Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (Korean: 곤지암; Hanja: 昆池岩; RR: Gonjiam) is a 2018 South Korean found footage supernatural horror film directed by Jung Bum-shik. Based on a real-life psychiatric hospital of the same name, it stars Wi Ha-joon, Park Ji-hyun, Oh Ah-yeon, Moon Ye-won, Park Sung-hoon, Yoo Je-yoon and Lee Seung-wook in the lead roles. The narrative centers around a horror web series crew that travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast to garner views and publicity, unaware that what they'll encounter will be the last thing they'll ever see.
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Hangul | 곤지암 |
Hanja | 昆池岩 |
Revised Romanization | Gonjiam |
Directed by | Jung Bum-shik |
Written by | Jung Bum-shik Park Sang-min |
Produced by | Kim Won-kuk |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Yoon Byung-ho |
Production companies | Hive Mediacorp |
Distributed by | Showbox |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$2.2 million[1][2] |
Box office | US$21 million[3] |
The film opened theatrically in South Korea on 28 March 2018, in the United States on 13 April 2018, and in the Philippines on 2 May 2018.[4][5] A commercial success, it also became the third most-watched horror film in South Korea after A Tale of Two Sisters and Phone.[6] Later, it was screened at the 20th Udine Far East Film Festival.[7]