#1
Kingdom
A crown prince investigates a mysterious plague that turns the dead into ravenous creatures, threatening to topple the Joseon throne.
Watch on: Netflix
Editorial List
Best Zombie & Horror Asian Dramas
Korea reinvented the zombie. Asia perfected horror television. Here are the best examples.
This list is curated by the DramaSeek editorial desk and ranks 15 titles. Each entry below is a real, fully reviewed drama or film with its own dedicated page — synopsis, cast, ratings, and where-to-watch information. Inclusion isn't decided by audience rating alone: we factor in cultural footprint, craft, rewatchability, and contribution to the genre.
If you're new to the category, start at #1 and work your way down. If you're a returning fan, scan the list for titles you haven't yet caught. For broader recommendations beyond this list, see our long-form drama discovery handbook.
#2
Happiness
A police officer and a special-forces detective are quarantined inside a Seoul apartment block as a strange new disease spreads.
Watch on: Viki, Viu
#3
Strangers from Hell
A young transplant moves into the cheapest goshiwon in Seoul and discovers his neighbours are far stranger than the city itself.
Watch on: Viki, Netflix
#4
Dead Friend Forever
A Thai high school graduating class on a remote island vacation is hunted one by one.
Watch on: Viki
#5
Sweet Home
A reclusive teenager fights to survive an apartment building besieged by humans transforming into monsters.
Watch on: Netflix
#6
Hellbound
Supernatural beings appear without warning to drag the condemned to hell, and a religious cult builds power around the phenomenon.
Watch on: Netflix
#7
Train to Busan
A Seoul-Busan KTX train becomes a moving siege as a virus turns passengers into the infected.
Watch on: Netflix, Tubi
#8
Hellbound Season 2
Years after a religious cult declared an angel had ordered humanity's damnation, the supposedly damned start coming back to life.
Watch on: Netflix
#9
All of Us Are Dead
A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie outbreak, and the trapped students must outrun a virus and one another.
Watch on: Netflix
#10
Pee Mak
A Thai folk-tale about a young soldier returning home to his ghost wife is reimagined as a slapstick rom-com.
Watch on: Netflix
#11
Parasyte: The Grey
A Korean grocery clerk only partially infected by an alien parasite shares her body with the entity that tried to kill her.
Watch on: Netflix
#12
The Wailing
When a stranger arrives in a remote Korean village, sickness and madness follow.
Watch on: Hulu
#13
Connect
A man whose harvested eye is now in a serial killer must hunt the body it has been transplanted into.
Watch on: Disney+
#14
A Tale of Two Sisters
Two sisters return from a sanatorium to a country house haunted by something they refuse to name.
Watch on: Tubi
#15
Exhuma
A geomancer, a mortician and two shamans dig up a wealthy family's grave — and unleash something they cannot put back.
Watch on: Hulu, Prime Video
How we rank these titles
DramaSeek's editorial lists are not pure aggregations of user scores — those are useful but tend to flatten cultural context. We factor in the show's audience reception, its place within the genre's history, and how it stands up to a rewatch. We also weight more heavily for titles that are still legally streaming in major regions, since this is a where-to-watch guide first and an archive second.
The list above is updated as new titles enter the catalogue and as streaming-rights deals shift. Bookmark it and check back periodically for the current state of the field.