Kakao Entertainment announced that the experiential horror thriller movie ‘Gonjiam’ will be remade into the Kakao Page chat novel ‘Gonjiam’ and begin serialization on the 17th. By adding sound effects and background scenes to the story development method unique to chat novels, it is expected to provide a different level of fear than movies.
Kakao Page’s ‘Chat Novel’ is a short-form content customized for the MZ generation, and is characterized by providing a more immersive content experience by adding a lively, three-dimensional background, music, and narration effects as if chatting with the characters in the work. Since its first launch in September, it has released more than 100 works of various genres, including thrillers, daily romances, and fantasy, while continuing to make new attempts such as ‘1for9’, which depicts the worldview of idol Unite, and is growing its fan base. .
The movie ‘Gonjiam’ is an experiential horror thriller that depicts the strange and eerie events experienced by seven horror experience groups against the background of Korea’s Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, which was selected as one of the ‘7 most creepy places in the world’ by CNN and attracted attention. The film, which unfolds through the eyes of actors wearing one-person cams at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a real-life place that spawned countless stories of creepy experiences and was called a sacred place for horror experiences, conveyed vivid tension and extreme fear, attracting approximately 2.7 million viewers. It is the second highest-grossing Korean horror film of all time.
The Kakao Page chat novel ‘Gonjiam’ re-creates the first-person perspective and mise-en-scène, which were the highlights of the movie ‘Gonjiam’, with sound, video, and special effects unique to chat novels. The background, sound, and special effects that change according to the speed at which the reader taps will provide a high level of immersion in the story and a new level of fear. In addition, details that were not seen in the movie, such as the personalities, characteristics, and relationships of each character, were added to give a special point to the story. It seems that it will also be an opportunity for fans of the movie ‘Gonjiam’ to appreciate the work in a new way.
Kakao Entertainment and Showbox plan to introduce spin-off chat novels for each character of ‘Gonjiam’ following the chat novel ‘Gonjiam’. In addition, the movie ‘Mathematicians in Wonderland’ starring Choi Min-sik and Kim Dong-hwi, which was released in March and received favorable reviews, has also attracted attention as it is scheduled to be produced as a chat novel.
Hwang Seon-jae, director of business development at Kakao Entertainment, said, “‘Gonjiam’, a film that shed new light on the Korean horror film genre through new material selection and production methods that deviate from the existing horror film method, and ‘Chat Novel’, which provides story content in a new and different way than before. “I think they are very similar,” he said. “I look forward to the unique charm of ‘Gonjiam,’ a chat novel that will deliver horror on a different level from the movie, and I ask for your great interest in the chat novels that Kakao Entertainment and Showbox will collaborate on in the future.”
Lee Hyeon-jeong, head of Showbox’s content operations division, said, “The movie ‘Gonjiam’ received a great response from audiences at the time of its release, and is a super IP that is still attracting attention in the domestic and overseas content markets.” “Gonjiam’ will provide a different sensory experience from the original movie,” he said. He also said, “You will be able to see high-quality content based on the Showbox IP on Kakao Page’s various platforms in the future,” and added, “We ask for your great interest in the collaboration between the two companies.”
Meanwhile, Kakao Entertainment is also holding an event to commemorate the serialization of the chat novel ‘Gonjiam’. From the 17th to the 27th, 1,000 cash will be given to 1,000 readers who watched 5 or more episodes of the chat novel ‘Gonjiam’, and up to 2,000 cash will be given to 1,000 readers who watched Kakao Page recommended works including ‘Gonjiam’. Is expected. More details can be found in the Kakao Page announcement.
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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