Seoul Station

Seoul Station (2016) is a Korean animated horror-thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Director Yeon Sang-ho made this feature-length animation as a prequel to his own Train to Busan — set in the hours before the live-action film begins, tracing the first outbreak back to its origin point.

The story centers on the central train station in downtown Seoul, where a homeless man becomes infected with something that spreads fast. A young woman tries to navigate the chaos on foot while the city collapses around her; her stepfather searches through the panic to find her. Yeon chose animation deliberately — the drawn format lets him depict dense crowds, swarming streets and the full scale of a city coming apart at the seams without the constraints of a live-action shoot.

Fans of Train to Busan will recognize the timeline. Everyone else gets a sharp, economical zombie thriller with something to say about who gets left behind first. Watch Seoul Station (2016) online on iFILM.