Gonjiam: Haunted asylum

Two teenagers are at the derelict Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital in front of the notorious room 402 trying to open the door and streaming from their cellphones. Soon they disappear, before opening the door. The owner of the YouTube channel "Horror Times", Ha-joon (Wi Ha-joon), decides to transmit live from Gonjiam expecting to reach one million accesses and sponsors to pay half a million dollars in advertisements. The Gonjian Psychiatric Hospital has a notorious past, since its Director (Park Ji-ah) killed all the patients and then committed suicide. Ha-joon joins a crew of six teenagers: three boys, Sung-hoon (Park Sung-hoon), Seung-wook (Seung-Wook Lee) and Je-Yoon (Jay Yoo); and three girls, Ah-yeon (Ah-yeon Oh) and the rookies Charlotte (Ye-Won Mun) and Ji-Hyun (Park Ji-Hyun), to spend the night at Gonjiam and broadcast live. Ha-joon stays at a base tent controlling the broadcast with a delay to edit his choice before streaming to the viewers and the group split and goes to the four floors of the hospital. What the girls do not know is that Ha-joon, Sung-hoon and Seung-wook have planted fake supernatural effects to haunt the girls and consequently the viewers that would be scared with the effects. When the effects are activated, Charlotte and Ji-Hyun are startled and frightened, but are convinced to stay with the group. But out of the blue, supernatural activities happen at Gonjiam and Ha-joon tries to understand what is happening and keep the streaming going on.

"Gon-ji-am", a.k.a. "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum" (2018), is a predictable but tense "found footage" style movie. This low-budget film has an awful and messy cinematography made by handy camera and is scary, but in a confused way. The conclusion is kind of senseless. "Gon-ji-am" is indicated for fans of horror that like this type of cheap way of filming, since the unoriginal plot is funny. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Gonjiam: Manicômio Assombrado" ("Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum")