Ahn
  • Gyu-ryun Ahn
  • Do Ji-Won

IMDb Rating: 5.5
Running Time: 94 minutes

Box Office: $3,130,383
Movie Trailer: Cinderella ( 2006 ) – Movie Trailer

56. The Victim (2006)

To simulate the murder of Meen, a former Miss Thailand, Ting, an actress, is hired. A strange supernatural connection between Ting and Meen develops as a result of the encounter. She decides to investigate Meen’s death.

Director: Monthon Arayangkoon
Language: Thai
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Pitchanart Sakakorn
  • Apasiri Nitibhon
  • Penpak Sirikul

IMDb Rating: 5.6
Running Time: 108 min

Box Office: $1,608,729
Movie Trailer: The Victim (2006) – Movie Trailer

57. Retribution (2006)

An experienced detective named Yoshioka investigates the murder of a woman in a red dress who has yet to be identified. However, an autopsy reveals that her stomach is filled with seawater. Aside from that, all the clues he discovers are about himself: His coat was missing a button, and fingerprints found at the crime scene matched his. Yoshioka realizes that he is the only suspect, but he has no memory of anything that happened.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Kōji Yakusho
  • Manami Konishi
  • Riona Hazuki
  • Tsuyoshi Ihara

IMDb Rating: 6.3
Running Time: 104 minutes

Box Office: $394,568
Movie Trailer: Retribution (2006): Movie Trailer

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58. The Chanting (2006)

A young university student named Samantha finds a cheap girls’ boarding house within walking distance of her college. It’s located right next to an old cemetery, which is said to be haunted by an ancient demon known as the Kunilanak [a mythical vengeance creature that is half woman and half horse]. Of course, no one believes these stories, but soon, people connected to the house begin to die violently as a result of these stories. Oddly, Samantha seems to be encouraged by the chaos rather than frightened by it.

Director: Rizal Mantovani
Language: Indonesian
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Julie Estelle
  • Evan Sanders
  • Ratu Felisha

IMDb Rating: 6.1
Running Time: 95 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Chanting (2006) – Movie Trailer

59. Bloody Reunion (2006)

Korean director Dae-wung Lim’s unapologetically bloody film about buried grudges has disastrous consequences for a high school graduation class reunion.

Director: Im Dae-woong
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Dong-kyu Lee
  • Seong-won Jang
  • Seol-ah Yu

IMDb Rating: 6.0
Running Time: 93 minutes

Box Office: $3,202,419
Movie Trailer: Bloody Reunion Trailer (2006) – Movie Trailer

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60. Arang (2006)

A salt storage facility near the sea is haunted. A penniless former convict dies a grisly death in an unaffordable house Min, who was recently reinstated after a suspension, and Lee, a new transfer from forensics, are the detectives assigned to the case. As a result, Min has nightmares about a sexual assault. In spite of the fact that she and Lee get along well, two more people die – both mysteriously poisoned and both friends of the ex-con.  Another friend, a newly married doctor, is suspected of being involved in the murder.

Director: Ahn Sang-hoon
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • So-Yeong Choo
  • Lee Dong-Wook
  • Lim Il-Gyu

IMDb Rating: 6.0
Running Time: 97 minutes

Box Office: $5,150,498
Movie Trailer: Arang (2006) – Movie Trailer

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61. Unholy Women (2006)

“Unholy Women (Kowai onna)” is an amalgamation of three unrelated half-hour horror movies that have been combined into one film. An evil other-worldly being pursued a young woman in the first segment, “Rattle.” On a blind date with his boss’s sister, a young man finds himself in a world that is more terrifying than anything he could have imagined. Finally, “The Inheritance” is a supernatural tale about a woman and her young son, both of whom have been traumatized by abuse.

