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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
The history of Korean horror was rewritten this year by the most unlikely of contenders, as a low-budget found footage chiller became one of the top-selling K-horrors of all time. Without the benefit of any stars, Epitaph co-director Jung Bum-sik struck box office gold with Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, which fell shy of only Kim Jee-won’s A Tale of Two Sisters on the all-time local horror chart.
A popular vlogger recruits a group of young amateur paranormal sleuths for a special trip to the countryside. Their mission is to explore the Gonjiam Haunted Asylum, which was named by CNN as one of the seven ‘freakiest places on the planet’. The asylum, which once housed the mentally ill as well as political prisoners, was said to be a site of experimentation and torture before being shuttered in the 1970s. Once there, the hardened crew livestream their progress within the building while the leader orchestrates their maneuvers from a base camp outside. Over the course of an increasingly unpredictable night, some staged scares quickly make way for events that are beyond easy explanation.
Views: 1186
Director: Beom-sik Jeong
Actors: Mun Ye-won, Oh Ah-yeon, Park Ji-hyun, Park Sung-hun, Wi Ha-jun
Country: South Korea
