I previously reviewed 10 chilling ghost dramas to keep you cool this past summer. Rather than rerun the whole post in the month-long Halloween special, I’m just highlighting my 5 favorites from that post with some new material, all of which will make excellent watching during this Halloween season.
| Black | 1 season | 18 episodes | 👻👻👻👻👻 |
This show features some really beautiful grim reaper mythology, compelling characters, great music—basically this show was just all around beautiful and amazing. Seriously, I was ugly-crying by the end of it, I was overcome. An all-time favorite for me, will definitely re-watch. |
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| Cheo-Yong | 2 seasons | 20 episodes | 👻👻👻👻 |
This is a great crime-solving-via-ghosts type show. I give it an overall rating of four ghosts; I would give the first season a three-ghost rating and the second season a five-ghost rating. The first season sets up the premise (Cheo-Yong, the detective who can see ghosts and uses this to solve crimes) but the show really reaches its potential in the second season. |
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| Demon’s Path | 1 season | 13 episodes | 👻👻👻👻👻 |
This is another crime-solving-via-ghosts type show. There are two ways that the police communicate with the dead: via shamans (“supernatural specialists”) and via a scientific device created by the creepy (he takes naps in a body bag) Dr. Ho. The crime-solving plot is interesting but it was the characters (especially Dr. Ho and his character arc) that made me love this show. |
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| Oh My Ghost | 1 season | 16 episodes | 👻👻👻👻 |
This show is not actually that scary, but it is about a ghost, more specifically, a love  triangle with a ghost. It’s a very cute show with a crime-solving twist, as well as a side of cooking show drama. This review is for the 2015 Korean version (오 나의 귀신님) featuring Park Bo-Young. I give it 4 ghosts for being a feel-good ghost story. This show was removed from Netflix briefly but it is back up now and ready for your viewing pleasure. |
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| Tientsin Mystic | 1 season | 24 episodes | 👻👻👻👻👻 |
Excellent spookage™ for maximum chills. Another all-time favorite for me, featuring a large variety of ghosts, ghouls, and gods. |
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Review posted: July 4, 2019
Rerun: October 10, 2019
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What do you think? Which show was your favorite? Are you scared of the ghosts? Let us know in the comments!
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