‘Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum’ Remake Will Offer a New Take on the South Korean Found Footage Horror Movie

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, a very spooky found footage movie from South Korea, is getting an inevitable American remake. The original film follows a team of ghost hunters filming their overnight stay in a supposedly haunted asylum that turns out to be – you guessed it – really haunted. It’s not the most original of storylines, but it’s pretty damn effective.

According to THR, Los Angeles-based Black Box Management and Seoul-based BH Entertainment are teaming for an American remake of the 2018 South Korean horror movie Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. In Gonjiam, a web-based team of ghost hunters heads into an abandoned asylum overnight with the plan of drumming up a hefty amount of online views. To increase their viewership, some team members secretly stage fake paranormal events that scare the ghost hunters who are out of the loop. This plan ultimately backfires when real supernatural stuff starts happening. Here’s a trailer:

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum