The Terrible Three: Vamps, Grim Reapers& Zombies

[agenth]

 

It's going to be a bloody season now. October is the month of all spooky things  - while it's been popular especially in the US, it can be traced back to various cultures from around the world. 

 

 

What is the connection between vampires and Halloween? Well, dressing up as vampires has been a good costume choice for most Halloween parties. This is due to the fact they symbolize horror and fear, have gothic aesthetics with their mysterious aura, and something that has been popular in literature and film.

 

This is why we want to know your favourite vampires, grim reapers and zombies. 

 

 

Which kdrama vampire did you like best - and why? Because the vampire drained many bodies, or perhaps because the vampire fell in love? All's fair in love and war.

 

Here are the vamps in choice:

 

Ok Taec Yeon as Seon Woo Hyul in Heartbeat

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A half-human half-vampire who wanted to sleep 100 years to become human, but due to interruption by the FL, became a half vampire. Watch as this vampire deals with modern day Seoul! 

 

Ahn Jae Hyun as Park Ji Sang in Blood

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A surgeon with a dark secret: he is a vampire constantly craving blood. Is he really as inhumane as a people think of vampires? 

 

Yeon Jung Hoon as Prosecutor Min Tae Hyun in Vampire Prosecutor 1 & 2

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A twist of CSI and Law & Order with a vampire prosecutor in play. Following an attack, the prosecutor becomes a vampire and thanks to his new skills, he can be a vampire in the justice system. There's even a sequel!

 

Lee Joon as Yoon San in Vampire Detective

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Another vampire in the justice system, this time as a private detective who also by accident became a vampire. While battling temptations, he is supported by his crew. 

 

 

 

Lee Joon Gi as Kim Sung Yeol in The Scholar Who Walks The Night

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As a 120 year old guardian vampire who deals with vampires who disobey the rules of the night, he spends his time trying to forget his love.

 

 

Lee Soo Hyuk as Gwi in The Scholar Who Walks The Night

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Does LSH again steal the show? This time, he is a dark creature and opposed to the ML, someone who really enjoys the vampiric lifestyle.

We gotta say: He has style.

 

 

Lee Jung as Prince in Vampire Idol

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A vampire prince accidentally gets stuck on earth, and while passing time, he gets the idea to become a kpop idol. Will he achieve his dream? 

 

 

Seo Jae Hyung as Louis in Vampire Flower

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Dubbed as the Kdrama version of Twilight, this drama depicts the teenager-looking Louis meeting a fellow teenager female with extraordinary blood.  

 

 

Kim Ji Woong as Jun Ho in Kissable Lips

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One of the few LGBTQ+ kdramas featuring a vampire who is near his death, and needing his classmate's blood to survive. 

 

Kang Han-Na as Han Yi-Na in Bite Sisters

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3 Vampires pose as sisters, and one of them is 821 years old Yi-Na, a popular online influencer. With her popularity she helps victims of injustice but also falls in love. 

 

But wait - vampires aren't the only popular night creatures in kdrama. We present the following Grim Reapers, which one's the best? Is it their style? Their tallness? Or the way they accompany dead people to their afterlife? 

 

 

 

Lee Dong Wook as Wang Yeo / Grim Reaper in Goblin

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Maybe the iconic grim reaper is this one - a tortured soul that did something bad and as a result had to pay for his actions for thousands of years... but hey, he may have a bromance AND a romance!

 

Kim Hee Sun as Goo Ryun in Tomorrow

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A grim reaper with a good heart? With empathy and trying to break the "rules"? It's Goo Ryun - she is punished but wearing the punishment of grace and despite losing her humanity due to her deed, she is actively trying to save humans instead of carry their souls away.

 

 

Lee Soo Hyuk as Park Jung Gil  in Tomorrow

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If there's one show known to be about the work of grim reapers, it's this one folks. you can see the daily work of our beloved - what do you think ? or did you get distracted by LSH's strut? 

 

 

Jung Il Woo as Scheduler in 49 Days

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How much do you appreciate your life? that's the pivotal question in 49 Days, where FL dies and then a scheduler gives her the chance to complete a mission in 49 days to regain her life.

 

Song Seung Heon as Han Moo Gang in Black

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Here a detective dies and becomes a grim reaper - thus he can't stop his past work and becomes involved in cold cases. Plus, suddenly he's about to find love...

 

Yeom Hye Ran as Department Chief Yeom In Mystic Pop-Up Bar

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Department Chief is a regular at the main female lead's bar, but also a grim reaper. With her years of experience, her CV also reads having been the former mentor to the Crown Prince. And today? She's a grim reaper!

 

 

 

Seo In Guk as Myul Mang in Doom At Your Service

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the drama may have disappointed fans, but what do you think of SIG as grim reaper? 

