The Host Movie

SOUTH KOREAN director Bong Joon-ho says he had wanted to make a monster movie since he was in high school, daydreaming of a creature emerging from the muddy Han River that flows through the center of Seoul. "I lived near the river and this idea remained in my head throughout the years," says the director, now 37.

SOUTH KOREAN director Bong Joon-ho says he had wanted to make a monster movie since he was in high school, daydreaming of a creature emerging from the muddy Han River that flows through the center of Seoul. "I lived near the river and this idea remained in my head throughout the years," says the director, now 37.