Top 10 Most Haunting Disaster Movies on Korean Screens As of 2023

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The Flu

The Flu - The Most Haunting Korean Disaster Movie on Screen As of 2023.

Movie content The Flu (Korean movie)

The movie The Flu (Korean movie) tells the story of a new deadly flu virus that appears in a meat market in Seoul, South Korea. The virus spread rapidly and caused chaos across the country.

Amid that chaos, a group of people must find a way to survive and stop the spread of the virus. This group includes:

Kim In-hae (Soo Ae), a doctor working at an infectious disease hospital.
Kim Tae-seok (Jang Hyuk), a police officer is investigating the spread of the virus.
Choi Chang-wook (Park Hae-il), a man looking for a way to save his wife and daughter.
Can this group of people stop the spread of the virus and save Korea?

Basic information about the movie The Flu (Korean movie)

Movie name: The Flu (Korean movie)
Korean name: 감기
Genre: Horror, disaster
Director: Kim Sung-su
Main actors: Soo Ae, Jang Hyuk, Park Hae-il
Country: Korea
Release date: August 13, 2013

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Train To Busan

Train To Busan - The Most Haunting Korean Disaster Movie on Screen As of 2023.

Content of the movie Train To Busan

The movie Train To Busan tells the story of a group of people on a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan, South Korea. While the train was moving, a mysterious virus appeared and turned people into aggressive zombies.

Seok-woo (Gong Yoo), a single father, is taking his daughter, Soo-an (Kim Soo-ah), to Busan to visit his ex-wife. They meet a group of other people, including a pregnant woman, a baseball player, and a young couple.

The characters must find a way to escape the zombies and survive until they reach Busan, which is considered safe.

Basic information about the movie Train To Busan

Movie name: Train To Busan
Genre: Action, horror, disaster
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Main actors: Gong Yoo, Kim Soo-ah, Ma Dong-seok, Choi Woo-shik
Country: Korea
Release date: July 20, 2016

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Exit

Exit - The Most Haunting Korean Disaster Movie on Screen As of 2023.

Exit movie content

Exit tells the story of Lee Yong-nam (Jo Jung-suk), an unemployed man, and Eui-joo (Yoona), his girlfriend. Together they attended Yong-nam's mother's 70th birthday party at a restaurant.

While having fun, a cloud of toxic gas suddenly appeared and covered the entire city of Seoul. This toxic gas can be fatal if inhaled.

Yong-nam and Eui-joo must use all their climbing skills to find a way out of the restaurant and the city. They face many dangerous challenges, including:

Toxic gas is spreading and becoming increasingly dense.
Buildings began to collapse.
Police and rescuers could not reach them.
Can Yong-nam and Eui-joo escape the city and survive?

Basic information about the movie Exit - Air Escape

Movie name: Exit - Air Escape
Genre: Action, comedy, disaster
Director: Kim Sung-ho
Main actors: Jo Jung-suk, Yoona, Park In-hwan, Kim Ji-young
Country: Korea
Release date: July 31, 2019

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Sinkhole

Sinkhole - The Most Haunting Korean Disaster Movie on Screen As of 2023.

Content of the movie Sinkhole

The movie Sinkhole tells the story of Park Dong-won (Kim Sung-kyun), an ordinary man and his family who move into a house purchased after 11 years of labor. They held a housewarming party and invited all their friends.

While preparing for the party, a giant sinkhole suddenly appeared, swallowing the entire apartment complex, including the homes of Park Dong-won and his friends.

Park Dong-won, his wife Kim Jung-min (Kim Hye-jun), and their friends must find a way to escape the sinkhole before it is filled with water or toxic gas.

Basic information about the movie Sinkhole

Movie name: Sinkhole
Genre: Comedy, disaster
Director: Kim Ji-hoon
Main cast: Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Hye-jun
Country: Korea
Release date: August 11, 2021

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Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer - The Most Haunting Korean Disaster Movie on Screen As of 2023.

Snowpiercer movie content (Korean movie)

The movie Snowpiercer (Korean movie) is set in the year 2031, after an attempt to prevent global warming through climate intervention failed, causing the Earth to return to an ice age. The survivors are put on a train around the world called Snowpiercer, run by reclusive shipping magnate Wilford.

The film tells the story of Seok-woo (Chris Evans), a man who lives in the back car of the train, a place for the poor and despised. He plans to take his daughter, Soo-an (Ko Ah-sung), to the front carriage, which is reserved for the rich and elite.

Seok-woo and Soo-an meet another group of people who are also trying to get to the previous car. Together they plan to rebel against Wilford and the unfair class system on the ship.

Basic information about the movie Snowpiercer (Korean movie)

Movie name: Snowpiercer (Korean movie)
Genre: Fantasy, action, thriller
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Main cast: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell
Country: Korea, France, Germany, USA
Release date: May 20, 2013