 

 

Kim Jung Hyun as Kokdu in Kokdu: Season of Deity

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He's the grim reaper that wants to torture human souls, but this time he got distracted by a mysterious doctor with special abilities. So what does he do instead of reaping? Act as a doctor himself!

 

 

Kang Hong Suk as JoSeung Saja / Grim Reaper in Hotel Del Luna

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He hangs around Hotel Del Luna's bar and scares customers and regulars all alike. Occasionally he escorts people to the after life, sometimes even in a limo!

 

 

Han Jung Soo in Arang and the Magistrate

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The leader of the grim reaper clan has single-minded focus to his job, which poses a problem for the main couple. But his character also perfectly explains all the history of grim reapers and his motivation. 

 

 

 

Last but not least, to the truly gruesome. ZOMBIES! In the last few years Kdramas have become known to produce one zombie drama after another, but which was best? 

 

 

All of Us Are Dead

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School kids left alone vs Zombies. You can be infected, and you are alone - you and your fellow school mates. Will it be friendship or will it be torture?

 

 

Season 2 is incoming soon!

 

Kingdom 1, 2, 3? and Ashin of the North

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So this one is on a popular run_ the idea of zombies infecting people back in Joseon Era, and people trying to fight for survival is so epic, that there are more sequels than usual for kdramas. Have you seen it yet? Politics mixed with fights, survival in truly the most extreme ways. It's about the fight for the throne, but also about you and me - the everyday people! 

Can the daylight save us? 

 

Happiness

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What is more horrendous: finding an apartment in Seoul or zombies? Probably the former, considering you get a b-rated flat where you don't get access to the gym! 

 

That's where the water is stored! Also, did you like the doctor? 

 

 

 

Zombie Detective

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this one does not feature hords of zombies, but one main zombie - It's Choi Jin Hyuk as Zombie Detective. Finding himself suddenly "alive", he has to train himself how to move slowly and speech - and how to use BB cream and makeup to hide who he is, while trying to earn money.... even from kids.

 

 

Sweet Home

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There's a zombie outbreak, and it's not the usual kind of zombies, but super powerful ones. It's an apocalypse. It's about the people you unexpectedly find: like having to talk to your neighbours to survive - but what if they also turn into zombies? 

 

 

 

Train To Busan

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And here's the one that started it all, the zombie craze.

 

A virus has spread which causes a zombie outbreak. A father tries to bring his daughter to a safe zone on the titular train. 

 

The Wailing

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A fishing town has become the location of supernatural events, after a strange man arrives. And one cop has to find out, why the undead have risen. 

 

The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale

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There are zombies, and this movie is not a thriller, but a comedy? Yes, meet a zom-com (zombie comedy) where a family's life is turned upside down after their patriarch is bitten by a zombie. Find out, if the rest also become zombies.

 

Peninsula

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Peninsual is the sequel of Train to Busan and features the survivors of the zombie apocalypse in Hong Kong, at least until one of them gets caught up in a scheme to return to Seoul. 

 

#ALIVE

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A gamer is stuck in his house during a zombie apocalypse. He runs out of food, so how will he escape? 

 

Did we miss out on something horrible? Post your favourite vamps, grim reapers and zombies here then! 

What are you going to do this Halloween or All Hallow's evE? 

 

 

 

Your event organizers,

 

@partyon @Sleepy Owl @confusedheart and @agenth

 

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[larus]

33 minutes ago, agenth said:

It's going to be a bloody season now. October is the month of all spooky things  - while it's been popular especially in the US, it can be traced back to various cultures from around the world. 

 

I don`t watch movies or kdramas with vampires, zombies at all. I don`t find them interesting. But I watched some kdramas with supernatural creatures. I hope I watch some to answer in the poll .

 

In the vampire section... I tried watching The Scholar Who Walks The Night but I dropped it. The others... I don`t know anything about them. Sorry. None is the answer.

 

Grim Reaper.... I voted for the dramas I watched. Goblin, Arang and 49 Days. Probably I would have liked both grim reapers in Tomorrow but I did not watch the drama.

 

Zombie section.... None. Sorry I did not watch anything. I am interested in Kingdom as I heard that the plot doesn`t focus on the zombies but I have not had the chance yet.

[partyon]

My favorite Grim Reaper....  Park Joong Gil

 

 

 

Who's with me?

 

My favorite zombie

 

 

My favorite vampire

 

ctto

 

[MayanEcho]

As usual, I'd choose the most good-looking, appealing, and interesting. 

 

Uhm, I'm not really fond though of watching horror movies or series, even if I do like fantasy or supernatural genre in general.

