Whispering Corridors Movies: Release Order
The Whispering Corridors series represents an influential collection in Korean horror cinema, using the setting of all-girls high schools as a backdrop for exploring both supernatural terror and Korea's rigid educational system. Each film is a standalone story with different characters, ghosts, and narratives - they are connected only by their shared themes of institutional pressure, female friendship, trauma, and social critique.
The series is renowned for blending psychological drama with supernatural horror, often featuring queer subtexts and always critiquing authority figures and societal expectations. Despite being numbered as sequels, each entry can be watched independently - the "sequel" designation reflects thematic continuity rather than narrative connections.
Whispering Corridors
At a Korean all-girls school, the ghost of a deceased student returns to protect her friends and seek vengeance against those who wronged her.
Memento Mori
When a young girl discovers the diary of a deceased lesbian classmate, she uncovers a tragic story of love and bullying that leads to supernatural consequences for those who tormented her.
Wishing Stairs
A supernatural horror film about a mysterious 29th step that occasionally appears on a dormitory staircase, granting wishes to those who stand on it but with terrifying consequences.
Voice
An aspiring singer is mysteriously killed while practicing at her high school, leaving her invisible ghost trapped in the building where only her best friend can hear her voice.
A Blood Pledge
When four friends make a suicide pact but only one follows through, her vengeful ghost returns to haunt the survivors until they honor their deadly promise.
Whispering Corridors 6: The Humming
A vice-principal returns to her old school only to be haunted by disturbing visions, while a student discovers mysterious sounds emanating from the school's abandoned restroom in this supernatural horror tale.
Other Film Series
Black Christmas
A foundational holiday horror series featuring three standalone reimaginings of the same sorority house Christmas break premise across different decades.
Frankenstein
Classic horror films based on Mary Shelley's novel, spanning from Universal's iconic 1930s series to Hammer's gothic interpretations and modern reimaginings.
Nightmare on Elm Street
The iconic horror franchise following the burned child killer Freddy Krueger who stalks teenagers through their dreams.
Saw
A horror franchise centered on the elaborate death traps and moral philosophy of serial killer John Kramer, known as Jigsaw.
The Omen
A supernatural horror franchise following the Antichrist Damien Thorn from his sinister origins through his rise to power, plus a modern remake.
Unbreakable
M. Night Shyamalan's grounded superhero trilogy following ordinary people who discover extraordinary abilities, culminating in an unexpected crossover.