Director: Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki and Keisuke Toyoshima
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Noriko Nakagoshi
  • Yûko Kobayashi
  • Riko Suzuki

IMDb Rating: 6.0
Running Time: 107 minutes

Box Office: $10,638
Movie Trailer: Unholy Women (2006) – Movie Trailer

62. Dorm (2006)

One day, a young boy is sent to boarding school in the middle of a semester. Unknown to him, there’s an old tale about an abandoned swimming pool and the child who drowned there a few years ago. Is this related to his new friend?

Director: Songyos Sugmakanan
Language: Thai
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Charlie Trairat
  • Chintara Sukapatana
  • Sirachuch Chienthaworn

IMDb Rating: 6.9
Running Time: 110 minutes

Box Office: $1,377,730
Movie Trailer: Dorm (2006) – Movie Trailer

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63. The Unseeable (2006)

In search of her missing husband, a pregnant country girl seeks refuge at a mysterious estate, whose inhabitants have more secrets than they care to share.

Director: Wisit Sasanatieng
Language: Thai
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Romance
Main Cast: 

  • Supornthip
  • Choungrangsee
  • Siraphun Wattanajinda

IMDb Rating: 6.8
Running Time: 100 minutes

Box Office: $915,624
Movie Trailer: The Unseeable (2006) – Movie Trailer

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64. Noroi (2005)

Paranormal incidents seemingly unrelated to each other are examined in depth in this documentary about the “kagutaba,” an ancient demon legend.

Director: Kōji Shiraishi
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Jin Muraki
  • Rio Kanno
  • Tomono Kuga

IMDb Rating: 7.0
Running Time: 115 minutes

Box Office: $6,819
Movie Trailer: Noroi: The Curse (2005) – Movie Trailer

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65. Rampo Noir (2005)

Taking its cues from the short stories of legendary horror writer Edogawa Rampo, this anthology is divided into four parts.

Mars Canal – A tale told in silence. Naked wanders through a desolate and depressing landscape, recalling memories of his former lover as he does so.

Mirror Hell – When several women are found dead with their faces burned and their skulls scorched, a detective tries to figure out why. An unusual hand mirror found on the scene helps him unravel the mystery.

Caterpillar – War hero returns home from the front lines with severe wounds. Deaf and limbless, his only remaining sense is his eyesight. For her own amusement, his beautiful and caring wife tortures her husband.

Crawling Bugs – After a successful night on stage, an actress is on her way home when her limo driver decides that she should come home with him.

Director: Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Satō and Suguru Takeuchi
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror and Fantasy
Main Cast: 

  • Tadanobu Asano
  • Mikako Ichikawa
  • Yumi Yoshiyuki
  • Ryuhei Matsuda
  • Hiroki Narimiya
  • Nao Ōmori

IMDb Rating: 6.3
Running Time: 134 minutes

Box Office: $217
Movie Trailer: Rampo Noir (2005) – Movie Trailer

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66. Reincarnation (2005)

After landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago, a Japanese actress begins having strange visions.

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror and Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Yūka
  • Karina
  • Kippei Shiina
  • Tetta Sugimoto

IMDb Rating: 6.2
Running Time: 95 minutes

Box Office: $4,664,641
Movie Trailer: Reincarnation (2005) – Movie Trailer

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67. The Red Shoes (2005)

Upon discovering a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform, a woman realizes that jealousy and greed follow her wherever she goes.

Director: Yong-gyun Kim
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Kim Hye-soo,
  • Kim Sung-soo
  • Park Yeon-ah
  • Kim Ji-Eun

IMDb Rating: 5.9
Running Time: 103 minutes

Box Office: $7,853,740
Movie Trailer: The Red Shoes Trailer (2005) – Movie Trailer

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68. Premonition (2004)

Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with a picture of his five-year-old daughter Nana in the obituary section while stopped at a roadside phone booth to transmit his work to the university via the Internet. When a truck without steering hits his car and kills Nana, he sees his wife Ayaka Satomi struggling to free their daughter from the seat belt. As of three years later, Hideki has divorced Ayaka, who is still trying to believe in Hideki, and she discovers that there are people cursed with the ability to predict the future, but without the power to save the victims.