[SleepyKitty]

I just found out from the poll that i generally prefer grim reaper than vampire/zombie dramas lol. Anyway, the fact that I voted for lee soo hyuk twice on different categories means he's certified inhumanly gorgeous in my book which makes me wonder how's he not getting any lead role yet at this point.

[willenette]

8 hours ago, partyon said:

 

 

Who's with me?

 

My favorite zombie

 

My favorite vampire

 

ctto

 

 

@partyon  I'm with you on this............. 

[ktcjdrama]

9 hours ago, partyon said:

Who's with me?

I am with you for all these choices...

 

Just realised that I don't watch as many dramas/movies with vampires. I guess I prefer grim reaper/zombies more... But I want to check out Heartbeat. 

[lebeaucouple]

@agenth Thanks for the invite 

 

I don't really watch the vampire series in kdrama often, I watch mostly the zombies drama/movies. See below list - am I crazy, I did not know I watch almost all of them, except one. 

 

• All of Us Are Dead
• Kingdom 1, 2, 3? and Ashin of the North
• Happiness
• Zombie Detective
• Sweet Home
• Train To Busan
• The Wailing
• The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale (except this one, I didn't watch)
• Peninsula
• ALIVE

If i rank them in sequential :

For movie - I will put "The Wailing" as Top 1 for the most scary movie.

For zombie drama, I will put Kingdom series as top.

The most lousy zombie movie is Peninsula - pls do not waste time to watch it.

 

 

[larus]

22 minutes ago, lebeaucouple said:

See below list - am I crazy, I did not know I watch almost all of them, except one.

 

Nice to see you again.

 

WOW, you watched a lot. You really like this genre. No zombies or vampires for me. Maybe dramas with Grim Reapers are not really horror dramas that`s why I can watch them. It is not the horror element that I don`t like, it is the chase for victims and I find it useless. I want a plot.

I will give Kingdom a try. I read good reviews about it.

[willenette]

*** I like vampire stories especially those with a romantic element. Vampires will never go out of style. While some K-dramas with vampire storylines lack originality, for me there are highly acclaimed ones that stand out, such as : 

Lee Jun Ki in Scholar who Walks the Night – this is critically acclaimed, having 4 awards to its name.

Taecyeon in Heartbeat - though the series could have been a dark one, instead, their story plays like a romantic comedy, making it a lighter vampire story.

Yeon Jung Hoon in Vampire Prosecutor – this is a must-watch vampire K-drama. It's one of the few K-dramas with a second season and it had solid ratings throughout its run.

I noticed that Grim Reapers are not as common in American television. K-dramas feature unique grim reaper characters that are often kind-hearted despite their dark and spooky responsibilities. Grim reapers are linked to death, it's no surprise that some K-dramas with grim reapers are sad. In Korea usually, this character is shown in black suits and a black hat symbolizing death, it is often portrayed as a handsome figure with a perfect body.  These are my best grim reaper characters in K-dramas : 

Lee Dong Wook in Goblin – this drama showcases a memorable grim reaper character to the forefront, even if he’s a supporting character. He’s a grim reaper character who’s irresistible romantically. Unarguably, Lee Dong Wook is the most famous grim reaper in a Korean drama that viewers have etched in their minds. He is funny and lovable in the drama. He has a funny side when he is with Kim Hyeong (Gong Yoo). No eyes can get off him in his black attire with that handsome face. The color black looks so good on him that while watching the drama I  sometimes even wonder, when my time comes, would I meet someone as COOL as him? - hehehe 

Jung Il Woo in 49 Days – he’s a Scheduler who’s a part of a larger mystery that will keep any audience member entertained in the drama. I loved this drama but, it’s a very, very sad series. The role played by Jung Il Woo in the series is quite unique.

Song Seung Hun in Black - this is a grim reaper story that is dark, though it still has hints of romance throughout. Song Seung Hun as the grim reaper was also eye pleasing.

You can’t have Halloween monsters without zombies. They may be slow, but they’re hard to stop. Aside from Japan, some of the best horror series/movies come from South Korea. The zombie genre as a whole hasn't lost popularity as the years have gone on.  These are the best Zombie dramas for me : 

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Happiness – I loved this drama because it doesn't focus too much on the horror aspect. But, Happiness shifted its setting to something closer to home because the story happens after the corona virus pandemic, when infectious diseases are the new norm. In a way, it makes the story more realistic as if this can really happen.

Kingdom – the series has received positive reviews and has been especially praised for effortlessly blending elements of period drama and horror.

Zombie Detective – this series manages to be amusing for using comedy here. Hence, it gives us a lighthearted tone. The drama is endearing. The character is a departure from the ones that feature in usual zombie series.

Train to Busan – this flick has received so much attention that the USA has decided to do a remake. In addition, Train to Busan has also garnered many awards.

 

[rocher22]

The Grim Reaper

 

Joong Gil...   

