Charlotte Moon

Charlotte Moon is a main character in the 2018 South Korean found footage horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum.

Biography
Charlotte Moon is a Korean-American dancer living in South Korea. With her family back in the United States, Charlotte moved to South Korea on her own to join a dance crew. She's also an avid traveler and lover of spooky places; she has visited 3 of the 7 spookiest places on Earth according to CNN: Sedlec Ossuary in Czechia, Island of the Dolls in Mexico, and Aokigahara Forest in Japan. She's excited to make Gonjiam her 4th spot on the list.

Gonjiam
Charlotte is introduced at a café where members of a popular YouTube channel called "Horror Times" have invited 4 applicants to join them on their next livestream. She's the third to arrive, after Ji-Hyun and Ah-Yean, and introduces herself as an American who currently lives in Korea to be near her dance crew.



During the meeting at the cafe, she also meets the captain of the team, Ha-Joon, and his two employees: Seung-Wook and Sung-Hoon. The fourth and final applicant, Je-Yoon, arrives late. To get to know each other better before working together for the livestream, the group goes out for food and drinks. Charlotte reveals to the group that she's already been to 3 of the spookiest places on Earth and is excited to add another to the list. Everyone tells horror stories they've heard about Gonjiam.

On the day of the livestream, everyone is packed into a van as they drive from the city into the country. Charlotte is excited when captain Ha-Joon reveals they plan on ending the night by opening the door to the infamous Room 402. Upon arrival at the Asylum, they park a short distance away and set up camp. The team then attaches GoPros which allows for a POV camera and a face camera. Charlotte is impressed when Sung-Hoon shows her camera's feed on the main monitors.

When everyone is all set, Ha-Joon wishes them luck and they set out down the path toward the Asylum. During the walk, Je-Yoon finds a pair of underwear and Charlotte suggests they use it as a marker for when they return to camp. Je-Yoon ties the underwear to a tree.

The groups arrives outside the Asylum and greet the live audience of the broadcast before heading in and explain their goals for the night. Once inside, they describe what they see, hear, and smell. Charlotte pours out a dish of Holy Water and places a camera nearby in the hopes of capturing the supernatural. When a door seemingly closes on its own, the group goes to investigate. Inside the room, the Director's Office, they find shattered photographs depicting the Asylum's Director and her patients. They also find an old sign with the Ex-President's name inscribed. Charlotte, being a Korean-American, doesn't recognize the name, and the others in the group laugh at her ignorance of Korea's history.

Later, with the group slitting up, Charlotte is paired with Ji-Hyun. Charlotte decides to tag her name on the wall, including the number 4 as a sign that she's now visited 4 of the creepiest places in the world. She explains that she tags her name each time she visits a freaky destination. Below her name are the words 'Let's Live'.

Charlotte and Ji-Hyun then explore the Laboratory, which is filthy and covered with water. They also find broken furniture and a creepy doll lodged in a cabinet. Charlotte excitedly tells Ji-Hyun that one of her friends managed to visit this exact room and shows off her friend's selfie. Wanting to get a picture with the same framing, Charlotte accidentally knocks over a jar. Inside the jar was a rotting chicken, and the smell is so putrid that Charlotte and Ji-Hyun decide to leave the room immediately.

Outside, they decide to head to Room 402 to explain to the audience the background behind that room. Charlotte explains that they've set up infared cameras to detect any sign of the supernatural approaching the room, while Ji-Hyun gives more background on what the room was used for back when Gonjiam was a psychiatric hospital and how no one has ever been able to open the door since its closure.

Charlotte and Ji-Hyun join the rest of the crew as they're going to perform a ritual to awaken the spirits. The re-enter the Director's Office which has been newly decorated with bells attached to red string hanging from the ceiling. Ah-Yeon, as the youngest, performs the ritual by burning incense and an amulet, and then everyone sits and waits for a response. There's nothing at first, but then the bells begin to shake and fall from the ceiling. Charlotte screams and everyone runs from the room in a panic. Charlotte reveals that she's never experienced anything like that and this building is on another level of creepiness.

Without Charlotte's knowledge, Seung-Wook and Sung-Hoon meet in secret with Ha-Joon to laugh about the bells falling from the ceilings. They've been manipulating the night to make everything appear more frightening for their viewers. Sung-Joon reveals that Charlotte's reactions to the incidents have been entertaining, and that they should target her more. Ha-Joon agrees and they return to the main group.

