Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
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| Hangul | 곤지암 |
| Hanja | 昆池岩 |
| RR | Gonjiam |
| MR | Konjiam |
| Directed by | Jung Bum-shik |
| Written by | Jung Bum-shik Park Sang-min |
| Produced by | Kim Won-kuk |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Yoon Byung-ho |
Production company | Hive Mediacorp |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$2.2 million |
| Box office | US$21 million |
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (Korean: 곤지암; RR: Gonjiam) is a 2018 South Korean found footage supernatural horror film directed by Jung Bum-shik. Based on a real-life psychiatric hospital of the same name, it stars Wi Ha-joon, Park Ji-hyun, Oh Ah-yeon, Moon Ye-won, Park Sung-hoon, Yoo Je-yoon and Lee Seung-wook in the lead roles. The narrative centers around a horror web series crew that travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast to garner views and publicity.
The film opened theatrically in South Korea on 28 March 2018, in the United States on 13 April 2018, and in the Philippines on 2 May 2018. A commercial success, it also became the third most-watched horror film in South Korea after A Tale of Two Sisters and Phone. Later, it was screened at the 20th Udine Far East Film Festival.