Soju's 10 Horror Movie Recommendations | Part 2

by Soju, September 16, 2020

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Ah, I return with part 2! Below are some refresher terms from the last article on how I categorise my horror movies. Firstly, there is the 'Serious horror' category, where the movies are purely intended to be scary.

Secondly, there is the 'Comedic horror' category, where even though there are ghosts running around, you'll be laughing more than jumping off of your sofa. Then, there is the 'Narrative horror' category which puts a lot of importance on the story-line and/or moral values.

And finally, there is the 'Trash horror' category, that just has jump-scares on jump-scares but a shallow plot-line, if any. This recommendation list will contain movies that fall in most, if not all, of this list. I hope you enjoy it!

Click on image to be redirected. Spoilers ahead.

Horror Category: Serious. Duration: 1hr 36min My Rating: 7.5		35 years ago, a random act of violence was committed at a tourist hotel. A college professor, possessed by madness, went on a killing spree, slaughtering 11 hotel guests and employees. While recording his acts of violence on an 8mm camcorder, he slashed one victim after another, as they ran for their lives...35 years later a director called Matsumura (Shiina Kippei) wants to turn this crime story into a movie. Titled "Memory", he casts a young woman, Nagisa (Yuka), to his project. But as their shoot date closes in, Nagisa begins to have creepy dreams and hallucinations. Isn't the incident from the past yet over?
Horror Category: Trash + Serious. Duration: 1hr 40min My Rating: 7		An omnibus film of four stories pulled straight from Thailand's most gruesome headlines. In "Flame", a man (Akara) is haunted by regret and a ghost, after he survives a nightclub fire that killed his girlfriend (Kob). In "Imprison", a prisoner (Tae) questions his sanity after his cell-mate hangs himself. In "Revenge", a deaf-mute drug dealer (Gus) murders a woman thief (Due) in his apartment and makes the mistake of stashing her corpse in his apartment building's water duct. Finally, in the comic "Haunting Motel", an ageing stripper-cum-prostitute (Mai), a gay guy and his straight friend (Guy) end up in a hotel owned by a crazy old lady and haunted by a ladykiller.
Horror Category: Narrative + Serious. Duration: 1hr 54min My Rating: 8.5		Jo Gu (Lee Min Ki), a street magician, meets a miserable girl, Yu Ri (Son Ye Jin), during one of his performances, and she winds up the inspiration for his "Horror magic show." Yu Ri begins working as an extra on the show but the darkness inside her, something everyone around her sense, keeps her from truly connecting with anyone else.
Horror Category: Comedic. Duration: 1hr 45min My Rating: 7 Horror Category: Comedic Duration: 1hr 59min My Rating: 7.5 Horror Category: Comedic Duration: 1hr 35min My Rating: 5 ▸ [this one was honestly a mess, I would not put this on the list, but there are some people out there who want to watch all the parts of a franchise. So, this one's for you.]		Without thinking twice, a group of students who love to visit haunted places to challenge ghosts gathers their gang for another trial to explore the haunted Daeng building, which is a popular place for student suicide. The group decides to explore the place and challenge the supernatural beings there to "make them shudder", which leads to a chain of unforgettable and horrifying events. After the challenge at restricted school area (in Make Me Shudder), Nick (Nick), Bew (Kittipat), James (Puwadon) and his friends are now preparing for their university admission. Due to their lack of study, James brought his friends to have a blessing from Mae Nak Shrine. Nick did not believe in Mae Nak. He then insulted Mae Nak in front of his friends as always. Suddenly, a paranormal event brought the student gang back in time. They found themselves in Mae Nak's realm. The student gang decided to seek for any clue that would bring them back to their home. A group of friends go on a vacation in Phuket after their high school graduation. They build their tents next to the beach but unfortunately for them, a huge storm forces them to move indoors into a nearby hotel. They decide to sleep at the hotel for the night. However, they are all woken up by the same horrible dream of a Tsunami disaster. A gruesome sight greets them as they open their eyes; the hotel is filled with wrapped dead bodies. They crawl through the dead bodies hoping to escape from the hotel.
Horror Category: Serious. Duration: 1hr 44min My Rating: 6.5 [please let it be known that I only rated it 6.5 and not 7.5 because I was bitter that Krit and Ray died in the end.]		Karan (Krit) and Tee (Ray) are the two business owners who worked overtime late into the night, played horror pranks on their employees, only to be scared the lives out of them by the real ghosts haunting their office. Unfortunately, the company faces bankruptcy crisis until someone came along and offered them a project that will save them from the brink of closing down. This "project" would be a one night adventure to one of the top 5 most haunted hotels in ASEAN.
Horror Category: Serious. Duration: 1hr 40min My Rating: 7		Nard (Supawadee) is a high-schooler who is in a relationship with Mac (Chitipat), a senior from her school. When Nard gets pregnant, her mother persuades her to abort the baby while Mac's mother forces him to cut contact with Nard and sends him to study abroad. However, Nard dies during the abortion and returns as a ghost, haunting the apartment complex that she used to live in.
Horror Category: Narrative. Duration: 1hr 50min My Rating: 7.5		Ib (Care) and Boum (Namfah) decided to commit suicide together in Bangkok in 1997. After Boum went against her promise, Ib's revengeful ghost returns 20 years later to haunt Boum (Bee) and her 15-year-old daughter, Bell (Lilly).
Horror Category: Serious. Duration: 1hr 34min My Rating: 7.5		In 1979, 42 patients at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital killed themselves, and the hospital director went missing. Rumors and strange stories about the now abandoned Gonjiam Mental Hospital abound. An internet broadcaster (Ha Joon) recruits a handful of people for their 'experience the horror' show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as one of the '7 freakiest places on the planet' by CNN. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on the show. To attract more viewers, the show hosts play tricks on the guests, but things start to get out of hand when they are inside the place.
Horror Category: Trash. Duration: 1hr 36min My Rating: 7		Only after an ambitious property agent, Charlie (Carlos), joins a successful agency run by a rich couple, Gordon (Bryant) and Lucy (Mimi), did he realize the horrific secret behind the company's success. They make a high profit by buying properties for cheap after someone has died or been murdered there and then selling them back with exorbitant prices without mentioning the truth to the buyers. Charlie is caught in an ethical dilemma where he continues on selling these properties but is constantly haunted by the supernatural beings there.
Horror Category: Trash + Narrative. Duration: 1hr 35min My Rating: 7		After losing his wife in a traffic accident, Architect Sang Won (Ha Jung Woo) and his daughter, Yi Na (Heo Yool), move to a new house attempting to restore their estranged relationship and mentally heal. As soon as they arrive, Yi Na, who hardly spoke to her father, suddenly becomes cheerful, saying that she got a new friend. And then one night, she mysteriously disappears.