Summary
- Supernatural horror manhwa offer thrilling stories perfect for horror and gore fans.
- Titles like DEEP and Rotten deliver a mix of horror, mystery, and gore that will keep readers on edge.
- Manhwa like Prey and Night of Shadows combine supernatural horror and psychological terror for a wild ride.
Supernatural horror manhwa is a pretty well-hidden jewel and fans of horror and gore will find in this genre a good place to search for new stories to read. The genre has increased in quantity and quality over the years, but lately, it has become quite a remarkable niche, with great talents in storytelling and inking.
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If fans are ready for a journey through the unknown and mysterious, alongside a high dose of adrenaline, these examples are their ticket for a wild ride, from a mass of corpses returning to life after a tidal wave to a girl who is in constant terror due to her ability to see things that should not be spoken of. Be warned though, as these titles contain depictions of graphic violence, gore, and psychological terror that can be rough for sensible audiences.
1 DEEP
Mystery, Lovecraftian, And Body Horror, All Neatly Packed
- Status: Complete
- Artist: Kim, Tae Heon
- Author: TOWOO
- MyAnimeList Score: 6.50
DEEP is a supernatural horror fiction story where a strange phenomenon starts to occur on Gwangan-li Beach. People who went missing a few years ago are washed ashore by a huge tidal wave and appear as a mass of corpses. Only that these corpses are not as dead as they seem. They are alive but they behave strangely and crave returning to the sea where they came from.
No one knows why this strange phenomenon happened, but the relatives of the people who re-emerged from the seas are concerned, and panic starts to spread. The story shows a great combination of thrilling supernatural horror, with some Lovecraftian elements. Not good for people with thalassophobia.
2 Rotten
The Foul Stench Of Evil And The Desperate Search For A Friend
- Status: Complete
- Artist: Digeut
- Author: Digeut
- MyAnimeList Score: 7.16
Corporal Han is a policeman with the ability to "smell evil," (quite like a Paladin from D&D), and Jaeshin is a medium who can see ghosts. At first, they're barely related to each other, but everything changes when the person they're looking for is none other than their common friend: Jihyeon. Jaeshin has been plagued by visions of ghosts directing him to figure out what is happening in his apartment complex, and Han is investigating a serious case of missing people.
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When both of them meet while seeking Jihyeon, this leads to a series of conspiracies, cover-ups, and the appearance of professional stuntwoman Yuhyeon, who will join them as a third wheel in their investigation. Rotten is a combination of supernatural horror, sleuth, and mystery, all sprinkled with lots of gore and some finishing touches of American Psycho.
3 Night Of Shadows
School Life, Premonitions, Supernatural Beings And Gore
- Status: Ongoing
- Artist: Yung
- Author: Yung
- MyAnimeList Score: 7.52
Ahreum Lee is living a recurrent nightmare: each night, she gets disturbing dreams where she witnesses a massacre happening in her school. She often takes notes of these dreams, but everything changes when she discovers a few pages in her dream journal she doesn't remember writing. Then all hell breaks loose.
Night of Shadows combines great art with gory and grotesque scenes, all tucked with the classic school drama tropes in the middle of a horror show. With some influences of the slasher genre, supernatural horror (especially Final Destination), and Lovecraftian horror to boot, this manhwa is not for those easily impressed. Graphic violence is also a recurrent topic, so readers should be warned.
4 Parallel City
Combines Some Of The Best Elements Of Sci-Fi With Supernatural Horror
- Status: Complete
- Artist: Goda
- Author: Goda
- MyAnimeList Score: 7.61
Body snatching, supernatural horror, alternate realities, zombie apocalypse, and many other topics give form to Parallel City, a thrilling story of mystery and survival in a strange world. Panic starts to spread throughout a Korean metropolis when people encounter their exact doubles, who seem to act in suspicious ways.
Evil twins or not, misinformation spreads like wildfire. If you encounter your twin you are dead, if you encounter your double you disappear. But what is happening underneath all that is even more gruesome and mind-breaking. A must-read for every fan of supernatural horror, science fiction, and mystery solving.
5 Sweet Home
Supernatural Horror And Gore In An Apocalyptic Setting
- Status: Complete
- Artist: Kim, Carnby
- Author: Hwang, Young-chan
- MyAnimeList Score: 8.27
The life of a reclusive poor student who lives playing video games without a single concern for the outside world changes drastically when his family dies in a car accident. From that point on, his life took a turn from bad to worse when he not only loses his apartment but all the people who supported his lifestyle. He is forced to move to a new place, where his neighbors are pretty annoying and rough. But issues with the people living next door are not the only concerns this guy will need to deal with, as soon, the unthinkable starts to happen: people start to turn into horrifying monsters who will make his life a living nightmare.
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Sweet Home mixes apocalyptic horror, body horror, supernatural topics, and gore all in one, and is a pretty decent story. Overall, the evolution of the main character (Cha Hyun) is one of the best seen in the genre and is one of the main attractions of this manhwa. A must-read for lovers of movies like The Fly and The Thing since the influence of said movies can be clearly felt while going through the chapters of this horror comic.
6 Prey
If You Look At Them, You Die
- Status: Complete
- Artist: Cyclops
- Author: Park Subong
- MangaDex Score: 8.50
Park Yun-yeong, a young and solitary high school girl, has been tormented by her medium powers, which allow her to see horrific beings that constantly lurk around the world. These seemingly harmless but horrifying existences roam the streets, the skies, and even underground. But they mostly ignore people, unless, of course, they start noticing them, and that's when they cease to be neutral, and get purely evil and destructive. Tormented by this knowledge, Yun-yeong needs to survive indescribable horror, stressing and isolating her to the point of breaking her mind apart.
An incredible combination of environmental horror, supernatural and psychological terror, and fine art inspired by Junji Ito's style, so every fan of the Japanese horror master will feel naturally drawn to Prey. The story has the perfect balance between pacing and suspense, which transmits the feeling of oppression and hopelessness that the protagonist feels throughout the story. A good read for every fan of supernatural horror movies.
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