This was Korea's original take on the zombie apocalypse, and it brought Korea's cinema to international attention. If you haven't seen this, you need to get on it. With everything from ghosts to monsters to killers, aesthetic cinematography, and in-your-face scares, Korea has carved out its own distinct place in horror cinema. With great Korean directors helming these films, it's no wonder why American directors name them as influences. In contrast to American horror, themes reflect and express problems in society, including classism, the education system, and obsession with social image.
Family is usually depicted as both the horror itself and the reason to fight back, as family is an important part of the culture.
Like Japanese horror, Korean horror focuses a lot on the psychological and the twisted. It gets brutal here, with creative, mind-boggling concepts and emphasis on violent revenge disturbed, anguished characters and crazy plot twists. K-horror differs from Western horror in the depth of its characters and relationships - which make their eventual fates even more terrifying. South Korean horror burst onto the scene in the late '90s so although it was a bit late to the game, it sure as heck didn't hold back.
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