Korean Horror Picks: Amazon
I’m back with another installment of “Jessie recommending horror on popular streaming sites”. This time we are focusing on Amazon! Amazon is a fairly hidden spot for Asian movies to watch on demand that I don’t think enough people are aware of, and that includes horror. While Amazon does have an option to rent/buy titles, for this list I focused on ones that are currently available for streaming with prime, or available free through IMDB with ads.
Be sure to check out my other top picks for Netflix, and Shudder.
-Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) Directed by: Jung Bum Shik
Also known as 곤지암
Starring: Wi Ha Jun, Park Sung Hun, Lee Seung Wook. Additional credits can be found here.
“An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their ‘experience the horror’ show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as one of the ‘7 freakiest places on the planet’. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on their online show.”
-Insane (2016) Directed by: Lee Cheol Ha
Also known as 날, 보러와요
Starring: Kang Ye Won, Lee San Yoon, Choi Jin Ho. Additional credits can be found here.
“A woman is kidnapped in the middle of the day and tortured in a psychiatric hospital. A Journalist gets on the trace of the case and tries to find out the truth.”
-Mourning Grave (2014) Directed by: Oh In Chun
Also known as 소녀괴담
Starring: Kang Ha Neul, Kim So Eun, Kim Jung Tae. Additional credits can be found here.
“A boy who can see ghosts moves to a small town, where he befriends a female ghost. The two work together to investigate a masked ghost who is murdering students one by one.”
-Possessed (2009) Directed by: Lee Young Ju
Also known as 불신지옥
Starring: Nam Sang Mi, Shin Eun Kyung, Ryu Seung Ryong. Additional credits can be found here.
“When 13-year-old So-Jin disappears, her elder sister Hee-Jin returns to the apartment of their religious-maniac mother. Tae-Hwan, a cop, who reluctantly has to take the case seriously is confronted with more and more suicides that are difficult to explain rationally.”
-The Mimic (2018) Directed by: Jung Huh
Also known as 장산범
Starring: Huh Jin, Yum Jung Ah, Park Hyuk Kwon. Additional credits can be found here.
“The story of the Jangsan Tiger, who mimics human voices to lure them close, and a family affected by the creature.”
-The Piper (2016) Directed by: Kim Kwang Tae
Also known as 손님
Starring: Ryoo Seung Ryong, Goo Seung Hyun, Chun Woo Hee. Additional credits can be found here.
“Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.”
-The Quiet Family (1998) Directed by: Kim Jee Woon
Also known as 조용한 가족
Starring: Choi Min Sik, Na Moon Hee, Song Kang Ho. Additional credits can be found here.
“A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.”
-The Uninvited (2003) Directed by: Lee So Youn
Also known as 4인용 식탁
Starring: Park Shin Yang, Gianna Jun, Yoo Sun. Additional credits can be found here.
“Impaired by amnesia, Jeong Won can’t remember his youth – until he meets Yeon, a psychic who may be able to uncover his past. After witnessing the horrific deaths of children, both share dreamlike visions of ghostly forms.”
-The Wailing (2016) Directed by: Na Hong Jin
Also known as 곡성
Starring: Kwak Do Won, Hwang Jung Min, Jun Kunimura. Additional credits can be found here.
“A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.”
-The Whispering (2018) Directed by: Choi Sang Hun
Also known as 속닥속닥
Starring: Sp Ju Yeon, Kim Min Kyu, Choi Hee Jin. Additional credits can be found here.
“Six high school students, who have finished their college entrance examinations, accidentally discover a haunted house with eerie rumors to it. Inside there, the students start to hear the whispers of death and vanish one by one, as unstoppable, extreme terror engulfs them.”
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