Chinese horror include films from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, and

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that are part of the stream of Asian

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...

s. Like Korean and Japanese horror as well as other Asian horror films, many focus on ghosts ( yurei is also very common), supernatural environments, and suffering. Perhaps one of the best films for C-horror is '' The Eye'' directed by the

Pang brothers Danny Pang Phat and Oxide Pang Chun, collectively known as the Pang Brothers, are a filmmaking duo of screenwriters and film directors. The pair are twins, born in Hong Kong in 1965. Among their films is the hit Asian horror film, '' The Eye'' ...

which was later remade. There is also some comedy elements such as ''

Bio Zombie ''Bio Zombie'' () is a 1998 Hong Kong zombie comedy film, starring Jordan Chan. It spoofs George A. Romero's '' Dawn of the Dead'' and shows many similarities to Peter Jackson's ''Braindead''. Plot Woody Invincible and Crazy Bee are two youn ...

'', ''Troublesome Night'' film series, ''

The Vampire Who Admires Me ''The Vampire Who Admires Me'' () is a 2008 Hong Kong mystery comedy film directed by Cub Chin starring Samuel Pang and Roger Kwok and actresses JJ Jia Maggie Li, Natalie Meng, model Ankie Beilke, Winnie Leung, and model Tanya Ng. Cast ...

'', and ''

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts ''My Left Eye Sees Ghosts'' () is a 2002 Hong Kong film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, and starring Sammi Cheng, Lau Ching-Wan, Lee San-San, and Cherrie Ying. The film includes elements of tongue-in-cheek horror, comedy ...

''.

Jiangshi

Jiangshi fiction Jiangshi fiction, or goeng-si fiction in Cantonese, is a literary and cinematic genre of horror based on the jiangshi of Chinese folklore, a reanimated corpse controlled by Taoist priests that resembles the zombies and vampires of Western ficti ...

, revolving around the hopping vampire or zombie, is a subgenre of Chinese horror. A staple genre of

Hong Kong cinema The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of po ...

, jiangshi films blend horror with elements of comedy.

Notable films

* ''Black Sun: 731'' ** ''

Men Behind the Sun ''Men Behind the Sun'' (, literally ''Black Sun: 731'', also sometimes called ''Man Behind the Sun'') is a 1988 Hong Kong historical exploitation horror film directed by T. F. Mou, and written by Mei Liu, Wen Yuan Mou and Dun Jing Teng. The fil ...

'' (1988) ** ''Unit 731: Laboratory of the Devil'' (1992) ** ''Narrow Escape'' (1994) ** '' Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre'' (1995) * ''Bunshinsaba based on Bunshinsaba'' (2004) ** '' Bunshinsaba I'' (2012) ** ''

Bunshinsaba 2 ''Bunshinsaba 2'' () is a 2013 Chinese horror film directed by Ahn Byeong-ki. Plot A group of six: Song Qian, Nana, You Feng, Yufei, Yang Zheng, and Hongrui have gone their separate ways after attaining their bachelor's degree, with Song Qian p ...

'' (2013) ** ''

Bunshinsaba 3 ''Bunshinsaba 3'' () is a 2014 Chinese horror film directed by Ahn Byeong-ki. Plot A mental patient with a heart problem, Xu Lian, escapes from her facility to take back her daughter, Xiao Ai, from her grandparents' home. Her grandparents attem ...

'' (2014) * '' The Matrimony'' (2007) * ''

Blood Stained Shoes ''Blood Stained Shoes'' () is a 2012 Chinese horror film directed by Raymond Yip. Set in the 1930s, it tells the tale of a series of strange murders revolving around a pair of embroidered shoes. Cast * Ruby Lin as Su Er * Kara Hui as Madame Zhen ...

'' (2012) * ''

Mysterious Island ''The Mysterious Island'' (french: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's fam ...

'' (2011) * ''

Lift to Hell ''Lift to Hell'' (Chinese: 电梯惊魂) is a 2013 Chinese horror film directed Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (pla ...

'' (2013) * '' The Supernatural Events on Campus'' (2013) * '' Bugs'' (2014) * ''Jing Cheng 81 Hao based on

Chaonei No. 81 Chaonei No. 81 (, short for or Chaoyangmen Inner Street No. 81), sometimes referred to as Chaonei Church, is a house located in the Chaoyangmen neighborhood of the Dongcheng District in Beijing, China. It is a brick structure in the French Baroq ...

'' ** ''

The House That Never Dies ''The House That Never Dies'' () is a 2014 Chinese 3D thriller film directed by Raymond Yip. The story is based on that of a purportedly haunted mansion, Chaonei No. 81, which is located on No.81 Chaoyangmen Inner Street in Beijing, China. The C ...

'' (2014) ** ''The House That Never Dies II'' (2017) * ''

Over Your Dead Body is a 2014 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Miike. It was released on 23 August 2014. Summary A star, Miyuki Goto ( Kō Shibasaki) plays Oiwa, the protagonist in a new play based on the ghost story '' Yotsuya Kaidan''. She p ...

'' (2014) * '' Admission by Guts'' (2015) * '' The Boy'' (2016) * ''

Phantom of the Theatre ''Phantom of the Theatre'' ( zh, c=魔宫魅影, p=Mó Gōng Mèi Yǐng) is a 2016 Chinese thriller film directed by Raymond Yip, starring Ruby Lin, Tony Yang, Simon Yam, and Huang Lei. The film depicts a story set in Shanghai during the 1930s, ...

'' (2016) * ''

The Precipice Game ''The Precipice Game'' is a 2016 Chinese action thriller film directed by Wang Zao and starring Ruby Lin, Peter Ho, Jin Shijia, Gai Yuexi, and Wang Ji. Plot Liu Chenchen, a free-spirited young woman, rebels against her wealthy family and elopes w ...

'' (2016) * '' Guardians of the Tomb'' (2018) * * {{film-genre-stub