연가시-Deranged

                      

                                 연가시(Deranged)

Deranged is a 2012 South Korean science fiction horror thriller film, first film on an infectious disease epidemic. It was directed by Park Jung-woo, and produced by Lim Ji-young and Oz One Film.

Theme of the film:

When a series of dead bodies are found floating in the Han River, the public is shocked to discover that the deaths are related to a fetal outbreak of virus-infected mutantparasitic horsehair worms, called Yeongasi(Horsehair worm), that can control the human brain. Those infected show symptoms of increased hunger without appropriate weight gain and excessive thirst when the worms are mature and ready to reproduce. Hence, they jump into the river to allow the worms to come out of the body.

The reason was:

A group of scientists and pharmacist investigated a medicine use for the virus treatment. Then, they monopolize the drugs in the market and realized the deranged into the tourist resort at the same time during the summer holiday. They make use of this consequences to get the profit from those infected people.

Horsehair worm

*Link of explanation of Horsehair worm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematomorpha