【best of ∷ asian horror】

Dark movies filled with horror, or just terrifying suspense. From my watched list, order by date of release.

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1. Cure

Japanese Movie - 1997

9.0
- Genres: psychological, mystery
- Trigger Warnings:
  animal abuse
- Horror tag: ★★☆☆☆ || unsettling scenes
2. Ring

Japanese Movie - 1998

8.0
- Genres: horror, mystery
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || unsettling scenes, jumpscares, monsters, technology
3. Ring 2

Japanese Movie - 1999

6.0
- Genres: horror, mystery
- No Trigger Warnings
- Note: continuation of the movies Ring 0 and Ring
- Horror tags: ★★☆☆☆ || unsettling scenes, jumpscares, monsters, technology
4. Audition

Japanese Movie - 1999

9.0
- Genres: drama, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
- Horror tag: ★★★☆☆ || unsettling scenes, jumpscares
5. Pulse

Japanese Movie - 2001

10
- Genres: horror, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  suicide
- Horror tag: ★★★★★ || extremely unsettling, monsters, technology
6. Ichi the Killer

Japanese Movie - 2001

10
- Genres: crime, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
  graphic scenes
- Horror tag: ★★☆☆☆ || unsettling scenes, extremely gore
7. The Happiness of the Katakuris

Japanese Movie - 2001

9.0
- Genres: horror, musical
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★★☆☆☆ || unsettling scenes
8. Gozu

Japanese Movie - 2003

9.0
- Genres: drama, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
  graphic scenes
- Horror tag: ★★★★★ || extremely unsettling, extremely gore, monsters
9. A Tale of Two Sisters

Korean Movie - 2003

9.0
- Genres: horror, psychological
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || extremely unsettling, jumpscares, monsters
10. Old Boy

Korean Movie - 2003

9.0
- Genres: crime, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
  graphic scenes
  sexual abuse
- Horror tag: ★☆☆☆☆ || unsettling scenes, extremely gore
11. Dumplings

Hong Kong Movie - 2004

7.0
- Genres: horror, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  cannibalism
  mutilation
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || very unsettling, extremely gore
12. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Korean Movie - 2005

9.0
- Genres: crime, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
  graphic scenes
  sexual abuse
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || unsettling scenes, sometimes gore, psychological
13. Strange Circus

Japanese Movie - 2005

10
- Genres: drama, mystery
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
  sexual abuse
  graphic scenes
  child abuse
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || very unsettling, extremely gore
14. The Host

Korean Movie - 2006

8.0
- Genres: mystery, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★☆☆☆☆ || unsettling scenes, monsters
15. Thirst

Korean Movie - 2009

8.0
- Genres: horror, mystery
- Trigger Warnings:
  animal abuse
  cannibalism
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
  graphic scenes
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || very unsettling, extremely gore, monsters
16. I Saw the Devil

Korean Movie - 2010

9.0
- Genres: crime, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
- Horror tag: ★★★☆☆ || sometimes gore, psychological
17. White: The Melody of the Curse

Korean Movie - 2011

5.0
- Genres: horror, mystery
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★★★☆☆ ||unsettling scenes, jumpscares, monsters
18. Lesson of the Evil

Japanese Movie - 2012

8.0
- Genres: drama, mystery
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
- Horror tag: ★★☆☆☆ || sometimes gore
19. As the Gods Will

Japanese Movie - 2014

6.0
- Genres: live-action, horror
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
- Horror tag: ★★☆☆☆ || jumpscares, monsters, mutilation
20. Tag

Japanese Movie - 2015

7.0
- Genres: mystery, drama
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || very unsettling, sometimes gore, monsters, psychological
21. The Wailing

Korean Movie - 2016

4.0
- Genres: horror, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  excessive blood and violence
  mutilation
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || unsettling scenes, very gore, psychological, exorcism, monsters
22. Train to Busan

Korean Movie - 2016

9.0
- Genres: horror, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★☆☆☆☆ || monsters
23. Forgotten

Korean Movie - 2017

9.0
- Genres: horror, psychological
- Trigger Warnings:
  self-harm
  suicide
- Horror tag: ★★☆☆☆ || jumpscares, unsettling scenes, psychological
24. It Comes

Japanese Movie - 2018

7.0
- Genres: horror, psychological
- Trigger Warnings
  excessive blood
- Horror tag: ★★★★☆ || unsettling scenes, very gore, exorcism, monsters
25. #Alive

Korean Movie - 2020

4.0
- Genres: comedy, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★☆☆☆☆ || monsters
26. The Closet

Korean Movie - 2020

1.0
- Genres: horror, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★★☆☆☆ || unsettling scenes, jumpscares, monsters
27. The Call

Korean Movie - 2020

5.0
- Genres: mystery, drama
- No Trigger Warnings
- Horror tag: ★☆☆☆☆ || psychological

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