Oh, horror films. How many viewers have you kept up late at night? One of the most popular movie genres to date are horror films. Maybe it’s just human nature to scare ourselves at our wit’s end. Maybe there are just a lot of guys out there looking to get a hug from their terrified gal.
Whatever the case, horror films are here to stay and in the history of cinema, there have been a ton of terrifying films out there. We’re all familiar with cult classics such as Alien, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Child’s Play, A Nightmare On Elm Street and so many others more. They’re pretty decent horror films but let’s be honest, when it comes to producing the best horror flicks out there, no one does it better than Asia.
Thanks to the hodgepodge of cultures and beliefs, Asian horror flicks offer a variety of experiences and of course, scares. Asia’s countries are known for some of the scariest films made for man but there are some standouts in the uncountable bunch. Here are some of the most terrifying Asian horror movies you’ll regret watching.
15. The Healing
Even the Philippines has produced a spooktacular horror movie and one of the scariest to date is 2012’s The Healing. Don’t let the title fool you, The Healing is a very disturbing film and its scares rely on gore and the distorted face of the main baddies’ victims.
It’s about a group of individuals who are plagued with a curse after seeking help from an unconventional doctor. Whenever they see a doppelgänger, that spells instant doom for a person. Once they find the real person, he or she will have a very distorted look on their face and it’s obvious that they’re already goners. Even worse is that the victims tend to kill several others more before offing themselves. The deaths are as brutal as the faces and behind all of it is a simple premise; faith healing.
14. Kairo
Japan gets really creative when it comes to thinking about sources of supernatural baddies and omens. We’ve seen wells, ringtones, cabinets, TVs and more, as the nesting ground of ghosts so it should be no surprise that Japan will also use the Internet as a medium of terror.
The film starts off with poor victims looking at an image of themselves and their deaths on the internet. This leaves them so devastated and depressed that they actually do commit suicide. Small cases scattered around Tokyo continue to spread and before everyone knows it, the “curse” has become an epidemic already. Making the Internet as the medium that spirits use to kill others is way too creepy for us as it’s too close to potential reality.
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