Despite the fact that J-horror is long since dead, for the most part, the genre was always one of the most predominant ones in S/Se Asian, and particularly in the Asean countries, where horror was always quite popular. Recently, S. Korean genre cinema also seems to have made a turn towards the category, probably instigated by the huge success of “Train to Busan“, the sequel of which is also included in the list. Lastly, the trend that started in Indonesia with Joko Anwar‘s remake of “Satan’s Slaves” continued this year, with Kimo Staboel‘s “Queen of Black Magic” while the other member of Mo Brothers, Timo Tjahjanto also presented in an effort in the genre.
Without further ado, here are the best horror films of 2020, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2019, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them.
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Without further ado, here are the best horror films of 2020, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2019, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them.
*By clicking on the title,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
In a year featuring routine textbook, by-the-numbers ghost movies from around the world, including the South Korean Lingering or the US Grudge reboot, one more effort joins this growing legion of films. First-time director Lester Hsi offers up his take on the format with this new ghost movie, that at least boasts a found-footage component on traditional ghost movie, now available on Netflix.
Attempting to investigate a strange urban legend, news reporter Wen De Ji (Jc Lin) looks into the disappearance of several students after trying to invoke the legend. The students, Meng Po-ju (Vera Yen) Te-chuan (Summer Meng), Wen-yao (Cheng Ko) Yu-ching (Ruby Zhan) and Hsien-chao (Ning Chang), who were playing a game with a local bridge that was said to be haunted by a malicious ghost who haunts the location after committing suicide there. As she gets deeper into the investigation of their accidents, the more she comes...
Attempting to investigate a strange urban legend, news reporter Wen De Ji (Jc Lin) looks into the disappearance of several students after trying to invoke the legend. The students, Meng Po-ju (Vera Yen) Te-chuan (Summer Meng), Wen-yao (Cheng Ko) Yu-ching (Ruby Zhan) and Hsien-chao (Ning Chang), who were playing a game with a local bridge that was said to be haunted by a malicious ghost who haunts the location after committing suicide there. As she gets deeper into the investigation of their accidents, the more she comes...
- 12/13/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
In a year featuring so much upheaval and unrest, the popularity of ‘comfort-food’ fare has become increasingly relied on for many trying to escape what’s going on in the rest of the world. This is precisely what Kim Yoon-een’s latest film “Lingering” turns out to be, a comfort-food supernatural genre outing that doesn’t do anything remotely impressive but serves itself well for what it’s trying to do, making for an overall exact definition of the term which can now be seen streaming on the genre service Shudder.
Wanting the best for her friends’ daughter, Yoo-mi (Lee Se-yeong) decides to take Ji yoo (Park So-yi) to a remote hotel in the countryside to help out until her mother can return for her. With her Aunt Gyeong-seon’s (Park Ji-young) help, they decide to stay at the hotel when Ji-yoo takes a liking to the place and agrees...
Wanting the best for her friends’ daughter, Yoo-mi (Lee Se-yeong) decides to take Ji yoo (Park So-yi) to a remote hotel in the countryside to help out until her mother can return for her. With her Aunt Gyeong-seon’s (Park Ji-young) help, they decide to stay at the hotel when Ji-yoo takes a liking to the place and agrees...
- 11/11/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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