Movies like Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
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Original name: 곤지암
Genre: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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 '7 freakiest places on the planet'. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on their online show.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, captivating, mystical, slasher, splatter, spooky, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, mental institution, macabre, paranormal investigation, fear, night, youth, supernatural horror, friends, legend, vlogger, suspense, paranormal, paranormal activity, mysticism, body horror, survival horror, beer, haunted, violent death, supernatural, hospital, bus, isolation ...
Place:
south korea
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