The Host

Damn you, Gore Verbinski. Damn you. The man behind the U.S. remake of The Ring, which I grant you wasn’t as bad as we had feared, has been attached to produce a redux of another Asian favorite: Bong Joon-Ho’s The Host (review).
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 8:27am.

Reviewed by Syxx Starring Kang-Ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae and Ah-sung Ko Directed by Bong Joon-Ho Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Submitted by Kryten Syxx on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 5:14am.

Here's what to get and what to avoid come Tuesday, July 24th, 2007... Blown (2005) Directed by David C. Hayes
Submitted by Jon Condit on Mon, 07/23/2007 - 11:00am.

Not too long we told you about the ballsy Asian horror movie The Host (review) pulling out all the stops by jumping on every available DVD format right here. Though the news about the film having four different releases come July 24th is old, the cover art for the discs is not. Here is a rundown of what you will be able to find on each disc type:
Submitted by Jon Condit on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 9:47pm.

There is some good news for those of us who were unable to get The Host Limited Complete Edition DVD (review here) because of either the price or the sad fact that we lack a multi-region DVD player.
Submitted by Jon Condit on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 12:39pm.

Well, The Host sure is doing well outside of the US, where it got a decent release instead of just an arthouse run (don’t think I’m complaining; it’s better than nothing) and it was announced via the trades today that the film picked up a total of 4 Asian Film Awards at the recent inaugural event.
Submitted by Jon Condit on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 10:05am.

In celebration of this weekend’s U.S. release of The Host, Dread Central was invited out to The Orphanage to sit down with Visual FX Supervisor Kevin Rafferty, who discussed the creation of the great Korean beast.
Submitted by Jon Condit on Fri, 03/09/2007 - 3:46am.

Reviewed by Andrew Kasch Starring Kang-ho Song, Hie-Bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-ne Bae Directed by Bong Joon-ho Distributed by KD Media
Submitted by Andrew Kasch on Fri, 02/09/2007 - 4:08am.

Here’s what you guys have been waiting for: the debut of the domestic trailer for Bong Joon-Ho’s monster epic The Host. MSN Movies got their well-manicured hands on said trailer today so wait no longer to give it a look!
Submitted by Jon Condit on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 3:26pm.

You know it. You love it. You want to hug it and squeeze it and make it your own. Some call it "monster," but you?
Submitted by Jon Condit on Mon, 11/27/2006 - 9:24am.

Now this is just flat-out disturbing. Bong Joon-ho just finished work on The Host after well over two years of hard work getting the look of the monster just right and balancing a horror story with a family drama, and now Universal’s going to come along and muck it all up. Like they always do.
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Thu, 11/02/2006 - 8:31am.

I was totally unaware that South Korea made horror films. Who knew?
Submitted by Jon Condit on Wed, 10/11/2006 - 11:14am.

Though it’s been in place for a while, the Toronto International Film Festival gets rolling on September 7th, and I thought that now would be the perfect time to remind all you lucky bastards who are going, as well as those unlucky among us who are not, about their lineup for Midnight Madness. This year the genre-centered portion of the show has got some fantastic titles showing up including: Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated monster romp The Host (September 8th)
Submitted by Jon Condit on Wed, 09/06/2006 - 11:03am.

So the predominant question that’s been on Asian cinemephiles’ lips for the past year or so is "When the hell do I get to see The Host?" Finally, we have an answer. January 29th, 2007... This is the word from Magnolia Pictures (via Bloody Disgusting), though it was not specified if it will be theatrical (damn well better) or straight to DVD.
Submitted by Jon Condit on Mon, 08/21/2006 - 11:17pm.

Just when I thought that my Friday evening websurfing would be fairly routine, my wandering eyes settled on some interesting information about a certain creature that’s been cashing in and terrorizing audiences throughout Korea as well as on a successful festival run.
Submitted by Jon Condit on Sat, 08/19/2006 - 10:47am.