The horror genre does not discriminate against any form of entertainment. From movies to comics, manga, anime, and now manhwa. However, this part focuses not only on the horror manhwa, but also on the bone-chilling and mind-bending ones. These manhwas are not only visually terrifying; they do a great job of getting under the reader's skin, providing an unparalleled immersive experience that's as close to the real thing as possible.

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For avid readers and fans of the horror genre, these manhwas are nothing more than a treasure trove of terrifying thrills that the average horror reader is looking for. So as for those manhwas, below are the best manhwa picks for these exciting horror stories.
8 Beehive
A nightmare born of insects
- Creator(s): Kim Gyu-sam
- genre: Action, horror, fantasy, survival
- Number of sections: 242 (continued)
Beehive represents an apocalyptic world that is in its final stages after a full day of invasion. The story revolves around the main character, Yoon Sung Lee, an ordinary middle-aged family man with a wife and daughter, to whom he had no doubt that he would return home after a day of work, just like any other day.
However, reality does not go according to Eun-sung's plan. Seoul is suddenly plunged into chaos when giant man-eating insects begin to fall from the skies out of nowhere, infecting or killing everything in their path. After this sudden invasion, Seoul suddenly became a land of anarchy and chaos. In the chaos, Eun-sung manages to survive, but he quickly sets out to find his missing family, hoping they're not dead yet. Along with a battle-hardened old man, Ji-In-Sung, In-Sung crosses the flooded land in a desperate attempt to find his family while trying to survive.
7 Murder Stalking
Psychotic Stalker meets Psychotic Killer
- Creator(s): Kugi
- genre: Drama, Horror, Psychological, Thriller
- Number of sections: 67
Falling in love with a serial killer sounds like a nightmare for anyone, right? Well, that's Yun Bam's reality Murder Stalking series. However, his romantic attachment to the popular college sweetheart, Oh Sangwoo, would be nothing more than a disembodied string of affection if he hadn't decided to break into his house. The object of Yoon Bum's obsession has no idea that the thin student is stalking him, but everything changes after Yoon Bum breaks into Sangwoo's house.
However, even in his worst nightmares, Yoon Bum couldn't have foreseen what he was about to witness: his beloved Sangwoo is actually a serial killer, and the worst at that. His problems are compounded when his small infraction doesn't go unnoticed when Sangwoo catches him. Yoon Bum quickly and painfully learns that stalking or breaking into someone else's home is not a smart decision, especially when the victim is a psychotic serial killer.
6 Aliens from Hell
Neighbors or killers?
- Creator(s): Kim Youngki
- genre: Horror, Psychological, Thriller
- Number of sections: 88
U aliens from hell it seems that sometimes strangers are just strangers, even the ones you supposedly live with. However, what happens when these strangers are a lot weirder as neighbors? The series follows its main character, Jung Yoon, a young man in his early twenties who moves to Seoul as a last resort due to his low income.

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Rents a run-down room in a run-down building. However, his cheap lifestyle soon becomes the least of his worries when his neighbors start behaving suspiciously. With no clue of what's going on, reality begins to sink in for Yoon as strange and mysterious things begin to happen, but by now it may be too late.
5 The promise of an orchid
- Creator(s): Jung Gik-Jin
- genre: Horror, Supernatural, Action, Fantasy
- Number of sections: 105
The promise of an orchid a fascinating story of a mysterious life superimposed on top of the ordinary hero of the story, Jessin Yan, who has been dreaming the same dream for almost fifteen years since childhood after a tragic massacre that destroyed the orphanage where he was a child. His dream shows none other than a mysterious red-haired woman whispering, “I'll be waiting for you.”
His dreams take a turn for the worse after he moves to the notoriously haunted Orchid Road in an attempt to understand the mystery of his dreams. On the first night after moving in, Jaesin almost loses his life to an apparently vengeful demon, but is saved by a mysterious woman named Seochon, who happens to look exactly like the woman in his dreams. After meeting Seochon, Jaesin quickly finds himself on the side of the battle against the demon lord Kymgwan.
4 The piggery
A slaughterhouse in the middle of nowhere
- Creator(s): Kim Carnby, Jeon Beomsik
- genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Psychology
- Number of sections: 67
The piggery is a mysterious case of loss of memory and identity, when the main character of the story, a young man, finds himself on the shore of a rather beautiful place, but with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Desperate to learn about himself, the clues he finds only lead down endless rabbit holes.
On one island he finds a family that takes him in. However, with their generosity comes an uneasy feeling. It seems that the family is not at all what it seems. Trapped in a horrible family with no memories, survival seems like the best and almost impossible option for the main character.
3 Nice house
Your worst fears come true
- Creator(s): Kim Carnby, Hwang Yongchan
- genre: Drama, Horror, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller
- Number of sections: 140
Being the sole survivor of a tragic accident that kills an entire family is bound to loosen a few screws in one's head. Now add to that the fact that people suddenly turn into monsters out of thin air and it will drive anyone to the edge. It concerns the main character of the story, Cha Hyun, a high school recluse who loses his family in a tragic car accident.

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Now, Cha Hyun, the sole survivor of his family, is forced to move to a new apartment on his own. However, after moving, life becomes very difficult when Hyun realizes that the people around him are suddenly turning into monsters as a reflection of their inner demons. To make matters worse, Hyun himself is on his way to becoming a monster. With time running out, Hyun must work together with his fellow tenants to find the reason for the monsters' appearance, because if not, it would literally mean the end of the world.
2 Cafe Taro
The realism of the occult
- Creator(s): Sang Sun Park
- genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural
- Number of sections: 18
The horrors of the supernatural are embodied in Taro Caf d series and really come to life, more often than not. The story follows the life of the central character, Pamela, a Tarot cafe that seems too bright to be true. Dedicated to helping supernatural beings in the human realm, Pamela offers her help to anyone who needs it, be it a vampire, a wizard, or maybe even a ghost.
However, it seems that she is not as bright-eyed and cheerful as she seems. Despite her seemingly good nature, there is something she has to face: a terrible secret that she must solve at any cost. A secret that will prevent her from passing on to the next life if she leaves it unattended. However, it remains to be seen how she decided to deal with her little secret.
1 Melvina's therapy
Therapy from hell
- Creator(s): A. Rasen
- genre: Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Supernatural, Psychology
- Number of sections: 81
Therapy takes a rather dark and twisted turn Melvina's therapyand the series presents the perfect bone-chilling experience. Therapy, as we all know, is supposed to address a person's psychological problems, that's basically what it means. However, Melvina's therapy doesn't just solve her patients' problems; it gives them something much more ominous, more eerie, a sense of something terribly wrong.
The series revolves around the central character, Melvina, a therapist who is too good at her job, almost as if she could impersonate her patients. However, Melvina's therapeutic process is not only about solving her patients' problems, but also about getting them to fully unravel themselves and come across as who they really are. Something she does with terrifying efficiency throughout the series.

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