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Korean Horror Attacks!

The Orphanage, my new favorite special effects house, did work on a Korean film called The Host:

The Host, a wicked sci-fi horror comedy featuring a lithe and ravenous mutant tadpole, smashed South Korea's box office records in just six weeks.

Now it's coming to America, first in its original version, on screens in more than 100 cities this month, and then in a remake planned by Universal Pictures.

Bong Joon-ho's film is the most visible of a new wave of genre-bending Korean films, including the upcoming D-War, a CGI-heavy $70 million film about a killer snake that invades L.A.

--Wired: K-Horror is the New J-Horror

From what I've read about The Host, in The New Yorker and elsewhere, it sounds like a load of fun.

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