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How many Korean monsters do you know? Which ones enjoy riding
humans? Which monster resides in a North Korean lake and had a
movie made about it?


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Cheonji Lake Monsters? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFElPwUVUHs


MBC Jangsan-beom report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx7gYwX0DLM





Reported sightings of Jangsan-beom (map)


Movie Recommendations


Bulgasari - 1985 North Korean monster movie, essentially a
kaiju film (called goe-su in Korean)

Director Shin Sang-ok was kidnapped by North Korea
(ordered by Kim Jong-il) and forced to make several films in
the North, including Bulgasari



The Host - Korean title is ‘goe-mul’

Universal Monster Movies - all the golden age films

Namely the first three Frankenstein films: Frankenstein,
Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein - cinema’s first
great trilogy 



Hammer Studios - all their monster films

Namely Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, and Curse of the
Werewolf



The Mist

Tremors

Pan’s Labyrinth 

An American Werewolf in London

King Kong (original)

Godzilla (original) - the King of the Monsters!



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