Horror, Mystery  •  2018  •  95 min

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum poster

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.7

Overview

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.


Starring Cast

Oh Ah-yeon  •   Wi Ha-joon  •   Yoo Je-Yoon


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film primarily functions as a horror narrative exploring the immediate, terrifying consequences of individual greed and the exploitation of a tragic past for online fame, without explicitly promoting or critiquing a specific political ideology.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The movie features an ensemble cast of South Korean actors with a balanced gender representation among its main characters. The narrative is a horror story focused on supernatural events, and it does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" is a found-footage horror movie centered on a group of streamers exploring a haunted asylum. The narrative focuses exclusively on supernatural events and the characters' survival, with no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the story.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is a found-footage horror film centered on a crew investigating an abandoned psychiatric hospital. The narrative does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, focusing instead on supernatural scares and the psychological distress of the protagonists.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is an original horror film and not an adaptation of existing source material, a reboot of a prior series, or a biopic. All characters were created specifically for this film, thus there are no pre-established characters whose genders could have been swapped.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is an original South Korean horror film with no prior source material, historical figures, or established characters. Therefore, no characters exist who were canonically or historically established as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.5
The Movie Database logo
7.3

Critic Ratings

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9.2
Metacritic logo
N/A

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