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  1. THE HOST (The Gwoemul Monster that Terrorised South Korea & Ending) EXPLAINED

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COMMENTS

  1. Attack of the Giant Amphibian! movie review (2007)

    4 min read. A monster's attack in "The Host" forces Nam-Joo (Bae Doo-Na) and her family to fend for themselves. A horror thriller, a political satire, a dysfunctional family …

  2. The Host

    Careless American military personnel dump chemicals into South Korea's Han River. Several years later, a creature emerges from the tainted waters and sinks its ravenous jaws into local...

  3. Why "The Host" Is The Defining Monster Movie Of The 21st Century

    Is the monster just a mucus-covered McGuffin to set up a darkly dysfunctional comedy about a lower-middle-class Korean family trying to rescue their youngest member, or …

  4. Thoughts on The Host (2006, Korean monster movie)?

    The Host still holds up as one of the best SFX heavy films in Korean cinema and Snowpiercer was the most expensive Korean movie ever made. His movie Mother has been one of the …

  5. The Host is such a great, unique film : r/TrueFilm

    I recall a number of writers agreeing that The Host and it's plot is actually an allegory for American military presence in South Korea. Do you really think the film is simply a monster …

  6. The Host

    “The Host” may be born out of sociopolitical tensions, scares about SARS and the avian flu, or Mr. Bong’s imagination, but it’s also a snapshot of a modern South Korea bordering on social...

  7. The Host Review: Not Just Your Average Monster Movie

    The scandal provoked anti-American uproar in South Korea, and is recreated in The Host as the cause of a mutated creature that emerges from the river to wreak havoc. It is …