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Director: Jong-yuk Lee
Release date: December 27, 2002
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Starring:
Yeom Jeong-ah,

Ji Jin-hee

Jo Seung-woo

Seung Ji-roo

Kwon Kyeok-poong

Synopsis:
A serial killer named Shin-Hyun gives himself up to police. He confesses to committing a series of particularly horrifying murders of exclusively female victims. Warning, the full summery reveals certain spoilers. (IMDB.com)

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Burn

Aka: Khon Fai Luk
Director: Peter Manus
Release date: 2008
Language: Thai
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Suspense

Starring:

Bongkot Kongmalai
Chalat Na Songkla

Synopsis:

Burn circles around the mystery of Spontaneous human combustion (SHC), the belief that the human body sometimes burns without an external source of ignition.
The story follows the investigation of a female victim’s mysterious death caused by SHC. Mona, the daughter of the victim, is an ambitious lawyer who accidentally involves in the crime. She regrets the unfinished reconciliation between her and her mother.
The incident brings her to Ploy, a nurse whose mother passed from SCH as well. Both girls seek to find the truth behind their mother’s death. Kwan, a diehard journalist, follows her instinct to unveil the evil force behind the case.

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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Aka: Chinjeolhan Geumjassi
Director: Park Chan-wook
Release date: July 29, 2005
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Starring:
Lee Young-Ae
Choi Min-Sik
Kwon Yea-Young
Kim Byeong-Ok
Kim She-hu

Synopsis:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, she gets closer and closer to her goal. But will her actions lead to the relief she seeks?

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Aka: Boksuneun Naui Geot
Director: Park Chan-wook
Release date: March 29, 2002
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (soft sub)
Genre: Drama, Suspense

Starring:
Song Kang-ho
Shin Ha-kyun
Bae Doona
Lim Ji-eun

Synopsis:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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The Host

Aka: Gwoemul (Monster)
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Release date: July 27, 2006 (South Korea)
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Suspense

Starring:
Kang-ho Song
Hie-bong Byeon
Hae-il Park
Bae Doo-na
Ko Ah-seong

Synopsis:
Gang-du is a dim-witted man working at his father's tiny snack bar near the Han River. One day, Gang-du's one and only daughter Hyun-seo comes back from school irritated. She is angry at her uncle, Nam-il, who visited her school as her guardian shamelessly drunk. Ignoring her father's excuses for Nam-il, Hyun-seo is soon engrossed in her aunt Nam-joo's archery tournament on TV. Meanwhile, outside of the snack bar, people are fascinated by an unidentified object hanging onto a bridge. In an instant, the object reveals itself as a terrifying creature turning the riverbank into a gruesome sea of blood¡¦ Amid the chaos, Hyun-seo is helplessly snatched up by the creature right before Gang-du's eyes. These unforeseen circumstances render the government powerless to act. But receiving a call of help from Hyun-seo, the once-ordinary citizen Gang-du and his family are thrust into a battle with the monster to rescue their beloved Hyun-seo.

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Orthros no Inu

Aka: オルトロスの犬
Director: Arata Kato and Natsuki Imai
Release date: 2009
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Episodes: 9 + Special

Starring:
Takizawa Hideaki as Ryuzaki Shinji
Nishikido Ryo as Aoi Ryosuke
Mizukawa Asami as Hasebe Nagisa
Yaotome Hikaru as Kumakiri Masaru
Yamamoto Ryuji as Shibata Sosuke
Harada Natsuki as Maezono Chiharu
Oshinari Shugo as Yoshizumi Masato
Haru as Shirakawa Kana

Synopsis:
Ryuzaki Shinji who possesses a “God Hand”, the power to heal wounds and illnesses just by touching the patient, is in fact a dark introvert who does not reveal his true self to others. Aoi Ryosuke who possesses the “Demon’s Hand”, the power to kill a person just by touching him, is as kind and pure as an angel. When the demon meets the God, a fatal battle begins…
Detective Hasebe Nagisa gets caught by the criminals during a deep cover operation. Ryosuke, a man she does not even know comes to save her and she witnesses his “Demon’s Hand” in action. Thereafter she discovers by coincidence the existence of Shinji’s “God Hand” and brings the two together. Little did she know that this would cause great disorder to the world and even to her own life…
(Credit: Dramawiki)

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Curiosities:
The title "Orthros no Inu," is derived from the two-headed dog from Greek mythology.

