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As they venture deeper into the nightmarish old building, they soon encounter much more than they bargained for

Synopsis

The crew of a horror web series travel to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. The filmmakers were unable to obtain filming permission from the South Korean government for the actual hospital, so the scenes of the film set in Gonjiam were actually shot at the National Maritime High School in Busan, with the production team sticking closely to the hospital’s floor plan to recreate the exact same exterior and hallways.

However, on the way to the hospital, they reference a previous trip

Early in the film, they meet for the first time at a restaurant. In the shots where everyone jumps into the water, it’s all the same faces who supposedly just met each other.

They talked about doing it and then they did it

*EDIT – they referenced a previous trip and then *everyone who had just met* jumped into the water. No mistake.

References Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)

A terrifying found-footage horror film from the South Korean film industry, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum follows well-trodden paths, uses the expected genre cliches, and implements the same formula as other similar examples before it. And yet everything about it is surprisingly better and far more effective, perhaps due to the genuinely exciting setup and excellent interplay of the dedicated cast.

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