Director: Norio Tsuruta
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Hiroshi Mikami
  • Noriko Sakai
  • Hana Inoue

IMDb Rating: 6.2
Running Time: 119 minutes

Box Office: $652,525
Movie Trailer: Premonition (2004) – Movie Trailer

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69. SHUTTER (2004)

After a tragic accident, a young photographer and his girlfriend uncover mysterious shadows in their photos. Eventually, they learn that you cannot get away from your past.

Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom
Language: Thai
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Ananda Everingham
  • Natthaweeranuch Thongmee
  • Achita Sikamana

IMDb Rating: 7.1
Running Time: 97 minutes

Box Office: $6,989,456
Movie Trailer: Shutter (2004) – Movie Trailer

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70. Three… Extremes (2004)

From established independent filmmakers comes a cross-cultural horror trilogy set in Asia.

Director: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, and Takashi Miike
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Bai Ling
  • Tony Leung Ka-Fai
  • Lee Byung-hun
  • Im Won-hee

IMDb Rating: 7.0
Running Time: 125 minutes

Box Office: $516,930
Movie Trailer: Three… Extremes (2004) – Movie Trailer

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71. Dumplings (2004)

Many middle-aged women swear by Aunt Mei’s famous homemade dumplings for their age-defying qualities. It’s just that her most recent client, an aging actress, is eager to find out what the secret ingredient is.

Director: Fruit Chan
Language: Cantonese and Mandarin
Genre: Horror and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Miriam Yeung
  • Tony Leung Ka-Fai
  • Bai Ling

IMDb Rating: 6.8
Running Time: 91 minutes

Box Office: $763,552
Movie Trailer: Dumplings (2004) – Movie Trailer

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72. Dead Friend (2004)

When an amnesiac teenage girl finds herself somehow connected to a group of people who are being killed off by a vengeful ghost, she realizes that she is connected to them in some way.

Director: Tae-kyeong Kim
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Kim Ha-neul
  • Nam Sang-mi
  • Ryu Jin

IMDb Rating: 6.1
Running Time: 98 minutes

Box Office: $178,161
Movie Trailer: Dead Friend (2004) – Movie Trailer

73. Marebito (2004)

Shinya Tsukamoto, a freelance cameraman obsessed with fear, investigates an urban legend about mysterious spirits that haunt Tokyo’s subways.

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Tomomi Miyashita
  • Kazuhiro Nakahara

IMDb Rating: 6.1
Running Time: 92 minutes

Box Office: $107,259
Movie Trailer: Marebito (2004) – Movie Trailer

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74. Feng Shui (2004)

An amulet of Feng Shui has brought Joy to a series of fortunate events. As time passes, she realizes that it’s a curse. In order to save her family, she must now break the cycle of good fortune and death.

Director: Chito S. Roño
Language: Filipino and English
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Kris Aquino
  • Jay Manalo
  • Lotlot De Leon

IMDb Rating: 6.5
Running Time: 107 minutes

Box Office: $2,268,055
Movie Trailer: Feng Shui (2004) – Movie Trailer

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75. R-Point (2004)

When a South Korean base gets a radio transmission from a missing squad, it sends a platoon to rescue the squad from the R-Point during the Vietnam War, and they are successful.

Director: Kong Su-chang
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror, Action, and War
Main Cast: 

  • Kam Woo-sung
  • Son Byung-ho
  • Oh Tae-kyung
  • Park Won-sang

IMDb Rating: 6.3
Running Time: 107 minutes

Box Office: $6,744,984
Movie Trailer: R- Point (2004) – Movie Trailer

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76. The Doll Master (2004)

On a lonely doll museum trail, 5 young people, a wheelchair-bound doll maker and her dedicated assistant, an elderly man chained in the basement, and a mysterious red-haired girl are all together. Not everyone will survive what starts out as a fun trip to pose for some new dolls.