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Old Boy

Director: Park Chan-wook
Release date: 2003
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mature 18+, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Starring:
Choi Min-Sik
Yu Ji-Tae
Kang Hye-Jeong
Ji Dae-han
Oh Dal-su

Synopsis:
An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, he soon finds out that not only his kidnapper has still plans for him, but that those plans will serve as the even worse finale to 15 years of imprisonment.
(Credit: IMDB.com)

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Ouija Board

Aka: Bunshinsaba / Witchboard
Director: Ahn Byeong-ki
Release date: 2004
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Suspense

Starring:
Gyu-ri Kim as Lee Eun-ju
Se-eun Lee as Lee Yu-jin
Yu-ri Lee as Kim In-suk
Seong-min Choi as Han Jae-hun
Jeong-yun Choi as Ho-kyeong

Synopsis:
Yu-jin and her blind mother move to a small village from Seoul. On her first day at the new school, Yu-jin gets picked on by her classmates. Along with other victims of hatred, Yu-jin puts a curse on the four girls tormenting them through a Ouija Board.
On her second day at school, one of the spellbound bursts into flames and dies just as she sits down where Yu-jin used the board. The next day, another victim burns to death, and now the school is enclosed by horror.
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Ghost Game

Aka: Laa Thaa Phii / ล่า-ท้า-ผี
Director: Wichiensarn Sarawut
Release date: 2006
Language: Thai
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror / Mystery /Suspense

Starring:
Pachornpol Jantieng as Yut
Kittilak Chulakrian
Wacharin Jinamulee
Chanetphaka Korsuwan
Thanyanan Mahapirun

Synopsis:
Ghost Game tells the story of 11 contestants who sign up for a scary reality show which forces them to confront the supernatural and their innermost fears. They're brought to an ancient war museum in Cambodia, which was used as a Khmer Rouge prison twenty years before. Thousands of innocent people were tortured and killed there during the Cambodian war in the 1970s. Now the museum is abandoned, and no one dares to step inside. The single winner of the show will be rewarded for 5 million Baht ($US 130,000), the highest amount ever offered on a Thai game show. Inspired by the big reward, they accept to risk their lives in the museum, confronting traps set by the show's producers, as well as those of the real ghosts whose spirits haunt the place.
(Credit: Imdb)

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cd 02: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - sub

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Tagline: 500 Million Baht in Cash, 11 Contestants ... Dare to Play?

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Acacia

Director: Park Ki-hyeong
Release date: 2003
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Starring:
Hye-jin Shim as Choi Mi-sook
Jin-geun Kim as Kim Do-il
Oh-bin Mun as Kim Jin-sung
Na-yoon Jeong as Min-ji

Synopsis:
Mi-sook is married to Do-il, an obstetrician. She's living a happy life with her husband and father-in-law, but they failed to have a baby for years after they got married. Instead, they adopt Jin-sung. Mi-sook, Do-il and Jin-sung get along with each other quite well, until Mi-sook finally becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy.
Jin-sung begins to feel neglected by his family. He shows an unusual affection toward an acacia tree in their garden. One rainy night, Jin-sung overhears his grandmother telling Mi-sook to send him back to the orphanage. He runs out of the house and disappears. After that, the acacia tree comes into full bloom, filling the whole house with the deep scent of acacia flowers. Strange things begin to happen.
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Curiosities:
Award:
Fantasporto: Orient Express Section Grand Prize: Park Ki-hyeong
Award Nominations:
Fantasporto: International Fantasy Film Award: Best Film: Park Ki-hyeong
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Film: Park Ki-hyeong

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Diary

Aka: Mon Seung / Wishful Thinking
Director: Oxide Pang
Release date: 2006
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Starring:
Charlene Choi as Leung Wing-na
Isabella Leong as Yee
Shawn Yue as Wai-ha

Synopsis:
The dour and volatile Winnie likes to make wooden puppets and write in her diary. After her boyfriend Seth leaves her, Winnie becomes increasingly emotionally and psychologically unstable.
At the urging of her friend, she starts a new relationship with Seth-lookalike Ray, but the relationship soon makes the same downward spiral as before.
As the situation worsens, so too does her grasp of reality. Or perhaps none of this is real in the first place.
The answers all lie in her diary...
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Black Kiss

Aka: Shinkuronishiti / Burakku kisu
Director: Tezuka Makoto
Release date: 2004
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Suspense, Thriller

