Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum – original titles: Gonjiam and 곤지암 – is a 2017 South Korean supernatural found footage horror film directed by Beom-sik Jeong (Horror Stories and sequel; Epitaph) from a screenplay co-written with Sang-min Park. The Hive Media Corp. production stars Seung-Wook Lee, Ye-Won Mun, and Ji-Hyun Park.
In 1979, forty-two patients at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital killed themselves and the hospital director went mad. Rumours and strange stories about the now abandoned Gonjiam Mental Hospital abound.
An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their ‘Experience the Horror’ show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as one of the ‘seven freakiest places on the planet’. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on their online show.
To attract more viewers, the show hosts play tricks on the guests. However, things begin to get out of control after the paranormal explorers sneak into the place…
The film is released in South Korea on March 28, 2018.
Meanwhile, Screen Daily reported that South Korean distributor Showbox has pre-sold horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum to 47 countries in territories such as North America (Well Go USA, released on April 13, 2018), Latin America (BF Distribution) and Japan (Nihon Sky Way).
Other territories with distribution deals include Australia and New Zealand (JBG Pictures), Hong Kong and Macau (Neo Films), Philippines (MVP Viva), Singapore (Shaw), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Malaysia and Brunei (GSC) and Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar (Westec Media).
Cast and characters:
Seung-Wook Lee … Seung-wook
Ye-Won Mun … Charlotte
Ji-Hyun Park … Ji-hyun
Sung-Hoon Park … Sung-hoon
Ha-Joon Wi … Ha-joon
Production:
Principal filming began December 2, 2016, and finished January 13, 2017.