Tags : Korean

Comedy Horror Monsters

Chaw (2009)

South Korea is a hot bed of horror movie making and a rising force in the film industry. So far it has given us the amazing auteur Park Chan-wook, classic killer flicks like The Host and R-Point along with a whole bloody bunch of imaginative movies already remade by Hollywood including A Tale of Two […]Read More

Competitions

Chaw competition

Following in the footsteps of The Host, Chaw is another remarkable entry into the new wave of Korean cinema and the Asian monster movie revival. Darkly humorous and equally terrifying, Chaw is the flesh eating, mutant offspring of Twin Peaks and Razorback with special effects from the team behind Lemony Snicket, The Perfect Storm, Day […]Read More

Ghosts

Into the Mirror (2003)

I’m sure you are aware that if a film is from Asia – Korea in this instance – and remotely scary, the chances are that it’ll be remade in America. Geoul sokeuro is no different. Many of you may have seen Mirrors with a down on his luck Jack Bauer trying to protect his family […]Read More

Psychological

A Bloody Aria (2006)

When we were sent this film, there was some debate about whether it was horror or not. Having read that it had been described as a Korean take on Deliverance, and after watching the trailer, I decided that it should be disturbing enough for us to feature on the site. Even if it was also […]Read More