Starring:
Masanobu Ando
Reika Hashimoto
Seri Iwahori
Kikuo Kaneuchi
Kaori Kawamura

Synopsis:
Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss."
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The Clue Collector

Aka: Mysterious Incredible Terminator / MIT / Pi Li MIT
Director: Qing Zhen Lin
Release date: 2009
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Episodes: 16
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Suspense

Starring:
Aaron Yan as "007" Zhan Shi De
Gui Gui as "Tian Mo Xing" Li Xiao Xing
Lu Ting Wei as "187" Qian Fu Hao
Huang Hong Sheng as "747" Huang Hui Hong
Christine Fan as Tao Mei Ren (Cherry)
Tian Li as Lu Qi Ya (Angel)
Zhang Shan Jie as Lu Ke Ying
Honduras as Tao Ying Ming

Synopsis:
The legend of a team called MIT secretly protecting Sheng Ying School was never public acknowledged but nonetheless spread wildly among the student body. For some reason, the team had disappeared and evil began to rack havoc in the school. The last remaining member of MIT, Teacher Cherry, decided to recruit the baddest of all bad students, 007, 187, 747 and Tian Mo Xing, to form a new generation of MIT who would solve the crimes and restore the school back to its former glory.
(Credit: Dramawiki)

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Bloody Beach

Aka: Haebyeoneuro Gada
Director: Kim In-soo
Release date: 2000
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Suspense, Thriller

Starring:
Kim Hyun Jung as Nam-kyeong
Jae Hee as Won-il
Lee Se-eun as Yeong-woo
Lee Seung-chae as Yu-na
Lee Jeong-jin as Sang-tae
Kim Min-sun as Do-yeon

Synopsis:
A group of chat room buddies decide to meet together in reality on the beach for some fun in the sun. However, their vacation transforms into a nightmare as each person except Nam-kyeong is murdered by the mysterious person 'Sandmanzz' with gruesome deaths.

(Credit: Wikipedia)

Review:

Just another slasher movie in the same line as I Know What You Did Last Summer. Nothing special but not a totally waste of time if you like this kind of movies.

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Into the Mirror

Aka: Geoul Sokeuro
Director: Kim Sung-ho
Release date: 2003
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English(Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Suspense

Starring:
Ji-tae Yu as Woo Yeong-min
Myeong-min Kim as Heo Hyeon-su
Hye-na Kim as Lee Ji-hyeon / Lee Jeong-hyeon
Ju-bong Gi as Jeong Il-seong

Synopsis:

Wu Young-min, a former policeman who inadvertently brought about the death of his partner during a faceoff with a criminal, has quit the police force and now heads up security at Dreampia Department Store as an employee of the security company SecuZone. Having been caught up in the situation at the department store, Wu comes across his former rival and co-worker Ha Hyun-su, who now heads the investigation into the recent murders.

The presence of Ha and the situation as a whole causes Wu to relive the horrendous memories which he has since tried to forget. Meanwhile, Choi Sang-ki is head of SecuZone, which is hurrying to solve the recent string of murders. A mysterious woman Lee Ji-hyun is also found lingering about the crime scenes. Without wishing it, Wu is drawn farther and farther into the deeping mystery surrounding the murders.
(Credit: Imdb)

Review:

This is one of the best horror movies I've seen so far. Great performances, lots of suspense, an amazing plot and a stunning end. I'm sure everyone will like this movie and if you are one of those who have seen the american remake and didn't like it, please don't refrain to watch the original because the movies can't be compared. You know you can't compare the masterpiece of the original with a bad remake.

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Tagline: In the deep night, if you live alone, don't look in the mirror!

Award:

Gérardmer Film Festival: Audience Award - Sung-ho Kim

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Fear Factors

Directors: Gwong Mak Kai, Wong Ally and Wang Tao-nan

Release date: 2007

Language: Cantonese

Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Suspense

Starring:

Subconscious

Candy Lo as Sister
Shiu Hung Hui as Beggar
Ken Chang as Ah Wah

Crazy Analysis

Tiffany Lee as Yuk Ling
Terence Yin as Tin King

Synopsis:

Subconscious

In a closed room with some dim light at the suburbs, a man and a woman are lying on the floor. They are in a coma. And, there is a small knife stabbed into the stomach of the man. The woman wakes up. She finds that the door is locked. From the crack between the door and its frame, she finds a door key on the ground outside. However, she fails to get the key .

