Best Vietnamese horror movies
A curated collection of popular horror movies from Vietnam.
Kumanthong (2019)
Kumanthong (2019)
Set in a poor countryside in the Southwest region in the 1990s, That Son Tam Linh tells the story in which the central character is a scholar with an ambitious and cruel ambition. Mindful of possessing mysterious powers, he did not hesitate to hand out to kill 4 young girls.
Stay Up Late (2022)
Stay Up Late (2022)
A woman who is up late thinks the shadow made by her coat is nothing, but she is wrong.
Spirits (2004)
Spirits (2004)
This story is divided in three chapters. 1) "The Visitor": The drifter writer Tran Thanh Loc arrives in an old house and is lodged by the gorgeous Hoa. Along the days, he falls in love for her and discloses the truth about the hostess. 2) "Only Child": Loc is sick, totally disconnected of the world, but his nurse Linh heals him. He writes the best-seller The Visitor about his relationship with Hoa and becomes a successful writer. He proposes and marries Linh, but when he decides to have a baby, Linh is haunted by her hidden obscure past. 3) "The Diviner": Linh's parents send the fraudulent diviner Lan to use her pretentious knowledge of Feng Shui to help Loc, and she sees ghost in the house. Her son and aspirant writer Bao does not believe on his mother until he finds a surprising secret about Loc.
Vietnamese Horror Story (2022)
Vietnamese Horror Story (2022)
The 3 interwoven stories unfold the terrifying Vietnamese urban legends revolving around an ill-fated superstar behind the iconic sugarcane lady poster, a has-been circus magician making a deal with the devil, and a sinister spirit trapped in an eerily desolate...
Milestones 23 (2011)
Milestones 23 (2011)
The film revolves around a young woman named Nha Trang with both beauty and success, she went to live in a rural outlying hoping to avoid the noise of the modern city as well as learn about the lives of poor people here. Not long after that, many horror stories in the suddenly strange happened to her, Nha Trang was afraid but she still trying to learn and deal with it.
Crimson Snout (2023)
Crimson Snout (2023)
The return of Nam and his girlfriend Xuan brings countless troubles to the family. He gradually discovers the broken relationships of the family members.
The Lift (2020)
The Lift (2020)
University student Trang's friend suddenly goes missing after she was last seen playing a ritual game in an elevator. She and her cousin investigate the place where the girl vanished, and get obsessively invested with what might be a door to a terrifying dark world. The exploration gets even darker when they commence a thrilling cat-and-mouse game with someone - or something - that's out to get them.
The Housemaid (2016)
The Housemaid (2016)
When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the vengeful ghost of his dead wife... who is out for blood.
The Ancestral (2022)
The Ancestral (2022)
After suffering a family tragedy, a widower named Thanh moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. Both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors. Their father seeks the help of a local psychologist, but chilling secrets and visions eventually prove that all is not what it seems in the old family house.
House in the Alley (2013)
House in the Alley (2013)
Until they lose their baby to a miscarriage, a young couple were happily settling into their new life in their spacious home. After the tragedy, Thao is inconsolable and won't let her baby's body leave the house. Normal life eludes her as terrifying visions undermine her sanity. Her husband, Thanh, experiences strange phenomena around their home and when his wife turns on him, he must race to uncover the secrets of the house in the alley before they lose their sanity and their lives.
The Soul Reaper (2023)
The Soul Reaper (2023)
Mysterious deaths occur in a community where someone, or something, is brewing The Skull Wine, the oldest form of dark magic.
Ma Da: The Drowning Spirit (2024)
Ma Da: The Drowning Spirit (2024)
In the dark waters of the Mekong River, corpse collector Le confronts MA DA - the vengeful drowning spirit, after it abducts her daughter. Determined to save her child, Mrs. Le embarks on a desperate rescue to prevent her child's ghostly fate beneath the waters.
