When it was released in the United States and other Western countries in 2007, The Host received rave reviews in venues ranging from Rolling Stone to The New Yorker. The film is often regarded as either a South Korean version of a Hollywood monster movie or a comic inversion of the traditional monster film. Released in July 2006, Bong Joon-ho’s The Host garnered both widespread popularity as the highest grossing South Korean film in history and critical acclaim, screening at the Cannes, New York, and Toronto film festivals. The dangers of biosecurity: The Host and the geopolitics of outbreak The creature first appears hanging beneath the Wonhyo Bridge. The fisherman uses his cup to scoop up a small mutated, squid-like creature-presumably a young version of the full-grown monster. This tracking shot multiplies the threat posed by the formaldehyde bottle.Ī superimposition visually connects the empty bottles with the waters of the Han River. Ironically, the army mortician orders the “dirty formaldehyde” dumped because the bottles are gathering dust. This staged news clip from The Host visually associates the virus supposedly carried by the monster with avian influenza. This shot of disease control agents dressed in white biohazard suits typifies The Host’s theme of epidemiological risk. helped popularize concerns about contagious emerging diseases originating in underdeveloped countries. Wolfgang Petersen’s Outbreak (1995) - in which a monkey carrying an Ebola-like virus is brought to the U.S. Godzilla (1954) and other movies featuring radioactively mutated monsters also influenced the development of The Host’s toxic monster. The predatory, amphibious monster featured in The Host is influenced by Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975). Publicity posters for The Host bill it as a monster movie, downplaying its epidemiological plot elements. I am represented by Sarah Negovetich of Corvisiero Literary Agency."The Host"-geopolitics of outbreak and dangers of biosecurity by Hsuan L. My debut MG series CURSE OF THE GRANVILLE FORTUNE releases fall 2014 through Month9Books. Also look for my other YA novels: STALKED BY DEATH (Spencer Hill Press, August 23, 2013), THE MONSTER WITHIN (Spencer Hill Press, June 2014), THE DARKNESS WITHIN (Spencer Hill Press, June 2015), and INTO THE FIRE (Month9Books, spring 2014). My debut YA, TOUCH OF DEATH, released Januthrough Spencer Hill Press. I write for children of all ages from picture books up to young adult. Barely able to live with herself and trying to make things right, Sam ends up a pawn in a vicious game of payback within the local coven of witches.īut when the game reveals what Ethan had to do to save Sam, she must make a choice that will change all their lives forever. And after she kills, she’s tortured by visions-glimpses into her victims would-have-been futures had she not killed them. She’s now a monster that drains others’ lives to survive. She died of cancer with her long-time boyfriend, Ethan, by her side–a completely unfair shot at life.īut Ethan found a way to bring her back, like he promised he would. The moment seventeen-year-old Samantha Thompson crawls out of her grave, her second chance at life begins.
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