Directed by Bong Joon Ho. With Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo, Woo-sik Choi. All unemployed, Ki-taek and his family take peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks, as they ingratiate themselves into their lives and get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Parasite is the first South Korean-made film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. It is also being nominated for Best Director , Best International Feature Film , Best Original Screenplay , Best Production Design , and Best Film Editing , making it the first South Korean film to receive Academy Award recognition in any category.

For a low budget film, Parasite has a surprising amount of competent special effects which help put it in a league of its own. The original film is part mystery (with sexual undertones), and has a reveal at the end that will surprise you. If you are a classic horror fan, this is one you need to have on your shelf. ...

The Parasite is an 1894 novelette by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Parasite makes use of a form of mind control similar to the mesmerism of the Victorian era; it works on some hosts but not others.

Bong has made several films about class (including "Snowpiercer" and "Okja"), but “Parasite” may be his most daring examination of the structural inequity that has come to define the world. It is a tonal juggling act that first feels like a satire—a comedy of manners that bounces a group of lovable con artists off a very wealthy family of awkward eccentrics.

‘Parasite'