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The Host

  • 7.1 /10

  • 3036

  • 93%

Plot

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.

Cast

Song Kang-ho as Park Gang-du
Song Kang-ho

as Park Gang-du

Byun Hee-bong as Park Hie-bong
Byun Hee-bong

as Park Hie-bong

Park Hae-il as Park Nam-il
Park Hae-il

as Park Nam-il

Bae Doona as Park Nam-joo
Bae Doona

as Park Nam-joo

Ko A-sung as Park Hyun-seo
Ko A-sung

as Park Hyun-seo

Oh Dal-su as The Monster (voice)
Oh Dal-su

as The Monster (voice)

Lee Jae-eung as Se-jin
Lee Jae-eung

as Se-jin

Lee Dong-ho as Se-joo
Lee Dong-ho

as Se-joo

Yoon Je-moon as Homeless Man
Yoon Je-moon

as Homeless Man

Yim Pil-sung as Fat Guevara
Yim Pil-sung

as Fat Guevara

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • July 27, 2006

Production Companies

  • Chungeorahm Film

  • Showbox

Production Countries

  • South Korea

Spoken Language

  • 한국어/조선말

  • English

Budget

  • $11,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $88,489,643.00

Runtime

  • 2.00 hrs

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Reviews

This is a monster horror movie that really tries, to the point where they don’t give a clear view of the creature in the previews, presumably not to ruin the initial shock moment for the viewer. It is in Korean with English subtitles, with a few bursts of English with Korean subtitles when the speaker is American. The movie focuses on one family’s ongoing battle: not merely against the monster…

These sites all missed the point. It's farce, it's funny. I actually liked the creature! He's kinda gruesomely-cute! Don't expect drama. It's all tongue-in-cheek, reminiscent of the old Godzilla creature films.