South Korea Synopsis
곤지암
“Experience the horror.”
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
Audience Engagement
552 audience reviews — more than 97% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Hive Media Corp
Horror + Mystery in South Korea
32 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum itself).
The 2017–2019 South Korea Window
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum holds position #113 of 271 South Korea films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Intention
★ 9.1 · 2018
#2Youn's Kitchen
★ 8.9 · 2017
#32018 GFRIEND FIRST CONCERT Season of GFRIEND
★ 8.9 · 2018
#4BLACKPINK: Arena Tour 2018 'Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka'
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5My Last Love
★ 8.6 · 2017
#6Hyori's Bed and Breakfast
★ 8.6 · 2017
#7Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
#8Are You Human?
★ 8.5 · 2018
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
2018 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 93 titles released, including Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (719 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 92 other South Korea films in 2018.
The 935th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- camera · 5
- paranormal activity · 5
- asylum · 3
- insane asylum · 2
- psychiatric hospital · 2
- paranormal investigation · 2
- crew · 1
- horror filmmaking · 1
- haunted attractions · 1
- haunted hospital · 1
- livestream · 1
- ghosts · 1
- found footage · 22
- paranormal · 9
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #433 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (69th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Horror productions specifically: #6 of 89 (top 7%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Hive Media Corp |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | March 28, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt8119752 |