5 hair-raising Asian horror flicks to spook you this Hungry Ghost Month

With today being the 15th day of the seventh Lunar month, grab some popcorn and scare yourself silly with these frightening flicks.

Hungry Ghost Festival is upon us, and what better way to mark the day than to watch Asian horror films like ‘Incantation’?

Indeed, it remains the highest-grossing Taiwanese horror film of all time and, upon its release on Netflix, was among the most-watched non-English films in the subsequent weeks. Made closer to home, this Singaporean production is set during the Hungry Ghost Month, making it fitting for this list.Despite initially being on good terms with her employers, things start taking a strange turn when she starts to see ominous signs.

But “Rigor Mortis” takes itself far more seriously, with horror elements interspersed with wuxia action scenes. Anyone vaguely familiar with Japanese horror will know the classics that are “Ringu” and “Ju-On”. Koji Shiraishi’s 2005 film, “Noroi: The Curse”, deserves to be included among its peers.

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