Netflix Just Dropped One of Last Year’s Best Horror Movies

Netflix drops a small army of new titles every month, then promptly hides most of them like a raccoon stashing snacks. Case in point: the found-footage chiller 'Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital' quietly hit Netflix on September 5, 2025, and unless the algorithm decides you deserve it, you will not see it. Considering ProPrivacy says 80% of users don’t use search at all, that means a lot of horror fans are about to miss a really nasty little gem.

So, what is this thing?

It’s an international found-footage horror movie about a group of influencers who head into a notoriously haunted hospital that’s rumored to have claimed more than a few visitors. The story is framed as a botched investigation that unravels fast, as a malevolent presence starts picking the team off one by one. It moves, too: 91 minutes, no fat.

The film opened December 25, 2024, and it finally landed on Netflix this month. Kerwin Go directed, from a script by Dustin Celestino, Kerwin Go, and Leovic Arceta. Enrique Gil produced and also appears on camera, alongside Jane de Leon, Alexa Miro, MJ Lastimosa, Raf Pineda, Rob Gomez, and Ryan "Zarckaroo" Azurin. The stunt here is smart: mix actors, models, and real online personalities to make the fear feel uncomfortably authentic.

Why you probably didn’t see it on your Netflix homepage

• Algorithm apathy: Without a Top 10 push, titles get buried. And since 80% of users don’t hit search, buried basically means gone.
• US charts vs. PH charts: It didn’t crack the Top 10 in America, but per FlixPatrol it has been holding the No. 1 spot in the Philippines since release.
• Regional bias: Filipino films still don’t get the same Western attention that Korean TV and cinema do, and the cast’s star power lands harder in the Philippines than it does stateside.
• Found-footage allergy: Some viewers tap out at the first shaky frame. If that’s you, fair warning; if not, you’re in for some effective chaos.

The Gonjiam of it all

Let’s call out the obvious: the movie owes a lot to the 2018 Korean hit 'Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum'. The characters even name-check it while setting up their rigs, including the camera mounted right on their faces. It’s not coy about the influence — Wikipedia even lists this one as "based on" that film — but the homage actually works in its favor.

Instead of just tracing the outline, 'Strange Frequencies' piles on fresh nastiness: supernatural hauntings stitched together with black magic rituals, plus a doppelganger wrinkle that escalates things quickly. It’s a throw-everything-at-the-wall approach that, surprisingly, sticks.

Does it deliver?

Yeah. The jump scares land, the atmosphere is thick, and Kerwin Go uses the format well — half the tension is your eyes darting around the frame, scanning the hospital’s dark corridors for whatever should not be there. It doesn’t reinvent found footage, but it doesn’t have to. It’s fast, fun, and genuinely scary, and it’s one of the best international horror releases of 2024.

Where to watch (and how to actually find it)

'Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital' is streaming on Netflix now. If it’s not on your front page, you’ll need to search for it — yes, that button you never use. Beat the algorithm and thank yourself later.