Director: Jeong Yong-ki
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Kim Yu-Mi
  • Eun-kyeong Lim
  • Hyung Tak Shim

IMDb Rating: 5.7
Running Time: 90 minutes

Box Office: $124,073
Movie Trailer: The Doll Master (2004) – Movie Trailer

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77. A TALE OF TWO SISTERS (2003)

Su Mi and Su Yeon have returned home after a lengthy sickness and hospital stay. Since their mother’s death, things have changed. Eun Joo, their stepmother, is happy to have them back. As the older and more experienced of the two, Su Mi isn’t hesitant to speak her mind when it comes to their family’s problems. In contrast to Su Mi, Su Yeon is more reserved and suspicious of their stepmother.

Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Im Soo-Jung
  • Moon Geun-young
  • Yum Jung-ah
  • Kim Kap-soo

IMDb Rating: 7.2
Running Time: 114 minutes

Box Office: $1,062,878
Movie Trailer: A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) – Movie Trailer

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78. Ju-On 2 (2003)

When a cursed woman becomes pregnant, the ghosts have a second chance at life.

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Fantasy
Main Cast: 

  • Noriko Sakai
  • Chiharu Niiyama
  • Kei Horie
  • Yui Ichikawa

IMDb Rating: 6.4
Running Time: 95 minutes

Box Office: $2,705,820
Movie Trailer: JU-ON 2 (2003) – Movie Trailer

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79. Wishing Stairs (2003)

On average, there are 28 steps leading to the dormitory of an isolated boarding school, but more often than there seem to be 29 stairs. The horror begins when someone steps on the mysterious extra stair.

Director: Yun Jae-Yeon
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Song Ji-Hyo
  • Park Han-byul
  • Jo An

IMDb Rating: 5.9
Running Time: 97 minutes
Movie Trailer: Wishing Stairs (2003) – Movie Trailer

80. Inner Senses (2002)

It seems that Yan has been haunted by visions of what she believes to be deceased people. They begin to unravel a mystery that leads to a forgotten past as soon as her therapist Jim confirms her suspicions.

Director: Law Chi-Leung
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Horror, Crime, and Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Leslie Cheung
  • Karena Lam
  • Maggie Poon
  • Waise Lee

IMDb Rating: 6.3
Running Time: 100 minutes

Box Office: $412,868
Movie Trailer: Inner Senses (2002) – Movie Trailer

81. THE EYE (2002)

After a cornea transplant, a blind girl is able to regain her sight once more. When she learns that she can also see ghosts, she gets more than she strived for.

Director: Pang brothers
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, and Thai
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Angelica Lee
  • Lawrence Chou
  • Chutcha Rujinanon

IMDb Rating: 6.7
Running Time: 98 minutes

Box Office: $12,165,016
Movie Trailer: The Eye (2002) – Movie Trailer

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82. Suicide Club (2001)

As a part of their investigation, Detective Kuroda and his team are looking into an alarming case of an anti-government multi-suicide cult in Japan. 54 schoolgirls jump down the subway station while the train runs through them, holding hands, and die by suicide as a group.

Director: Sion Sono
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Crime, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Ryō Ishibashi
  • Masatoshi Nagase
  • Akaji Maro

IMDb Rating: 6.6
Running Time: 99 minutes
Movie Trailer: Suicide Club (2001) – Movie Trailer

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83. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

After moving to the countryside to run a picturesque mountain inn, a family’s customers begin to meet an untimely demise, much to the family’s horror.