The man finally awakes. With much fear, he feels pain. In communicating with each other, the two of them realize that they have lost their memories. Suspicion has thus arisen. The air in the secret room is getting thin. The woman loses her senses. She has decided to pull out the knife from the man to get the key. Eventually, she succeeds.

They leave the room, They walk unsteadily in the opposite directions. Later on, the man discovers he himself is the target of the kidnap! Moreover, he finds a corpse of a young female on the floor. He recollects she is his girlfriend. He regains most of his memory... He alleges that the woman is the kidnapper. Is she really the kidnapper?

Crazy Analysis

Tin King works at the butcher's. However, he doesn't like cutting meat, he likes to cut men. One day, he receives a long distance call. He is told his uncle Yim Sing, a biological research worker in China, died suddenly. He left Tin King a factory.

King arrives at the factory. It is an abandoned factory. When he goes inside, it gives him a feeling of horror. Suddenly, he sees a girl dressed in white! He is shocked. Later, he discovers that the girl in white is not a ghost. She is blind, deaf and dumb, yet she is beautiful. He wants to molest her.

Unexpectedly, the girl stares at King with a grim laugh. King is horrified. He thinks she is mentally ill. The girl chases King with a knife in her hand. King is scared to death. In his horror, King kills himself.

Eventually, King finds out that these were all experiments carried out by Yim. As expected by Yim, when King thought that the girl in white was a ghost, he was frightened. When he came to know that she was a blind, deaf and dumb girl, he wanted to bully her, but when being chased by her, he was terrified.

When the girl, Yuk Ling, suggests to Yim that he should kill King and cut him up before burying, all of a sudden, King stands up with blood on his face. He walks towards Yim to kill him. Yim is panic-stricken. It turns out to be a plot of King and Ling!
(Credit: Asianmediawiki)

Review:

Great performances and stunning plot specially in the second story. I love how they tell the story from different perspectives. This movie was recommended by a friend and I didn't regret the time spent watching it.

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Angel's Dust

Aka: Enjeru Dasuto

Director: Ishii Sogo

Release date: 1994

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Starring:

Kaho Minami as Setsuko Suma
Takeshi Wakamatsu as Rei Aku
Etsushi Toyokawa as Tomoo
Ryoko Takizawa as Yuki Takei

Synopsis:

Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who Setsuko used to date. As she get closer to the solution, she gets more and more convinced that Aku's deprogramming of former sectmembers is important.
(Credit: Imdb)

Review:

I didn't watch this movie yet so I can't make a review but if you did please let us know what you think :)

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01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11

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Awards:

Japanese Professional Movie Awards:

Best Actor: Etsushi Toyokawa

Yokohama Film Festival:

Festival Prize - Best Cinematography: Norimichi Kasamatsu

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Goosebumps

Aka: Sorum

Director: Yun Jong-chan

Release date: 2001

Language: Korean

Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Suspense

Starring:

Jang Jin-Young as Sun-yeong
Kim Myeong-min as Yong-hyun

Synopsis:

Yong-hyun moves into a creepy apartment which seems somehow familiar to him. His apartment was formerly occupied by a writer who burned to death in his room, but that doesn't seem to bother the detached young taxi driver.

Across the hall from him is Jin-young who endures daily beatings from her husband. Her husband knows of a brutal murder that occurred about 30 years ago within the walls of this building and mysteriously touches on all their lives. Strange secrets begin to reveal themselves sending the characters down a path of terror...
(Credit: Imdb)

Review:

I watched this movie some years ago and the truth is I didn't really like it much because the plot is too twisted. But the performances are great and Myeong-min Kim is so sexy it's worth to watch it at least once :p.

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Trailer: N/A

DDL:

01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - Sub

Online Streaming: MySoju

Curiosities:

Awards:

Blue Dragon Awards:

Best Actress: Jin-Young Jang

Fantasporto: International Fantasy Film Award

Best Actress: Jin-Young Jang

Best Director: Jong-chan Yun

Special Jury Award: Jong-chan Yun

Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema:

Best Actress: Jin-Young Jang

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Burn

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

The Host

Orthros no Inu

Old Boy

Ouija Board

Ghost Game

Acacia

Diary

Black Kiss

The Clue Collector

Bloody Beach

Into the Mirror

Fear Factors

Angel's Dust

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