Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
곤지암
Hanja
昆池岩
Revised RomanizationGonjiam
Directed byJung Bum-shik
Written byJung Bum-shik
Park Sang-min
Produced byKim Won-kuk
Starring
CinematographyYoon Byung-ho
Production
companies
Hive Mediacorp
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)
Running time
91 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$2.2 million[1][2]
Box officeUS$21 million[3]

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (Korean곤지암; Hanja昆池岩; RRGonjiam) 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.

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]

  1. ^ "Haunted asylum beats 'Ready Player One' in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Showbox sells 'Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum' to 47 countries". Screen.
  3. ^ "GONJIAM: Haunted Asylum (2018)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  4. ^ "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum". Box Office Mojo.
  5. ^ "Well Go USA Takes South Korean Horror Film 'Gonjiam' for North America". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 March 2018.
  6. ^ "'Gonjiam' becomes 3rd most-watched horror movie in S. Korea". Yonhap News Agency. 8 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum". Far East Film Festival.