The 40 most popular chinese horror movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


Blood: The Last Vampire
2009 · 1h 31m · CN
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling". Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.


Anaconda
2024 · 1h 24m · CN
A struggling circus crew gets deceived by its former partner, as it embarks on a tour in Thailand. During the journey through a Southeast Asian rainforest, they encounter attacks by a giant python. They meet a mysterious man named Jeff who offers to help, but they soon realize he's a poacher. As they search for Jeff's boat, they face life-and-death struggles with the python and Jeff himself.


7 Guardians of the Tomb
2018 · 1h 30m · AU
An innocent discovery of a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000 year old nightmare - a secret that should have remained buried.


Restart the Earth
2021 · 1h 29m · CN
When a drug to replicate plant cells creates a sentient form of flower, the planet is over taken by flora and humankind is depleted. A Chinese task force, a widowed father and his young daughter fight to survive in a mission to inject an antidote to the core of the plants to reverse their growth.


Zombiepura
2018 · 1h 25m · SG
When a mysterious virus breaks out in an isolated army camp, a lazy reservist soldier and his tough commander must work together to survive, and learn what it means to be real soldiers.


Snake 5: Monster City
2026 · CN
After escaping prison during a monster attack, convict Wu Chuan must navigate a city overrun by prehistoric creatures and lead a desperate fight to save his trapped mother and stop an ancient beast from destroying the city.


Mojin: The Lost Legend
2015 · 2h 7m · CN
Three tomb raiders retire from their roles and move to New York to enjoy the rest of their lives. However, they are asked to resume duty in order to find out the reason behind the loss of a loved one.


The Imp
1996 · 1h 36m · HK
Shan is in search of her twin sister who disappeared leaving nothing more than a native doll. Along the way she meets a mobile film crew. They discover that something isn't quite right with the boarding house in which they're staying.


Mojin: The Worm Valley
2018 · 1h 50m · CN
Legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi is on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the Tomb of Emperor Xian, located on an island of monstrous creatures in this mystical action-adventure.


Killer Shark
2021 · 1h 19m · CN
A group of friends were on their holiday on a private yacht. Unfortunately, the yacht hit the reef at the middle of the sea, bringing everyone into the sea. What's more, a shark with genetic mutation attacked them. The shark was huge, with bad temper and mania. The group drifted on the sea, in danger of the attacks from the shark and even more challenges.


A Chinese Ghost Story
2011 · 1h 40m · HK
Government official Ling Choi Sin journeys to the parched Black Mountain Village, to help its inhabitants find water. As he leads a group of volunteers up the haunted mountain, he encounters a bevy of sexy demons as well as a lovely girl named Siu Sin. After wooing her with some candy, he falls for her... and then realises that he is caught in a deadly triangle; another guy, a demon-hunter named Yan Chek Ha is also in love with Siu Sin. However, before the two men can settle their differences, they have to contend with the evil Tree Demon as well as a one-armed demon hunter who is determined to kill all the supernatural beings.


That Demon Within
2014 · 1h 52m · HK
By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the gang had betrayed, to engineer a plan to wreak havoc within the gang and let the gangsters kill one another. But it becomes increasingly obvious to Dan and to his colleagues that Dan is suffering from a severe mental disorder, and Dan finds that instead of upholding the law as a righteous police officer, he has now become a fugitive wanted for murder.


Monster of The Deep
2023 · 1h 18m · CN
Since witnessing the death of his wife in a shipwreck, Zhang Yang, who has spent half of his life at sea, vowed never to set foot in the ocean again. However, on his daughter's 12th birthday, Zhang Yang, who could not resist his best friend's persuasion to fulfil his daughter's wish, broke his vow and participated in a sea smuggling and embarked on an ocean liner that was no different from a steel prison. At the same time, a horrible accident happened, a deep sea monster that has never been seen before has escaped from the ship's laboratory. With the genes of the natural predator, the human on board launched a merciless hunt, will all be put to the test of survival. (Source: iQiyi)


The Wrath of Vajra
2013 · 1h 55m · CN
In the 1930s , a Japanese cult called The Temple of Hades was ordered to cooperate with the Japanese military to destroy China. They buy so many young children from poor family , who will be trained as a lethal killing machine and serve the Empire of Japan. One of them is Vajra , who was forced by his captors to fight for the food , and accidentally causing the death of his brother. Several years later , Vajra grown up and become one of the biggest killer in the Hades sect. Vajra escapes to China and joins Shaolin , where he receives spiritual enlightenment and determined to support China against Japan.


