Colony
A biotech conference in a skyscraper becomes a sealed-off death trap when a mutating virus turns people into aggressive, coordinated creatures.
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About the film
Survive the hive.
What it’s about
Professor Kwon Se-jeong is at a biotech conference when a virus is released, transforming people into aggressive creatures. Authorities seal the building, trapping her and a small group of survivors inside. The infected evolve rapidly and act with a collective mind, leaving the survivors to fight for their lives with no way out.
What hooks you
Yeon Sang-ho, the director behind 'Train to Busan', brings his claustrophobic horror to a vertical setting. The director drew on 'Mobile Suit Gundam' and 'Evangelion' for the heroine, and choreographed the zombies to move like fingers on a pianist's hand—individual yet unified. Filming took place in Dangjin from March to 13 June 2025.
Who it’s for
It is worth a look for anyone who likes contained survival horror with relentless pressure and a touch of body horror.
- Country
- South Korea
- Year
- 2026
- Running time
- 2h 2min
- Age rating
- 18+
- MPAA
- R
- World premiere
- Jun 4, 2026
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 173 votesCreative team
All 11-
01
Jeon Ji-hyeon
Kwon Se-jeong
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02
Koo Kyo-hwan
Seo Young-cheol · Seo Yeong-cheol
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03
Ji Chang-wook
Choi Hyeon-seok
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04
Kim Shin-rock
Choi Hyeon-hee
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05
Shin Hyeon-bin
Kong Seol-hee
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06
Go Soo
Han Kyu-seong
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07
Ko Soo
Han Gyoo-seong
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08
Lee Joong-ok
Lee Bong-seok
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09
Kim Jong-tae
Kang Woo-cheol
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10
Lee Dam-hee
Lee So-eun
Trivia
- The film's shooting period is from March to June 13, 2025.
- Filming took place in the city of Tangjin.
- In many interviews, director and screenwriter Yeon Sang-ho admitted that he wanted to show humanity's fear of artificial intelligence and loss of individuality in this film.
- Actor Choi Woo-jin, who played Song Yong-chul as a teenager, looked so much like actor Koo Kyo-hwan (who played the adult character) in his childhood that a theory spread on the Korean internet that the younger version of the character was created using neural networks.
- According to director and screenwriter Yeon Sang-ho, the main sources of inspiration for creating the protagonist (Jung Ji-hyun) were the characters Amuro Ray from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam and Shinji Ikari from the anime Evangelion.
- Yeon Sang-ho invited choreographers specializing in avant-garde dance and tasked them with creating zombie movements that would not be identical but would be coordinated. As an example, he cited the movements of ten fingers playing a piano — all fingers move differently but serve a common goal.
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