TOP 10 KOREAN HORROR MOVIES
Today we are counting down our picks for the " Top 10 Korean Horror Movies Based On High School ". I hope you will enjoy the movies listed. Let us know your favorite in the comments.
Korean Horror Movies
- Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp (2010)
- Voice (2005)
- Bunshinsaba (2004)
- Ghost (2010)
- Mourning Grave (2014)
- Death Bell (2008)
- Whispering Corridors (1998)
- Memento Mori (1999)
- Wishing Stairs (2003)
- A Blood Pledge (2009)
1. Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp (2010)
Death Bell 2 is a 2010 Korean Slasher Films Directed by Yu Seon-dong. This film revolves around 30 high school students who are taking special classes during their summer vacation. Locked in the building, the students face horrible deaths one by one. The only clue is a strange puzzle that has to be solved.
Initial Release: 28 July 2010 (South Korea)
Director: Yu Seon-dong
Film Series: Death BellWritten By: Park Hye-min, Lee Jeong-hwa, Lee Gong-ju
2. Voice (2005)
Voice is a 2005 South Korean Horror Film Directed by Choi Ik-hwan. It is also known as Whispering Corridors 4: Voice. This movie tells the story of the top singer at an all girls school, who was mysteriously killed while practicing at school. Though her body was never found, her ghost is still trapped in the school. The only one who can hear her is her best friend.
Initial Release: 15 July 2005 (South Korea)
Director: Choi Ik-hwan
Film Series: Whispering Corridors
Music Director: Jang Young-gyu, Byung-Hoon Lee, Lee Byung-hoon
Nominations: Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress
3. Bunshinsaba (2004)
Bunshinsaba is a 2004 Korean Horror Film Directed by Ahn Byeong-ki. This film is about three friends who are constantly bullied by their classmates. Intending to exact their revenge, they decide to use a Ouija Board to put a curse on those who bullied them. Little did they know, the curse would be doing more than just terrorizing the bullies.
Initial Release: 30 July 2004 (South Korea)
Director: Ahn Byeong-ki
Distributed By: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Language: KoreanStory By: Lee Jong-ho
4. Ghost (2010)
Ghost or Be With Me is a 2010 Neo Noir Political Thriller Film Directed by Yeo Myung Jun. Ghost or Be with Me follows three stories all including high school students. In the first one, the ghost of a long-dead student starts to call others to their deaths. The next story is about a girl who is desperate to keep her pregnancy a secret. In the third, a ghost of a teenage girl haunts a boy with supernatural powers, seeking both revenge and love.
Initial Release: 10 June 2010 (South Korea)
Directors: Yeo Myung Jun, Cho Eun Gyeong, Kim-Jho Gwangsoo
Producer: Kim-Jho Gwangsoo
Screenplay: Hong Dong-Myung, Yeo Myung Jun, Cho Eun Gyeong, Kim-Jho Gwangsoo
Music Director: Jeong Jin-Ho, Dong-uk Kim
5. Mourning Grave (2014)
Mourning Grave is a 2014 South Korean Mystery Horror Film Directed by In-chun Oh. This film tells the story of a boy who has a special ability He is able to see ghosts. And because of this, he is isolated from others. He moves to a high school in his hometown, where he meets and makes friends with a female ghost. Meanwhile, his classmates start disappearing mysteriously one by one.
Initial Release: 2 July 2014
Director: In-chun Oh
Screenplay: Jong-ho Lee
Language: Korean
Distributor: Reliance Entertainment
6. Death Bell (2008)
Death Bell is a 2008 Korean Horror Film Directed by Chang. In this film, an elite high school class of 20 students is tormented by a vicious killer who poses them questions and riddles, which if left unanswered or not solved in a timely manner, will result in the gory death of one of their classmates.
Initial Release: 6 August 2008 (South Korea)
Directors: Chang, Nayato Fio Nuala
Film Series: Death Bell
Language: Korean
7. Whispering Corridors (1998)
Whispering Corridors is a 1998 South Korean Supernatural Horror Film Directed by Park Ki-hyung. In this film, a teacher hangs herself at an all girls school. Colleagues and students think that this incident is quite strange, and soon rumors start to be afloat that the ghost of a former student, who tragically lost her life at the school 9 years ago, haunts the school corridors.
Initial Release: 30 May 1998 (South Korea)
Director: Park Ki-hyung
Film Series: Whispering Corridors
Language: Korean
Nominations: Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress, Grand Bell Award for Best Supporting Actress, Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Director, Grand Bell Award for Best Sound Effects.
8. Memento Mori (1999)
Memento Mori is a 1999 South Korean Horror Film Directed by Min Kyu-dong. Its is also known as Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori. In this film, a young girl finds an intricate and overall creative diary at her all-girls high school. The diary itself isn’t a straightforward read, unique in a way that there’s always something new to discover in and around the pages. After spending some time on it, it’s revealed that the diary was kept by two of her fellow-students who seem to have an unusually close bond. The girl then finds herself becoming obsessed with the diary, sneaking off from classes to read it, to the point where she begins to experience strange visions of its writers.
Initial Release: 24 December 1999 (South Korea)
Directors: Min Kyu-dong, Kim Tae-yong
Film Series: Whispering Corridors
Nominations: Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress, Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Director
Screenplay: Min Kyu-dong, Kim Tae-yong
9. Wishing Stairs (2003)
Wishing Stairs is a 2003 Korean Horror Film Directed by Yun Jae-yeon. It is also known as Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs. Stairs tells the tale of three young girls who attend a fancy art school with a mythical flight of stairs. Supposedly, a certain spirit will grant your wish if the 29th step appears. However, your intentions must be pure, or the ramifications will be very harsh indeed.
Initial Release: 1 August 2003 (South Korea)
Director: Yun Jae-yeon
Film Series: Whispering Corridors
Nominations: Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress
Music Director: Cho Min-soo, Song Kyung-geun, Park Seung-won
10. A Blood Pledge (2009)
A Blood Pledge is a 2009 K-horror Film Directed by Jong-yong Lee. It is also known as Whispering Corridors 5: A Blood Pledge. A Blood Pledge, revolves around four friends who make an oath sworn in blood to commit suicide one night, but the next morning only one is found lying dead on the school grounds. Rumors fly around their school on the reasons of the suicide. The remaining three girls keep to themselves as they are haunted by their pledge and soon enough the school becomes covered in blood.
Initial Release: 18 June 2009 (South Korea)
Director: Jong-yong Lee
Film Series: Whispering Corridors
Nominations: Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress
Producers: Lee Chun-yeon, Lee Se-Yeong, Kim Bok-geun
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