Having calmed down somewhat, the group agrees to search the Laboratory where Charlotte and Ji-Hyun explored earlier. When Seung-Wook points out a doll sitting on a shelf, Charlotte and Ji-Hyun tell the group that it's been moved from its original position. Through their earpiece Ha-Joon claims that it looks like the exact same doll that appeared in one of the old photos of a patient. Seung-Wook picks up the doll from the shelf and Charlotte freaks out. She screams and runs from the room in hysterics.



Outside in the hallway, Charlotte explains that you can't touch or move any objects in places like this. She thinks they're all cursed now and wants to leave. The others try to calm her down, but she's adamant about the danger they're in. Meanwhile, views on the livestream continue to increase.

Seung-Wook apologies and explains that he didn't realize his mistake, and that he'll never do it again. Ha-Joon tells the group that he understands if people want to quit, but they may as well continue on since they've come all this way and are nearly finished. Charlotte grudgingly agrees to stay, as long as no one else touches anything.

Ha-Joon splits up the group: Je-Yoon and Ah-Yeon install the infrared flashes outside Room 402, while the others try to explore as much as possible before it gets too late. Charlotte and Ji-Hyun follow Seung-Wook and Sung-Hoon into a room filled with coffins. There are holes in the coffins and Seung-Wook places his hand in one in an attempt to open it. He stumbles and it appears as though something has grabbed him. He pulls his arm out in a panic. Charlotte screams that the building is cursed. Ji-Hyun is angry with the boys, accusing them of faking it. Ha-Joon asks him to put his hand in again. Charlotte and Ji-Hyun try to stop him, but then Ji-Hyun offers to put her hand inside instead, hoping to prove that everything has been faked.

Once her hand is inside, nothing immediately happens, but then she's forcefully grabbed. Charlotte screams and the boys pulls Ji-Hyun away from the coffin. Charlotte notices that Ji-Hyun's arm has been scratch with sharp claws. Then the coffin door slowly opens and everyone turns to look. Charlotte, freezes in a panic as something brushes up against her and pulls at her scarf. She screams and runs from the room, with Ji-Hyun and the boys following.

In the hallway, Charlotte sees that the words beneath her tag have been changed from "Let's Live" to "Let's Die". She screams at the boys that they're all going to die if they don't leave. Ji-Hyun argues with the boys and tries to get the operation to shut down. The boys refuse, but only reluctantly, and Charlotte and Ji-Hyun storm off and leave the asylum.

On the path back to the tent, Charlotte breaks down crying and thinks that because she tagged the wall she's certain to die. Ji-Hyun comforts her and tells her they're headed back to camp now where they can sleep and leave in the morning. Ji-Hyun promises Charlotte that they're be going home soon. They continue down the path until they run into the underwear tied to the tree. Elated, they know they're getting close to the tent.

After several more minutes of walking, they come across the underwear marker again. Stunned, they can't believe what they're seeing. Charlotte realizes that the path they're on is just as cursed as the building. Ji-Hyun smells something and Charlotte, looking down at her feet, sees the chicken and other equipment from the Laboratory spread out on the ground.

Then Charlotte notices that Ji-Hyun has gone quiet and rigid. She approaches Ji-Hyun and reaches out to her. Then Ji-Hyun looks up at her, eyes completely black and begins murmuring an unnatural sound. Charlotte screams and a bright light shines on her from above. Ji-Hyun's possessed body continues making the noise as Charlotte is lifted into the hair. Charlotte continues to scream and wrestle with whatever is lifting her off the ground. She finally manages to break free and runs away from the scene, hyperventilating. She finally sees the tent and runs inside.

Instead of finding herself back in the tent with Ha-Joon, Charlotte is in a large, dark room. She shines her flashlight into the corner and sees a still-possessed Ji-Hyun standing completely still facing the wall. Charlotte looks down and sees the doll at her feet. She whimpers and shines the flashlight around the room, trying to get her bearings.

She stops when the light reveals a naked man standing in the middle of the room. She quivers, but does not scream, and realizes she's only a few steps away from the exit. She slowly walks over to the door, trying to make sure the naked man is not following. But she hears shuffling and sees the naked man following her toward the door, step for step. She places her hand on the doorknob, but it won't budge. She begins crying out for help, then Ji-Hyun's possessed body appears again and the naked man starts twitching. Charlotte pounds on the door and screams for help, but no one is there. Finally, she turns and sees the naked man charging for her, and it grabs her around the head and pulls her to the ground. She screams as she's dragged off into the darkness, falling silent not long after.