Rock-a-bye Baby (2023)
Rock-a-bye Baby (2023)
A Vblogger is on the way of indentify the murderer who killed his parents by reconstructing three shocking murder cases in Vietnam, he found the commonalities between his parents' case and these three cases. At one point, he discovered that all the stories had a clue related to the fetus. And the killer who killed his parents is actually the person who has a very close relationship with him.
The Unborn Soul (2023)
The Unborn Soul (2023)
A couple, Tung and Thao, who have an ideal life, stable finances, and love each other deeply, have been married for four years but have yet to conceive a child. However, one day, Thao finally becomes pregnant with their first child. Strange laughter, the presence of a little girl, and unexplainable mysterious occurrences begin happening in their home. Nightmares continue to haunt Thao, and she believes that some supernatural force is tormenting her. Desperate to ensure the safety of their child, Thao decides to seek the help of a sorcerer, only to discover that a series of accidents were triggered by a mistake from years ago.
Xưởng 13 (2018)
Xưởng 13 (2018)
This is the first Vietnamese horror film set in the factory, the 13th studio introduces a new space that has never been seen on the screen. Through the words of the people around the workshop: "Hieu - he defended the dead in the workshop 13 has a strange hobby that makes everyone around the fear. Not touching or talking to people, he just likes to play with the cold hardened mannequins. Every day, dearly sing and confide in them. Dead for a year but at twilight people still hear Hien's voice pensive a song of singer Thuy Nhi as crying grievances. The mannequins who were friends with him in the past also often move for unknown reasons. They believe that Mr. Hieu's ghost is not still in the factory 13. Determined to have a clip to view millions, a group of young people broke into the factory to find the truth.
KFC (2016)
KFC (2016)
A necrophilic doctor, a man wearing headphones and a bunch of cannibals are just a few of the characters in this bizarre debut by director Lê Bình Giang about the cyclical effect of violence.
Never Trust a Stranger (2015)
Never Trust a Stranger (2015)
Nam, 22, fled to Saigon for a murder. In one accident, Nam reached the sights of Huy, 25, a mysterious character completely unknown. Knowing Nam need money to survive, so Huy promised Nam that he will pay 200 million in exchange for he can own Nam for 20 hours. And Nam has to do everything except things that are illegal. Nam were secretly sent back to the mysterious mansion of Huy, and from here Nam has to face the dangerous game and this guy's craziness. In this house, Nam is not alone like Huy told him before, but also with one young girl was stabbed to death and 1 grave. And when Nam want to escape the ghost house, only to discover Huy also stabbed to death. The killer is somewhere in the house? Who is she? Huy's relationship with the girl like? Can Nam safely escape with 200 million or not?
The Soul Lantern (2025)
The Soul Lantern (2025)
Inspired by Chuyện Người Con Gái Nam Xương and Đèn Âm Hồn, the story is set in a rural village in Northern Vietnam during the feudal era. Thương, a mother raising her son Lĩnh alone while awaiting her husband's return from war, faces eerie events after Lĩnh accidentally discovers a mysterious lantern. The boy begins calling the shadow cast on the wall his father. According to the village shaman, the lantern is a đèn âm hồn, capable of summoning vengeful spirits. Strange and haunting occurrences unfold, leaving Thương and the villagers to question: is the shadow truly Lĩnh's father or something far more sinister?
DEATH OF THE PIANIST (2022)
DEATH OF THE PIANIST (2022)
A crystal-lookalike glass bottle lead the pianist with its light, to his escape
The Ghost of Hua Family (1973)
The Ghost of Hua Family (1973)
The film is based on a tale about a wealthy family in Saigon. It was the first horror film made in Vietnam
Voodoo Doll (2017)
Voodoo Doll (2017)
After a long delay, the Doll returned to the box office race under the new name Linh Duyen: The Secret From Doll. The work of the couple director Vo Ngoc - Hanh Nhan impressed when bringing a story full of ghostly and scary about the subject of cursed figures and the principles surrounding the law of cause and effect.