The Host

About The Host

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Bong Joon Ho's The Host is a 2006 horror science fiction film. Song Kang-ho appears as Park Gang-du, Byun Hee-bong as Park Hie-bong, Park Hae-il as Park Nam-il, and Bae Doona as Park Nam-joo.

Released in July 2006, it runs 120 minutes. Written by Baek Chul-hyun and Bong Joon Ho.

Members will find daughter, frightened, farcical, and river in it. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 3,291 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Marley & Me, Parasite, and Monsters, Inc. make useful companions to The Host, all filed under amused.