Revenant to Connect: Top 5 spooky horror thriller K-dramas and movies you must revisit this Halloween season

If your inner self is screaming for some spine-tingling fun this Halloween season, you are in for a treat that's more of a trick! So, grab your cosy blanket and popcorns, and dive headfirst into our curated list of K-dramas that promises chills and thrills throughout the Halloween week. Whether your heart beats faster for psychological thrillers, or eerie supernatural tales, or the cult classics that everyone raves about, OTTplay Premium has you covered with some of the most underrated Korean horror thrillers that you should revisit or if not watched yet then must check out till the main date October 31, 2025.

Horror thriller K-dramas to watch on Halloween

Revenant

Kim Tae-ri plays a struggling student Ku San-young who works part-time to financially support her education. Things take a dark turn in her simple life when Ku San-young gets possessed by one of the the evil demons who were unleashed when the portal to another world opened. This sudden horrific shift in her life makes Ku San-young confront exorcist Yeom Hae-sang. Together they must unravel the truth behind the possessing demon's dark past.

Connect

The story begins with Ha Dong-su getting kidnapped by a gang of organ hunters only to get one of his eyes brutally removed and transplanted to a serial killer's dead body just to have terrible visions of terrifying attacks on the innocent residents of Seoul. Dong-su joins a new human race called Connect and prepares to chase those who did the heinous violence with him and finally get back his eye. Throughout this journey, Dong-su must endure the horrific visions from the that one eye.

Light Shop

This K-drama has an ensemble cast that includes Ju Ji-hoon, Park Bo-young, Bae Seong-woo, Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha, Park Hyuk-kwon, Kim Dae-myung, Shin Eun-soo, Kim Sun-hwa, and Kim Ki-hae in the leads. The story focuses on a mysterious shop that sells lights at the end of a dark ally. The shop is run by a spooky shopkeeper who acts as a point of connection between the living and the dead, drawing in a group of strangers who are all dealing with past traumas, exploring the afterlife.

Tarot

This is a South Korean movie that features Lee Joo-bin, Cho Yeo-jung, Kim Sung-tae, Ham Eun-jung, DEX, Park Ha-sun, Ko Kyu-pil, Oh Yu-jin, and Seo Ji-hoon in the leads. The story follows a group of friends who violeted the only rule of using someone else's tarot deck and unleash an evil curse from the cards. As they pull each card, they find their lives creepily get connected with the foretale, leading to a thrilling race against time to escape the horrors and deaths.

The Judge from Hell

Park Shin-hye returned to acting long after her marriage and first baby's brith with this K-drama. Although The Judge from Hell is not a typical horror genre, it has thriller and fantasy elements that makes it a drama for the Halloween. Shin-hye portrayed Kang Bit-na who who's a devil from the hell, secretly lives in the human body of a female judge. She has the only mission to drag the criminals back to hell by releasing them from getting lifetime sentences for her personal punishment.