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The Host (2006)

R ★ 7.0/10 120 min Horror, Drama, Science Fiction South Korea Korean
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Screenplay by: Bong Joon Ho, Baek Chul-hyun, Hah Jun-won
Adaptation: Joo Byeol
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Man has made his newest predator.

Description

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

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Top Cast

Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho Park Gang-du
Byun Hee-bong
Byun Hee-bong Park Hie-bong
Park Hae-il
Park Hae-il Park Nam-il
Bae Doona
Bae Doona Park Nam-joo
Ko A-sung
Ko A-sung Park Hyun-seo
Oh Dal-su
Oh Dal-su The Monster (voice)
Lee Jae-eung
Lee Jae-eung Se-jin
Lee Dong-ho Se-joo

The Host Appears on 16 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #556
BFI The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
British Film Institute #59
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #918

Critic Curated

Indiewire's 65 Best Sci-Fi Movies Of The 21st Century
IndieWire #02
Paste Magazine The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Paste Magazine #84
Paste Magazines 50 Best Monster Movies Of All Time
Paste Magazine #10
Rolling Stone - The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies
Rolling Stone #75
The Ringers Best Horror Movies Since 1978
The Ringer #136
The Ringers Horror Oscars
The Ringer #86

Filmmaker Curation

Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #110
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #894
Mike’s Likes: Favorite Horror Movies
Letterboxd #120
Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #47

Genre Curation

65 Greatest Horror Movies Of The 21St Century according to Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone #27

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxds Top 250 Horror Films
Letterboxd #138
Showdown Natural Selection
Letterboxd Showdown #20

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