 

https://m.post.naver.com/my.naver?memberNo=33889228

 

 

GamJae...The Heavenly Idol

 

 

[leo2020]

19 hours ago, agenth said:

Lee Soo Hyuk as Gwi in The Scholar Who Walks The Night

 

19 hours ago, agenth said:

Lee Joon Gi as Kim Sung Yeol in The Scholar Who Walks The Night

Would def donate some blood for these guys. Voluntarily 

[partyon]

13 hours ago, SleepyKitty said:

Anyway, the fact that I voted for lee soo hyuk twice on different categories means he's certified inhumanly gorgeous in my book which makes me wonder how's he not getting any lead role yet at this point.

 

Well said, chingu!

I did hear rumors that Lee Soo Hyuk oppa is slated for a lead role - FINALLY! He is listed as lead in S Line:

https://mydramalist.com/756259-s-line

 

Am very excited about this because the FL is Lee Da Hee Both actors have a very strong aura and are visually pleasing / unique looking. She won't lose to oppa. He tends to overpower his co-stars normally.

 

20 hours ago, MayanEcho said:

As usual, I'd choose the most good-looking, appealing, and interesting. 

 

Let's vote, chingu! (I will be shocked if you don't vote for Lee Soo Hyuk oppa - lol)

12 hours ago, ktcjdrama said:

But I want to check out Heartbeat. 

 

It started off so well but went downhill after the first 4 episodes. Writing was horrible.

 

10 hours ago, lebeaucouple said:

For movie - I will put "The Wailing" as Top 1 for the most scary movie.

 

YES to this one, chingu!

I hate scary movies but watched this one - for some inexplicable reason. Hwang Jung Min as a shaman was captivating.

 

4 hours ago, leo2020 said:

Would def donate some blood for these guys. Voluntarily 

 

LOL Your dedication is admirable, chingu.

[confusedheart]

There is just one for me....

 

 

[partyon]

4 minutes ago, confusedheart said:

There is just one for me....

Why do I have a feeling that @rocat's comment will be the same.

 

[rocat]

4 hours ago, partyon said:

do I have a feeling that @rocat's comment will be the same.

 

4 hours ago, confusedheart said:

There is just one for me....

In this, I have several favourites, though there’s always only one goblin….and recently a devil’s plan master. 

wait.

 

am I sharing oppa?? 

[Prettysup]

For those who like zombies dramas, I would like to recommend a Japanese one titled "Love You as the World Ends'. First 2 seasons are available on Netflix.

 

[lebeaucouple]

@partyon - Yes, "The Wailing", I had a nightmare after watching it. I guess that's the reason the film received the award for the year - "Baeksang Arts Award for Best Film 2017."

 

Yes, my dear, you must quickly catch up the "Strong Girl Nam Soon" it's so entertaining....

 

@larus - Yes, I am crazy over those intense thriller and suspense movie or drama. Kingdom series are rare gem, not just because of the bloody zombies, it's more on the storyline : One of the series mentioned their strategic plan is to shut down and contain those zombie swarms using various tactics. How they learnt to fight against the zombies since they are walking dead who can only survive at night.  Understanding the enemy's weaknesses is important to any strategic plan.

 

Zombies are created due to the capitalist greed of the rich and power. Simply put, it was moral corruption that caused the kingdom to be in such chaos and creating political turmoil within a rich historical context..

 

If I put in an analogy, the politicians (bad guys) often use "weapons" to kill and control people (in Joseon era - ancient times, they used walking dead to breed and spread horribly), similarly, in the current context, many politicians use "nuclear weapons" to control people or use "powerful viruses" to harm people. 

 

Kingdom Season 3, probably still a long way to wait.....I feel that somehow lack of momentum after watching S2...But still, I would strongly encourage you to watch it if you have time.

 

If you like suspense thriller, you can watch the below 3 good kdrama: 

1. The Deal 
2. Kidnapping day
3. Evillive 
4. Escape of Seven - too exaggerating and bloody. Can do without. Is this the same script writer as the penthouse one?

 

[MayanEcho]

11 hours ago, partyon said:

Let's vote, chingu! (I will be shocked if you don't vote for Lee Soo Hyuk oppa - lol)

 

Voted for the visual appeal.  Will he win over the iconic grim reaper though, whom I've also voted?

[SleepyKitty]

12 hours ago, partyon said:

I did hear rumors that Lee Soo Hyuk oppa is slated for a lead role - FINALLY! He is listed as lead in S Line:

https://mydramalist.com/756259-s-line

 

Am very excited about this because the FL is Lee Da Hee Both actors have a very strong aura and are visually pleasing / unique looking. She won't lose to oppa. He tends to overpower his co-stars normally.

OMG that sounds like a very good news! Brb to dig more info on this!