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For forty years, the people of the Zhao Dynasty have known peace. But that peace is threatened when ominous whispers from the West, of the appearance of a barbarian Beast Lord, begin to spread across the land. Knowing the Beast Lord is destined to unleash chaos on the world, a brave team of Demon Suppressors is called into action.&nbsp;

Born into the most powerful military family in the Zhao Dynasty, Hua Wu Chang (He Lan Dou) has long wished to join the mighty Demon Suppressors. Having spent her entire life looking up to her elder siblings, Wu Chang sees this new threat as the perfect opportunity to prove her worth as a Demon Suppressor. Volunteering to join the Western Expedition Team, Wu Chang is joined by Xiao Zhen (Wang Luo Jia) an orphan recently assigned to the team by the Demon Suppression Division’s newly appointed commanding officer.

Setting off for the West, Wu Chang, Xiao Zhen, and the rest of the Suppression Team know that failure in this mission is not an option. Facing off against the mighty Barbarian King, will this intrepid team be able to stop this monster before it’s too late?

The third installment of The Demon Suppressors series, “The Demon Suppressors: West Barbarian Beast” is a 2021 Chinese fantasy martial arts film directed by Huo Sui Qiang.

The Demon Suppressors: West Barbarian Beast

👿 The Demon Hunters 🔪

Despite not believing in the supernatural, Dr. Cheon (Kang Dong Won) and his assistant In Bae (Lee Dong Hwi) make their living by traveling the country to perform fake exorcisms for innocent believers. As a professional con man, Cheon is understandably shocked when he takes a job in a remote village and finds himself face-to-face with a little girl who is genuinely possessed by a supernatural being. With some shamanic ancestry to draw upon, will this charismatic con be able to conjure up the skills required to solve this mystery? This 2023 South Korean dark fantasy film was directed by Kim Seong Sik.

Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman

📿The Good Omen team

Rumor has it that a mysterious ghost will appear at a child’s bedside with an offer to make their wishes come true. Desperate to have a wish fulfilled, Kazuki Sakamoto (Kairi Jyo) and his friends decide to search for a “Ghost Encyclopedia,” a mysterious book that allows access to ghosts. The book's discovery, though, leaves them trapped in a terrifying spirit realm. The children must find a way to fight the ghosts and seal them inside the book if they ever hope to return to the human world... Adapted from the book series “Obakezukan" (おばけずかん) by Saito Hiroshi, this 2022 Japanese fantasy adventure film was directed by Takashi Yamazaki.

Ghost Book

👻Ghostbusters team👻

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While on his travels, a young man named Wen Ning (Paul Yu) comes across a mysterious town named Fu Feng. The town’s inhabitants live in perpetual fear of malevolent spirits who – so they say – are attracted to candle and lantern light at night time.

A spate of killings has taken place after dark, too, leaving the town’s residents shaken and in a state of desperation.

Their sense of dread leads them to live in darkness after nightfall, for fear of what might happen should they light a fire.

Determined to break the spell, the fearless Wen Ning purposefully lights a lamp in the dead of night, hoping to confront the evil spirits and fight them off.

But just as the shadowy forces are drawing near, his old acquaintance and brother-in-arms Lan Si Zhui (Zheng Fan Xing) appears on the scene, hoping to lend a hand.

Together, Lan Si Zhui and Wen Ning resolve to fight back against the forces of darkness – and rescue the town from the clutches of evil supernatural forces.

This movie is a spinoff of the series “The Untamed.” The series was based on the popular novel “Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation,” which was penned by BL author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.

“The Living Dead” is a 2019 Chinese fantasy movie directed by Qiu Zhong Wei.

The Living Dead

The Living Dead Team

Fund manager Seok Woo (Gong Yoo) lives in Seoul and is separated from his wife.

His life is his work, and he spends relatively little time with his young daughter, who misses him very much.

She asks him to grant him a birthday wish – to take her to the seaside city of Busan. He agrees and decides to take her out for the day on the KTX, a high-speed express train that links some of South Korea’s biggest cities.

They board the train, along with a number of fellow passengers, including a young couple who are expecting a baby, a homeless man, and the members of a high school baseball team.

One more passenger also boards, just as the train is preparing to pull out of the station – a flesh-eating zombie!

The zombie bites and infects a member of the train’s crew, and together the two zombies run rampant on the KTX, turning a large number of the passengers into zombies, too.

Outside the train, things are even worse. A full-blown zombie pandemic is raging, and many cities fall to the flesh-eaters.

The South Korean military manages to establish a safe haven in Busan – so Seok Woo and the other non-zombie survivors must pool their wits if they are to escape the train without getting infected!

Can Seok Woo bring his daughter to safety?

“Train to Busan” is a 2016 horror-action movie directed by Yeon Sang Ho.

Train to Busan

🧟‍ Next Stop Zombieland 🧟‍

Ho Doo (Kim Hyun Mok) and Ye Ji (Han Seung Yeon) are childhood friends who are down on their luck. Ho Doo has been working day and night in a part-time job in a convenience store, trying desperately to raise enough money to afford a place of his own. Ye Ji, meanwhile, has been trying to land a dream job, but keeps failing at the interview stage. One day, Ye Ji comes to Ho Doo to explain how another interview has gone disastrously wrong for her – but he surprises her by telling her that he has rented an amazing house for them. He has used some of Ye Ji’s money to cover the deposit, but she eventually agrees to move into the new place.

At first, everything seems to be going great, although Ye Ji thinks the deposit price and the monthly rent seem suspiciously low. It’s as if the offer is too good to be true, she thinks. Unfortunately, she’s right. They soon notice an unusual smell in the house and the lights start flickering on and off – before coming across a ghost! They have no money to hire an exorcist, so decide to try to banish the ghost themselves using “tips” they find on the internet. When that doesn’t work, they decide to seek the services of Ki Doo (Hong Seung Bum), an exorcist who is offering cut-price ghost-busting services for a limited time only…

“Show Me the Ghost” is a 2021 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Eun Kyung.

Show Me the Ghost

🐓🧸Ghost Friends 😎 Team🧂👻

Partially blind, Kyung Soo (Ryu Jun Yeol) struggles to see during the day, but his skill as an acupuncturist has earned him the attention of the palace. Recognized for his talent by Lee Hyung Ik (Choi Moo Sung), Kyung Soo is extended an invitation to work in the palace alongside the royal physician of King Injo (Yoo Hae Jin). Unable to refuse such an offer, Kyung Soo happily accepts, unwittingly setting himself on a dark and dangerous path.

Not long after accepting his position at the palace, Crown Prince Sohyeon (Kim Sung Cheol), who was taken hostage by the Qing Dynasty eight years ago, returns home. While the king is happy for his son’s safe return, their differences in opinion regarding the future direction of the dynasty upsets King Injo so much, that he soon begins to suffer from severe anxiety and paranoia. Unfortunately, Injo’s suffering is only further heightened when it is discovered that his son has been murdered.

With eyes that can only see in the dark, Kyung Soo witnesses Sonhyeon’s murder but all of his attempts to reveal the culprit are discounted due to his blindness. As the king begins to sink into madness, Kyung Soo attempts to reveal the truth surrounding the crown prince’s murder but his quest for justice soon marks him as a target for the palace’s power-hungry conspirators. Will Kyung Soo be able to mete out justice and restore peace to the palace or will his quest for the truth ultimately destroy him?

Inspired by historical events, “The Night Owl” is a 2022 South Korean period thriller drama film directed by Ahn Tae Jin.

The Night Owl

Jung Ji Woo (Sung Joon) is a web-based cartoon (webtoon) artist whose debut title fell flat. He is dating Da Hye (Kim Bo Ra) and the two are looking forward to spending his birthday together. But Jung Ji Woo is determined to ensure that his follow-up effort fares better than his first, so decides to look for some “real-world” inspiration. He has heard talk that a nearby apartment block named Gwang Lim Mansion is haunted, and that terrible incidents have occurred there, so decides to investigate. When he arrives, he runs into the apartment block’s ex-caretaker (Kim Hong Fa). The latter agrees to let Jung Ji Woo interview him, and the man starts to tell a series of increasingly macabre and spooky tales of things that happened to the block’s former residents.

He begins by telling Jung Ji Woo the story of a tormented author who craves peace and quiet, but can never seem to escape the noise. There is also the story of a pharmacist and her sordid affair with a married woman – a story that ends in mystery and murder! Further, there is the story of a property agent whose companion, a doll, appears to have come to life! Two students living together then find themselves living in an increasingly rotten room. And finally, the final story centers around the caretaker himself – and his ghastly secret identity. Will the horror overwhelm Jung Ji Woo, or will a late intervention from Da Hye save the day?

“The Grotesque Mansion” is a 2021 South Korean movie that was directed by Jo Ba Reun.

