17/30
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. They soon encounter a lot more than they expected as they move deeper into the nightmarish old building. The filmmakers couldn’t get permission from the South Korean government to film in an actual hospital, so the scenes set in Gonjiam were actually filmed at the National Maritime High School Busan, where the production team closely followed the hospital’s floor plans to recreate the exact same exterior and hallways. Charlotte keeps looking to the side when the group is in front of the hospital. She’s apparently responding with a smile to whoever it is. References Homecoming of Horror (2007). I’m always a little hesitant to watch found footage movies with a haunted house/asylum storyline. They all tend to follow the exact same formula with almost the exact same scares. Honestly, this one is no different. But of course I watched it because there was no doubt that I wasn’t going to. And while it’s reminiscent of films like „Grave Encounters“ (2011) and the like, it creates an impressive amount of suspense and makes what you’re expecting seem fresh. The setup is basic: a production crew goes to a supposed haunted hospital for their reality show to capture ghosts live and break into a room (402) that’s locked and, for now, impenetrable. The first 35 minutes are pretty introductory, but do a good job of making you feel comfortable with the crew. Once they arrive at the asylum, things naturally move at a steady pace, and the last 20 minutes are pretty hair-raising. Seriously, there were a few instances where things were downright scary. This isn’t a film that does anything new or reinvents the „Haunted Asylum“ film, but what this South Korean film does is tell you just so you know what’s going to happen, you shouldn’t settle for the way things are going . This might be in my top 10 of the year.
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