People binge eat and suffer from extreme thirst, which leads them to go crazy for water. They cannot control themselves because they are brainwashed by a parasite.
Acting
Kim Myung-min's unraveling desperation carries the entire third act.
Direction
Park Jung-woo stages mass chaos with claustrophobic intimacy.
Practical Effects
Grotesque body horror achieved without over-reliance on CGI.
Director
Park Jung-woo
Kim Myung-min
Jae-hyeok
Moon Jeong-hee
Kyeong-soon
Kim Dong-wan
Jae-pil
Lee Hanee
Yeon-joo
Uhm Ji-sung
Joon-woo
Kang Shin-il
Dr. Hwang
Jo Deok-hyeon
Tae-won
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Prime Minister
Choi Jung-woo
Health Minister
Lee Hyeong-cheol
Jason Kim
Jeong In-gi
Sales Office Manager
Song Young-chang
Chief Kim
Choi Il-hwa
President
Kim Sae-byuk
Baby's Mother
Cho Han-cheul
Researcher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released two years after the actual 2010 mass fish die-off in the Han River, which made its ecological horror uncomfortably timely for Korean audiences.
The 'horsehair worm' parasite depicted is real—just thankfully not THIS effective at mind control. The film's creature design consulted actual parasitologists.
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