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2006
The Host is a 2006 monster film directed and co-written by Bong Joon Ho. It stars Song Kang-ho as food stand vendor Park Gang-du whose daughter Hyun-seo is kidnapped by a creature dwelling around the Han River in Seoul. Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, and Bae Doona appear in supporting roles as Gang-du's father, brother, and sister, respectively, who help Gang-du escape quarantine against an alleged virus derived from…
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src In broad daylight, a huge amphibious creature, Gwoemul, bursts out of the Han River, to wreak havoc on the population of a local nearby city. The plot; The Host is a 2006 Korean movie directed by Bong Joon-ho, the same director of Parasite. The film follows a monster — a mutated fish created as a result of an American mortician's order to dump hundreds of bottles of formaldehyde down the drain which leads direct…More
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Bong Joon-ho is, mainly thanks to his Oscar triumph with *Parasite*, the best known and arguably the most successful director in history of South Korean cinema. He had, however, made his mark more than a decade before with number of highly regarded films. His third feature, 2006 science fiction horror film *The Host*, entered history books in more ways than one – as the most expensive South Korean film at the time,…More
HOST a film that knows how to reach the public. Genre films FOUND FOOTAGE or Camera in Hand , have become popular in recent years with their particular way of bringing terror or suspense to our heads Movies like Paranormal Activity , The Blair Witch , REC , among others have been able to catch the viewer in their plot causing more than one jump or scream of fear, even more if you are one of those brave or crazy who…More
HOST ENGLISH # In quarantine, the appearance of an unwanted guest at a reunion of friends will bring terror to each of their homes... "Host" Another month of October begins and for the third consecutive year I start this activity of reviewing horror films and series, the only difference is that this year I have called it "Hivelloween " , that's why in this month most of my posts will read about classic and new horro…More
Source Click to Join Meeting Host is a film who's genre can most aptly be described as live-action horror. The film comes compliments of the good people at Shudder and seems to be set somewhere in England, where a young lady named Haley decides to host a Zoom conference call with a few of her friends, no doubt an attempt to take the sting out of the isolation brought on as a measure to prevent the spread of the COVI…More
version en francais plus bas It is a British horror film that was recently released as video on demand on Shudder. It is probably the only film that was shot during the pandemic thanks to the ZOOM application. I categorize the film as found footage / paranormal. In short, a group of friends decides to invite a medium to their zoom party and lots of events happen ... I found the film to be quite good and the film is…More
Shudder recently released this new horror film that many people will be able to feel related to because the characters are all in quarantine due to the current pandemic. This is the reason why they are meeting in Zoom just like many people have been doing in real life for the past few months. By the way, if you don't know what Shudder is, it is a streaming service that only serves the horror niche, like Netflix but…More
I've been a fan of Korean cinema since I was introduced to it around a decade ago. I think that a lot of the world has probably had their eyes opened a bit about how good this country's films are since *Parasite* ended up sweeping the Academy Awards this past year. Hopefully this encouraged a lot of those people to check out the treasure-trove of films that this country has produced over the years. I was digging thr…More
The Host tells the tale of America's heartless and threatening approach to world events from the perspective of another country: South Korea. In the beginning, the film shows us careless military personnel casually dumping chemicals into the Han River; the result of such actions is a seemingly mutated creature that wreaks havoc upon nearby residents. The film follows a loving father that tends to a family-owned vend…More
