South Korea has made plenty of horror films over the last couple of decades, but very few of them have been zombie films the country typically favours ghost or psycho tales like WHISPERING CORRIDORS or I SAW THE DEVIL.
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 8 / 10 Zombie horror masterwork from Korea The characters are nicely fleshed out and this is one of the better zombie movies. The director has done well in maintaining tension and a claustrophobic atmosphere before moving the action to other places. The zombies have been inspired by World War Z as at times they can be fast moving. As the train journey continues, they get picked off one by one. Survivors include Seok-woo and his daughter, a pregnant woman and her macho husband, two elderly sisters, members of a high school baseball team, a selfish tycoon and a few others. Some of the survivors try to move quickly to the safe carriages. She had been bitten and becomes infected by some type of virus that turns her into a flesh eating zombie.Īs she bites others, they too become infected and in turn attack other passengers and staff. An injured young woman scrambles onto the train before it leaves Seoul. They board a train so she can visit her mother. A workaholic who never has much time for his young daughter Su-an.
It owes more to the Hollywood disaster movies on the 1970s such as The Poseidon Adventure or the Airport films. Train to Busan (Busanhaeng) is a South Korean survivalist zombie movie. Reviewed by Prismark10 7 / 10 Train to Busan