The Grotesque Mansion

👻The Cursed Team👻 

Working as a groomer at a local pet shop, So Yeon (Park Min Young) has an extensive list of four-legged clients. Having recently groomed a Persian cat by the name of Bidanyi, So Yeon is shocked to find that the cat’s owner has passed away. As one of the officers working on the case, So Yeon’s friend, Kim Jun Seok (Kim Dong Wook) knows she’s familiar with the cat and asks her to take care of it while the investigation into the owner’s death continues. Unable to say no, So Yeon takes the cat home but in doing so, she invites more than just a cat into her life.

With Bidanyi now a part of her daily life, So Yeon is soon plagued by nightmares of a young girl with cat-like eyes; a girl who quickly begins to appear as horrifying hallucinations during So Yeon’s waking hours. Terrified, So Yeon tries to understand why this terrifying child continues to haunt her. Seeking the advice of her friend, Bo Hee (Shin Da Eun), So Yeon is only further troubled when she learns that after adopting a cat of her own, her friend has also started seeing the cat-eyed girl. With no idea how to rid herself and Bo Hee of these awful nightmares, So Yeon seeks the help of Jun Seok; but he has more than enough problems of his own as a string of mysterious deaths has the entire precinct baffled.

Working together, So Yeon and Jun Seok begin to make a connection between the cat-eyed girl, Bidanyi, and the steadily increasing number of mysterious deaths. But will they be able to fit all the pieces of this puzzle together before it’s too late?

A terrifying thriller from start to finish, “The Cat” is a 2011 horror film directed by Byun Seung Wook.&nbsp;

The Cat

Hee Min (Chani of SF9) is the son of South Korea’s most powerful shaman – an individual who is able to communicate with the spirits of the dead in order to influence the world of the living. He thinks little of shamanism, but is forced to channel powers he never knew he had when malevolent spirits begin to terrorize the high school he transfers to.

Also at the school, he meets So Young (Park Yoo Na), with whom he falls in love at first sight. By chance, he finds her diary and decides to declare his feelings for her by returning it to her, along with a special gift – as a heartfelt declaration of his feelings. However, So Young is preoccupied with other matters: She know about dark secrets connected to the school and ghastly events the school authorities would rather sweep under the carpet. Can this duo help save the school from evil spirits – and maybe find love while they’re at it?

This movie was based on the video game “White Day: A Labyrinth Named School,” which was released for PCs in 2001, and issued as a mobile gaming console title in 2015.

“The Labyrinth” is a 2021 South Korean movie that was directed by Song Eun.

The Labyrinth

☯️ Evil Shamans Team ☯️ 

Young Hoon (Song Sae Byuk) is a seemingly ordinary man whose life takes a chilling turn when his wife is suddenly murdered. DNA evidence found at the crime scene appears to indicate that Young Hoon’s closest friend Joon Sung (Oh Min Seok) was the murderer. The police arrest and charge Joon Sung with the crime, despite his pleas of innocence. The only person who believes he did not kill the woman is his wife Da Yeon (Yoo Sun). She is so certain that he did nothing wrong that she approaches Young Hoon in a bid to convince him to testify in favor of her husband.

To her surprise, Young Hoon agrees, but only on the condition that she first helps him uncover the truth about what really happened on the day of his wife’s murder. She agrees, but the ensuing alliance seems shaky at best. Will this unlikely partnership really uncover the fact behind what happened...and can they really trust one another?

“The Culprit” is a 2019 South Korean movie that was directed by Goh Jung Wook.

The Culprit

Justice Team ⚖️

Asami Inaba (Keiko Kitagawa) is an ordinary, unassuming office worker. One day, her boyfriend answers a phone call in a taxi, but is in such a rush that he leaves his cell phone behind him on the seat. She calls him later, but a stranger answers the phone instead. A couple of days later, the phone is returned and she thinks the matter is behind her.

But in fact, she soon comes to realize that someone has managed to access the phone, correctly guessing its passcode and then downloading all of its contents. This person now begins to stalk Asami Inaba, using data from the phone to open up chapters of her life she thought were completely private. Pulling on clues from the phone like a string, this mysterious person is somehow able to access her and her acquaintances’ social media pages and bank accounts – sowing the seeds of chaos in both her personal and financial life. To make matters worse, a spate of brutal killings has also begun...and the female victims all bear an uncanny resemblance to Asami Inaba!

“Stolen Identity” is a 2018 Japanese movie that was directed by Nakata Hideo.

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