Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

A 2018 South Korean found footage horror film directed by Jung Bum-shik. Based on the real-life Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, the plot follows a group of six individuals: three women (Ah-yeon, Charlotte, and Ji-hyun) and three men (Sung-hoon, Seung-wook, and Je-yoon), who join the owner of the YouTube channel "Horror Times," Ha-joon (Yoo Je-yoon), to conduct a live broadcast from the abandoned Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, notorious for its dark history. Ha-joon remains at a base camp near the hospital, overseeing the broadcast, while the others enter the building. Unknown to the women and the viewers, Ha-joon, Sung-hoon, and Seung-wook have pre-scripted the scenario with fake scares to create an effect. However, as the exploration progresses, the group encounters inexplicable and terrifying phenomena beyond their staging. They discover a photograph of the hospital's patients and staff in the director's office, along with a doll that they notice moves on its own and matches one held by a patient in the photograph. Events become increasingly sinister: objects move by themselves, participants begin to disappear, and attempts to leave the building prove futile. Ultimately, all members fall victim to the hospital's supernatural forces, and their broadcast cuts off, leaving viewers puzzled about their fate. The film explores themes of fear, curiosity, and the consequences of meddling with the unknown.