Special Monster
2025 · 1h 24m
Stranded on an island infested with aliens after their tourist boat has been sunk by a sea monster, Tianxiao 'Victor' Chen, Xiaohang Ren, Gu Feng and their gang struggle to look on the bright side of life:


Crocodile Island
2020 · 1h 26m · CN
The surrounding areas of the Devil's Sea is also known as the Bermuda Triangle of Asia. Due to electromagnetic interference, aviation accidents are common in the region. Lin Hao and his daughter Yi are passengers of Flight GZ261. As it flies over the Devil's Sea, the plane malfunctions, causing an emergency landing on a crocodile island. Hao and other driving passengers encounter enormous sized crocodiles and spiders and engages in a battle for survival. When Yi is captured by the giant beasts, Hao fights for his life to rescue her daughter.


Snake Infestation in Factory
2025 · 1h 20m · CN
A corrupt factory’s illegal grave-digging unleashes a deadly two-headed python, provoking a brutal snake attack on a nearby town. As security officials and factory leaders attempt to exploit the creature for profit, ordinary workers are forced to confront human greed and fight for survival when nature strikes back.


Blood Ties
2009 · 1h 36m · SG
Many people believe when a person dies, his soul returns on the 7th night. After Shun was brutally murdered, his spirit returned to possess his 13 year old sister to exact his revenge. On the 7th night, blood will flow and just desserts will be served.


Crocodile Island
2023 · 1h 3m · CN
The story is about a variety show where several strangers from all walks of life gather on Crocodile Dream Island for an adventure to compete for the ultimate prize. In such an adventure, no one knows that the real danger is lurking around them. A time of danger is also the most direct test of human nature. Some of them are attracted by the great prize, some are here for fame, and some come to regain a sense of self. However, amidst the confusion, they become victims of a gladiatorial combat, because the manipulators behind the scenes of all this have more complex and sinister motives.


The Legend of Bayi's Grandpa
2023 · CN
This film tells the story of Hu Guohua, who falls victim to a plot, framed in a rigged gambling scheme that leads to the loss of his family fortune. Despite his wayward behavior, he reaches a low point by desecrating his family's ancestral grave. In a desperate attempt to deceive for money, he even stages the absurd event of marrying a paper bride. At the brink of hopelessness in life, he unexpectedly encounters Sun Guofu, a master in tomb-robbing, who guides him to self-realization. Although fate plays its tricks and eternal love is elusive, Hu Guohua undergoes a profound transformation from a reckless scion to a wandering adventurer in the world of tomb-robbing.


The Lake
2022 · 1h 44m · TH
A little girl brings back the big egg she finds by a nearby lake to her home. However, the egg belongs to a mysterious and dangerous creature, and it soon starts searching for it.


The Shallows
2025 · 1h 13m · CN
A scientist passionate about extreme sports, Li Qiang, faces off against a ruthless predator at the top of the ocean's food chain in a life-and-death game. Beneath the ominous clouds, danger lurks just beneath the surface.


Crazy Tsunami
2021 · 1h 18m · CN
A sudden tsunami came as a shock, trapping Jiang Peng and his daughter, Jiang Xiao Hu, in Chinatown of Southeast Asia. The two of them, with other inhabitants, took a brace to fight against the terrible monster that followed. However, after the life-and-death struggle, they found surprisingly a man-made calamity instead of a natural disaster.


The Wicked Wife
2022 · 1h 33m
During the period of the Republic of China, a heavy rain trapped the opera troupe who was going to cross the river to sing a famous event in Laogou. On a night of thunderstorms, there were murderous bandits and unidentified patrols who were sheltering from the rain with the troupe... A group of people with their own ghosts were all closely related to the fox wife incident fifteen years ago...


