10 Foreign Horror Films That Shame Hollywood

Hot on the heels of Shin Godzilla comes another foreign language movie whose scope, pacing and breakneck action places it in a different league to bland Hollywood product.

The plot is easily summarized: during a sudden outbreak of a deadly virus in South Korea, a carrier boards the eponymous train and infects several people who in turn infect their fellow passengers. Which sounds like 28 Days Later on a train, but Train To Busan has much more up its sleeve than that, including several large scale action sequences that leave World War Z in the shade.

Sensibly, the movie eschews setting up soap opera characters (just to knock them down) in favour of keeping the pacing brisk and the action taut. Far from being just another grubby zombie movie, this is high calibre filmmaking, with pin-sharp cinematography, terrific effects and stunts that provide more thrills than most recent action movies.

Gaumont snapped up the rights in late 2016, so check this version out before they remake it very badly with (probably) Gerard Butler, Jai Courtney and – the horror, the horror - Dakota Johnson.