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The Host

R Released Mar 9, 2007 1h 59m Horror Comedy TRAILER for The Host: Trailer 1 List The Host: Trailer 1 The Host: Trailer 1 2:05 View more videos
93% Tomatometer 156 Reviews 72% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings 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 residents. When the creature abducts their daughter (Go Ah-sung), a vendor (Song Kang-ho) and his family decide that they are the only ones who can save her. Read More Read Less

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As populace pleasing as it is intellectually satisfying, The Host combines scares, laughs, and satire into a riveting, monster movie.

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Mark Holcomb Time Out Rated: 5/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel Rated: 4/5 May 13, 2009 Full Review Liam Lacey Globe and Mail As ebullient and bizarre as a monster that can do back flips, leaving the viewer in a shock of delight. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 1, 2007 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review The Host may seem familiar in the first half-hour […] but it grows beyond a single genre or traditional blockbuster entertainment by including a political editorial alongside a brisk creature feature. Rated: 3.5/4 Mar 8, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy A monster movie for those who like a little meat on the genre's bones. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 26, 2021 Full Review Sean Fennessey The Ringer The Host filled a crucial hole in our horror life: a big, hulking, unstoppable force that we accidentally created and can't control. Mar 22, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Timothy T One of the best creatures ever. Loved this horror movie. The characters and story were great. The only negative was the run time. Tim Treakle Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review Aidan B Completely lacking in most of the horror aspects that it advertises, though successful in most other aspects, "The Host" is a decently made film with some exciting and entertaining scenes that help mask the clearly outdated CGI. Characters were very well done, and the acting is extremely well. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/25/24 Full Review Spike G A oscar worthy monster movie Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/12/24 Full Review Emilliano Jr S A well made Korean creature feature. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review 臬† † 讽刺和寓意都很富有内涵，但是剧情自身感觉不精彩，但演绎和导演没的说 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review Fong Kok Hoong F Boosting dumbfounding special effects of an amphibian grotesque wrecking havoc, Bong Joon-ho's breakout feature is also an anomalous entry in the monster horror genre that adroitly amalgamates dark humour, political satire, ferocious suspense to tell an otherwise heartwarming story about a father's unyielding resolution to rescue his captive daughter. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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 residents. When the creature abducts their daughter (Go Ah-sung), a vendor (Song Kang-ho) and his family decide that they are the only ones who can save her.
Director
Bong Joon Ho
Screenwriter
Bong Joon Ho, Baek Cheol-hyeon, Ha Junwon
Distributor
Magnolia Films
Production Co
Nick Wechsler, Silver Reel, Chockstone Pictures
Rating
R (Language|Creature Violence)
Genre
Horror, Comedy
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 9, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.2M
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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