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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

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The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. It soon encounters much more than expected as it moves deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
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Rocco T. Thompson Rue Morgue Magazine A lean and mean feature that proves the increased mobility of the personal camera need not preclude the art of scare making. Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Rebecca Sayce Starburst This is the definition of terror: needling into your brain and never offering even a morsel of relief throughout its runtime. Rated: 5/5 Jun 27, 2024 Full Review William Schwartz HanCinema Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is unapologetically a gimmick horror film, where the only relevant character trait is narcissism prefacing a cosmic reminder of just how insignificant any individual human life really is. Aug 20, 2019 Full Review Min-sik Yoon Korea Herald The blur between fiction and reality works well, but the problem is that it has been done before, and done well, several times since The Blair Witch Project popularized it in 1999. Jan 9, 2019 Full Review Ernesto Diezmartinez Cine Vértigo "A harmless but entertaining pop-corn movie". Rated: 1/4 Dec 22, 2018 Full Review Mabel Salinas Cine Premiere Beom-sik Jeong's film does not stagnate in the substitutes caused by sudden stridencies; his camera handling is intelligent, credible and the setting is crucial for the development of the story. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Nov 26, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member AB INS SPUKHAUS, WAS SOLL SCHON PASSIEREN? Eine Gruppe von Leuten will im stillgelegten Gonjiam Krankenhaus auf Geistersuche gehen. Denn angeblich stirbt jeder der in das Zimmer 402 eintreten will. Die Influencer von Horror Times wollen die 1. Million Klicks bei einem Livestream erreichen, doch schnell wird Ihnen klar irgendwas ist da drinnen und es macht bereits Jagd auf sie. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum von 2018 geht ca. 94 Minuten und ist ab 16 Jahren freigegeben. Wir haben hier eine Horror-Mysterie Geschichte über eine Gruppe von Leuten, die eigentlich nicht an Geister sondern ans liebe Geld glauben. Doch unerwarteteweise müssen sie feststellen das es in diesem Gebäude wohl wirklich spukt, besonders als sich die ersten verletzten und verschwinden. Im Found-Footage Stil gedreht erleben wir eine Geschichte die man schon duzente Male gesehen hat. Daher ist es wenig überraschend welchen Verlauf dieser Streifen nimmt, aber immerhin gab es kaum gewackel. Ein paar nette Jumpscares und einige Hinter-dir-ist-etwas Momente nach dem anderen machen dennoch Spaß. Die Figuren selbst sind weder besonders interessant und man fragt sich eigentlich nur wer zu erst drauf gehen wird. Eine gute Grund Stimmung wird aufgrund des Schauplatzes dennoch geboten und wirklich langweilig ist es nie, auch wenn man weiss was passiert. Das Finale bietet unheimliche Bilder, sehr viel Geschrei und vorallem Geister die zwar cool sind aber Geräusche machen wie ich wenn ich zu heißes Essen im Mund habe, was zu unfreiwilliger Komik führt. Am Ende bleibt ein Werk das man sich in tiefer Nacht mal geben kann um sich ein wenig zu gruseln. Wirklich vom Hocker dürfte man hier nicht gerissen werden, aber kurzweilige Unterhaltung gibt es dennoch. Von mir bekommt der Film 6/10 Punkten. Schauspielerisch ist das natürlich typisch asiatisch übertrieben, damit muss man bei solchen Filmen leider leben. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/12/25 Full Review Bat C O melhor filme de terror que já assisti Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review Scott M Highly derivative of other found footage films and featuring largely generic characters, yet exceptionally effective nonetheless. What the film lacks in depth and originality, it makes up for with an abundance of well-constructed scares, strong acting, and solid pacing. Definitely worth a watch if you like found footage horror. Just don't expect anything particularly new or surprising. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review Dan B I'm not the biggest fan of the found footage genre but this was good! Laughed a little at one point but really well done overall. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/25 Full Review Yash B Found footage horror movies aren't necessarily a new concept at this point in time, but using a real location as the inspiration for "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" does make the film feel original. This movie has a good amount of setup which leads to an intense and terrifying finale. I watched this movie with a group of friends and genuinely think it would have been too scary for my taste otherwise. I do like how the movie has some mysterious elements, but I also felt it could have dived more into backstories of whatever presence was attacking the characters in the movie and felt more interesting from a story perspective. Nonetheless, I think the movie is fully functional as a thrill ride and has everything horror fanatics would want from a movie like this. Overall, it is a scary, unsettling, and engaging movie that kept me creeped out and was fun to watch with a large group. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/25 Full Review acsdoug D I think the "found footage" genre played itself out a long time ago, and for a while I thought this was just another "young people doing stupid things" horror movie. But at the midway point the movie produces some genuinely frightening images. There are enough of those to recommend the film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. It soon encounters much more than expected as it moves deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
Director
Jung Bum-shik
Producer
Kim Wonguk
Distributor
Well Go USA
Production Co
Hive Media Corp.
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 13, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 18, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$111.2K
Runtime
1h 33m
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