Director: Takashi Miike
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Comedy, and Fantasy
Main Cast: 

  • Kenji Sawada
  • Keiko Matsuzaka
  • Shinji Takeda
  • Naomi Nishida

IMDb Rating: 7.0
Running Time: 113 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) – Movie Trailer

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84. PULSE (2001)

People in two different groups have discovered proof of the possibility that spirits are trying to infiltrate the human world through the Internet.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Mystery, and Sci-Fi
Main Cast: 

  • Kumiko Asō
  • Haruhiko Kato
  • Koyuki
  • Kurume Arisaka

IMDb Rating: 6.6
Running Time: 119 minutes

Box Office: $318,451
Movie Trailer: Pulse (2001) – Movie Trailer

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85. Spiral (2000)

Friends in a small-town notice that Toshio is obsessed with snails, filming them in his garden and collecting items that resemble their spiral patterns. Kirie sees spirals in other places as well, including in the way people dress and behave. But when Shuichi’s curiosities turn into tragedies, Kirie is determined to stay and figure out what is happening.

Director: Higuchinsky
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Fantasy
Main Cast: 

  • Eriko Hatsune
  • Fhi Fan
  • Hinako Saeki
  • Shin Eun-kyung

IMDb Rating: 6.2
Running Time: 90 minutes
Movie Trailer: Spiral / Uzumaki (2000) – YouTube

86. AUDITION (1999)

In order to find a new wife, a widower accepts an offer to assess girls at an audition arranged by a friend. Apparently, the woman he likes is not who she appears to be.

Director: Takashi Miike
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Ryo Ishibashi
  • Eihi Shiina
  • Tetsu Sawaki

IMDb Rating: 7.2
Running Time: 113 minutes

Box Office: $359,853
Movie Trailer: Audition (1999) – Movie Trailer

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87. Memento Mori (1999)

Second, in the Whispering Corridors series, a young girl discovers an unusual diary kept by two of her senior classmates who appear to have an unusually close relationship.

Director: Kim Tae-yong and Min Kyu-dong
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror, Romance, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Lee Young-jin
  • Park Ye-jin
  • Kim Min-sun
  • Gong Hyo-jin

IMDb Rating: 6.4
Running Time: 98 minutes

Box Office: $52,692
Movie Trailer: Memento Mori (1999) – Movie Trailer

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88. RINGU (1998)

A reporter and her ex-husband scrutinize a doomed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.

Director: Hideo Nakata
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror and Mystery
Main Cast:

  • Nanako Matsushima
  • Miki Nakatani
  • Yuko Takeuchi
  • Hitomi Sato

IMDb Rating: 7.2
Running Time: 95 minutes

Box Office: $59,001
Movie Trailer: Ring (1998) – Movie Trailer

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89. Cure (1997)

An unsatisfied detective is tasked with solving the case of terrible murders perpetrated by people who have no memory of their crimes.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Crime, and Mystery
Main Cast: 

  • Kōji Yakusho
  • Tsuyoshi Ujiki
  • Anna Nakagawa
  • Masato Hagiwara

IMDb Rating: 7.4
Running Time: 111 minutes
Movie Trailer: Cure (1997) – Movie Trailer

90. Ebola Syndrome (1996)

When a restaurant employee wanted to murder or raped a woman in South Africa, he contracted Ebola and started an outbreak in South Africa and Hong Kong when he returned to his native country.

Director: Herman Yau
Language: Cantonese and English
Genre: Horror and Crime
Main Cast: 

  • Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
  • Yeung-Ming Wan
  • Fui-On Shing

IMDb Rating: 6.5
Running Time: 98 minutes
Movie Trailer: Ebola Syndrome (1996) – Movie Trailer

91. Sweet Home (1989)

A TV production crew is filming a documentary about Mamiya Ichiro, the famous painter. A ghost of the painter’s wife attacks them when they begin filming in his old house.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
Main Cast:

  • Nobuko Miyamoto
  • Shingo Yamashiro
  • Nokko
  • Fukumi Kuroda

IMDb Rating: 6.6
Running Time: 101 minutes
Movie Trailer: Sweet Home Trailer (1989) – Movie Trailer

92. Man Behind the Sun (1988)

China and Russia are captured by the Japanese and taken to unit 731, where they are horribly tortured and used as test subjects for new biological weapons.

