5 Underappreciated Korean Slasher Movies
Horror movies in the East are very different from those in the West. While the West tends toward slasher-style films, with numerous franchises running for decades with multiple entries, horror in the East tends to be more geared towards the supernatural and folklore with heavy roots in tradition and history.
While slasher films aren't that common in the East, especially in Korea, there are a few standout entries in the subgenre. From high school pranks gone too far to beach meet-ups turning to murder, here some great Korean slasher movies that horror fans might not have heard of.
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In a tale as old as time, a group of high school classmates decides to record a fake snuff film for a prank. The class nerd, complete with a pollution mask and perennial cough, is relentlessly bullied by his peers. Two girls take pity on him and invite him to spend the weekend at a remote cabin to make him feel better. Once there, the boy is attacked by three masked men who stabbed him repeatedly. It's soon revealed that the attackers are the bullies, one of the girls was in on the prank, and the knife was a fake. Except, the knife malfunctioned, and he is dead.
Panicked, they bury him and set the body alight, but he bolts upright before running off a cliff in a fiery blaze. If this sounds familiar, it is a very clear homage to Western slashers of the early 2000s, specificallyI Know What You Did Last Summer. A year after the incident, a masked killer begins to stalk the students, eliminating them one by one.
A group of friends, who have been communicating in an online chatroom, decide to finally meet in real life. They convene for a summer vacation on a secluded beach. It's all fun in the sun as the
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