The Supernatural Events on Campus
2013 · 1h 36m · CN
One evening, a student was walking alone at his campus, she saw a girl in school uniform walking in front of her, she try to call her, the girls turned her face, and what she saw is a strange old woman's face!. Since then, all student encounter a lot of strange events that might have something to do with the campus's history. What's happening actually?


The Water Monster
2019 · 1h 25m
Shui Sheng witnessed his father being killed by the "water monkey" monster when he was young. Ten years later, the water monster reappeared and killed the younger brother and father of the heroine Xiang Lan. In order to save her, Shui Sheng launched a fierce battle to break feudal superstitions and to catch the water monster.


Shark Evil
2023 · 1h 16m · CN
A group of poachers provoke the fury of a great white shark. After killing the poachers, the shark sets its sights on a group of friends celebrating their university graduation on a yacht. A life-and-death struggle on the open water ensues.


Snake Island Python
2022 · 1h 17m · CN
A group of people searching for a magical tree in a mysterious jungle, find they are not alone. Something is watching them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.


Bugs
2014 · 1h 21m · CN
In the near future, due to a huge demand for protein, scientists have developed a synthetic alternative that has rapidly spread around the world. Jams is a brilliant but fanatic geneticist and has managed to raise super bugs that can provide high-quality protein at a low cost. However, the reproduction of the bugs goes out of control, and they break out of the tubes, devour scientists, and turn into giant monsters. These monster bugs are hankering after flesh and blood and swarm into the sea, waiting to rage a holocaust.


Time Raiders
2016 · 2h 3m · CN
Time Raiders is based on the online novel series Daomu Biji written by Xu Lei. It tells the story of explorers searching for the secrets of immortality in ancient tombs


Asian Girls
2018 · 6m · AU
Chan is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japanese office lady.


Big Shark
2021 · 1h 14m · CN
In the vast ocean, a giant shark mutated by chemical pollution wreaks havoc. Ruthless businessman Du Heng, seeking to seize a fishing ground, traps its owner, Lin Haiyang, in debt and has him imprisoned. Lin Haiyang’s son, Lin Kai, attempts a rescue but is captured alongside Pei Lu, a worker’s daughter investigating the pollution. As the shark grows more aggressive, Du Heng uses them as bait for a deadly hunt. Aboard a fishing vessel, a brutal battle unfolds where human greed and nature’s fury collide.


Mysterious Case In River
2023 · 1h 17m · CN
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Beauty Head of the Haunted House
1989 · CN
Centers around experiments on a disembodied, living female head. This is one of only a small handful of horror films produced by Mainland China in the 80s since genre films were banned there until the late 80s.


Snake Lady
2022 · 1h 28m · CN
A group of geographic magazine employees arrive on a deserted island in Southeast Asia to prepare a new show. The expedition leader hides from his colleagues that he came here to find his father, who disappeared many years ago.


Happy Birth Death
2016 · 1h 28m · MY
A group of girlfriends rent a mansion for a birthday party, only to find an uninvited guest...


Million Dollar Crocodile
2012 · 1h 27m · CN
Xiao befriends Amao, a 36 foot crocodile, who lives on his fathers croc sanctuary. Soon his father is forced to sell the crocodiles to a gangster who plans to use them for high priced meals.


Open the Coffin
2022 · 1h 32m · CN
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A Chilling Cosplay
2013 · 1h 35m · CN
The police investigate the murder of a young woman whose corpse was frozen and dressed up like a doll.


Atrocious
2025 · 1h 16m · CN
During the Republic of China era, whenever thick fog blanketed the area and ethereal sounds echoed, mysterious treasures were said to appear in the ancient tombs behind Bashu Village in Sichuan. A group of travelers gathered in Bashu Village, each intent on claiming the village’s treasures for themselves. Unbeknownst to them, an unseen presence was silently watching their every move. When these villains finally unearthed the treasure, they met gruesome deaths one after another near the tomb...
Chinese cinema encompasses the Fifth Generation directors who broke through internationally in the 1980s, the wuxia martial-arts epic, and one of the largest domestic box offices in the world.
Horror is cinema's most reliable laboratory — cheap to make, endlessly reinvented, and unusually good at smuggling in subtext. Every few years a national wave redefines it: Italian giallo, Japanese J-horror, the Korean thriller, American indie horror.