Director: T. F. Mou
Language: Mandarin and Chinese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and History
Main Cast: 

  • Gang Wang
  • Hsu Gou
  • Tie Long Jin
  • Zhao Hua Mei

IMDb Rating: 6.1
Running Time: 105 minutes

Box Office: 1,431,249
Movie Trailer: Men behind the Sun (1988) – Movie Trailer

 

93. Suddenly in the Dark (1981)

After the arrival of their new, young housekeeper, who carries a mysterious wooden doll with her, a wife begins to suspect her husband of infidelity.

Director: Ko Young-nam
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Kim Young-ae
  • Yoon Il-bong
  • Lee Ki-seon

IMDb Rating: 6.7
Running Time: 95 minutes
Movie Trailer: SUDDENLY IN THE DARK (1981) – Movie Trailer

94. House (1977)

An eighth-grade girl and six of her classmates visit her aunt’s haunted country home.

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror and Comedy
Main Cast: 

  • Kimiko Ikegami
  • Miki Jinbo
  • Ai Matsubara
  • Kumiko Oba

IMDb Rating: 7.4
Running Time: 88 minutes

Box Office: $209,765
Movie Trailer: HOUSE (1977) – Movie Trailer

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95. The Vampire Doll (1970)

Keiko and a friend are searching for her brother, who went missing while visiting his girlfriend Yuko and has not been seen since.

Director: Michio Yamamoto
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
Main Cast: 

  • Kayo Matsuo
  • Yukiko Kobayashi
  • Yoko Minazake

IMDb Rating: 6.5
Running Time: 71 minutes
Movie Trailer: THE VAMPIRE DOLL (1970) – Movie Trailer

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96. Onibaba (1964)

Two ladies slay samurais and sell their stuff to make a living by stealing their weapons and armor. Another woman encounters a mystery samurai wearing an odd mask when one of them is having an affair with their neighbor.

Director: Kaneto Shindo
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Nobuko Otowa
  • Jitsuko Yoshimura
  • Kei Satō
  • Taiji Tonoyama

IMDb Rating: 8.0
Running Time: 102 minutes.
Movie Trailer: Onibaba (1964) – Movie Trailer

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97. Kwaidan (1964)

An anthology of four Japanese folktales with supernatural themes.

Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Fantasy
Main Cast: 

  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Rentarō Mikuni
  • Tetsurō Tamba
  • Keiko Kishi

IMDb Rating: 8.0
Running Time: 182 minutes

Box Office: $2,058,093
Movie Trailer: Kwaidan Trailer (1964) – Movie Trailer

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98. The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)

Samurai’s wife’s ghost seeks vengeance on her husband through a series of supernatural events.

Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
Main Cast:

  • Shigeru Amachi
  • Noriko Kitazawa
  • Katsuko Wakasugi

IMDb Rating: 7.0
Running Time: 76 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) – Trailer

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99. Godzilla (1954)

During American nuclear weapons testing, a dinosaur-like creature is created that seems invincible.

Director: Ishirō Honda
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror and Science – Fiction
Main Cast:

  • Akira Takarada
  • Momoko Kōchi
  • Akihiko Hirata
  • Takashi Shimura

IMDb Rating: 7.6
Running Time: 96 minutes

Box Office: $562,711
Movie Trailer: Godzilla (1954) – Movie Trailer

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100. Ugetsu (1953)

A saga of ambition, family, love, and conflict set in the midst of the 16th-century Japanese Civil War.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror, Drama, and Fantasy.
Main Cast: 

  • Masayuki Mori
  • Machiko Kyō
  • Kinuyo Tanaka

IMDb Rating: 8.2
Running Time: 94 minutes

Box Office: $24,959
Movie Trailer: Ugetsu (1953) – Movie Trailer