(SPOT.ph) Here's a pro-tip in case you're alone in the house and getting lonelier by the minute: Turn off the lights and look for some horror films to watch on your phone or laptop. You definitely won't feel like you're all alone anymore; perhaps someone's watching with you or watching you. Not quite what you had in mind? Sorry, this list of Asian horror titles to stream online is the only solution we can offer. Fingers crossed that you won't end up like the main character—or even a supporting one (that's even worse)—of these movies.
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Here are Asian horror movies on Netflix, Apple TV, and other streaming platforms:
Incantation (2022)
Where to watch: Netflix
Ah, this found-footage horror film from Taiwan left everyone who has watched it thinking that they're cursed, thanks to the creepy chant the main protagonist, Ronan (Tsai Hsuan-yen) made the viewers repeat after her throughout the film so that she could save her daughter, Dodo (Huang Sin-ting) from a curse.
If you have been living under the rock and haven't watched it yet, now's the time to join in the curse, erm, we mean the hype. It's some next-level breaking-the-fourth wall shit.
Shutter (2004)
Where to watch: Apple TV
This chilling Thai horror film follows Tun (Ananda Everingham), a photographer, and his girlfriend Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee) who are being haunted by the vengeful spirit of a young woman they hit with their car in the past. Are everyone's shoulders feeling a little heavy? Check if there's a ghost sitting on it, IYKWIM.
Eerie (2018)
Where to watch: Netflix
Where are all the Catholic students at? We're 100% sure you've heard a haunted story or two throughout the time you've spent studying in your schools—from elementary to college. In this 2018 Filipino suspense and horror film, Bea Alonzo stars as a guidance counselor in an all-girls Catholic school named Pat Consolacion who investigates the death of one of its students.
The Wailing (2016)
Where to watch: Netflix
A policeman Jong-Goo (Kwak Do-won) investigates deaths caused by a mysterious infection that plagued a small town in South Korea. The talk of the town is that the arrival of a Japanese stranger is the root cause of it. His daughter soon becomes one of the infected, and he does whatever he can to save his daughter, Hyo-Jin, from reaching the same fate as the ones before her.
Feng Shui (2004)
Where to watch: Apple TV
Admit it: We've all sworn over our dead bodies not to stare at our reflections on a Bagua mirror after watching Feng Shui in fear of crossing paths with Lotus Feet and, eventually, death. This Filipino supernatural horror film stars Kris Aquino. Just hearing "May uwi si nanay sa bahay... Sinabit niya... sa pader ng bahay," gives us chills.
Coming Soon (2008)
Where to watch: Apple TV
As if watching a horror movie alone isn't pure torture enough, this Thai horror flick will have you thinking if you're cursed (more than you already and normally are) after watching it, which means more mental torture. Coming Soon is a horror film within a horror film following two people who get invested in the based-on-true events horror film they're watching and decide to find out what really happened.
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Where to watch: Netflix
As the title states, this Korean psychological and horror classic revolves around the tale of sisters Soo-Mi and Su-Yeon (played by Lim Soo-Jungand Moon Geun-Young,respectively) after moving back to their house. Strange and disturbing incidents ensue inside their home, which will lead to a shocking truth about their dark past.
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
Where to watch: Amazon Prime
Ju-On, meaning "Curse of Grudge," is a curse born when a person dies with a deep and powerful rage, as it says in the Japanese horror movie franchise. In the 2002 Ju-On: The Grudge, the film revolves around a house where a vengeful spirit resides and the deaths that occurred in it. Side note: It's always the long-haired and crawling ones from the attic (plus her equally terrifying kid).
4bia/Phobia (2008)
Where to watch: Apple TV
You're in for a treat when you watch this horror anthology film from Thailand. Helmed by four directors: Youngyooth Thongkonthun, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom, and Paween Purijitpanya, 4bia has four stories—all of them connected—about an undead text mate; a bullied student's curse; a camping trip gone wrong; and a deadly flight passenger.
Ring/Ringu (1998)
Where to watch: HBO Go
Ring is on top of our minds when talking about classic Asian horror flicks. We all have Sadako on our "source of nightmare" list, too. If the name is unfamiliar, perhaps you can recall the sleepless nights you spent picturing the long-haired girl dressed in all white emerging from a well and coming out from our television screens. The 1998 Japanese film follows a journalist aunt who investigates her niece's death and the string of deaths linked to a cursed videotape. There are a lot of versions of this already, but it all boils down to that damned videotape.