Well Go USA has already dated the horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum for release in limited theaters and on VOD platforms on Friday, April 13, 2018.
The film takes place at the former Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, which was selected as one of CNN Travel’s ’7 freakiest places on the planet’.
According to local legend, the asylum was shut down after a series of mysterious patient deaths in the 90s. In the film, an internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for a live-streaming, ‘experience the horror’ show at there and things spin out of control.
Directed by Jung Bum-shik (Horror Stories, Epitaph), it was produced by Hive Mediacorp. It features Wi Ha-jun, Park Ji-hyun, Oh Ah-yeon, Mun Ye-won, Park Sung-hun, Lee Seung-wook and Yoo Je-yoon.
The film landed on top of the South Korean box office, reported Variety. Since opening last Wednesday, the Showbox release earned $10.2 million from 1.37 million admissions, including $492,000 earned from previews. It accounted for 40% of the total weekend box office beating out Ready Player One.
