A Quiet Place Part II
2020USA★ 7.46 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, bleak, tense, escalating, and slow burn.
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
곤지암
2018South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Jung Bum-shik★ 7.3
Available in English: subtitled
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
Themes and style
Tone
bleaktensehauntingchaotic
Pacing
slow burnescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalunravelingsiege
Emotion
paranoiafeeling powerlessloss of innocence
Themes
corrupt institutions
Feel
exhaustingfun scaryquietly hauntinggut punch
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
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Hollywood films like Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
If Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
The Conjuring
2013USA★ 7.56 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia and feeling powerless. Same energy: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
Paranormal Activity
2007USA★ 66 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
A Quiet Place
2018USA★ 7.45 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
The Conjuring 2
2016USA★ 7.35 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless. The feel is the same: haunting, tense, escalating, and slow burn.
Halloween
1978USA★ 7.64.5 pt match
Like Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, this one is rooted in paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Nope
2022USA★ 6.84 pt match
Both films sit with loss of innocence and paranoia. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Get Out
2017USA★ 7.63.5 pt match
Like Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, this one is rooted in paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.