Notable Cast: Joo Hyun-young, Jeon Bae-soo, Choi Bo-min,
Kim Ji-in, Kim Woo-kyum, Jung Han-bit, Kim Na-yeon, Lim Cheol-soo, Hyun
Bong-sik
When it comes to a horror anthology, it’s always a joy to
see how the creative team can conjure a structure, balance the stories, and
make it all pay off. If you get it right, find the tone and keep up the pace,
even if one or two of the smaller stories don’t hit fully, the whole retains
its strengths.
For Ghost Train, director Tak Se-woong goes all in on the urban myth of
a haunted train station, delivering a handful of great ghost stories and a
surprisingly solid wraparound that presents each tale in a shockingly fun,
modern way. If anything, the film often comes off as less of an anthology,
particularly in the latter half, and it plays with expectations in fun ways
that deliver jump scares without ever pulling away from the character piece and
themes at its core. Needless to say, Ghost Train is a spooky,
conceptually fun way to kick off 2026 in horror.
Being in the content creation industry for a larger company
is not always easy, and for Da-kyung, played by Joo Hyun-young, her horror
YouTube channel is in danger of being drowned out by all the beauty tip
channels. However, her latest series, which is based on the hauntings around a
particular train station, has caught the eye of a young producer at her
company. She schedules an interview with one of the station's workers, an older
gentleman who should have plenty of stories, and as he shares each, she finds
herself delving deeper into the realm of the supernatural.
