The most disturbing yet mind boggling thing is, the film ends where it started. Another parasite replaces the former one and starts leading his lonely life in the basement.

I was tense through the whole scene of the Kims enjoying the Park's house. I really thought they were going to walk through the door and catch them.

this movie is literally the best use of "they had us in the first half, ngl"

When the old housekeeper said "Want to come down with me?", that marked the downfall of Kims.

“she always ate for two”

The moment I saw her on the videocall all I could think of was "DO NOT LET HER IN"

I thought it was a bit creepy when the old house keeper told the mother to come down into the basement with her, but when she started to run down the stairs and her voice started echoing as she screamed for her husband, broooooooo that literally made my stomach turn and the movie suddenly wasn’t funny anymore it just turned dark so quick.

First half : *Funny* Second half : *Depressing and Literal horror*

Knowing that the door bell signifies exactly the middle of the movie is mind blowing. You just know that things will be going very very wrong.

Also unlike everyone else, Jessica didn't have to replace anyone but created her own job. Like her brother said, it wasn't hard for her to fit in.

The scariest and most intense part that almost made me stop watching was when their house flooded and the next day the rich family just said "the rain last night created a beautiful day" So much symbolism on how the poor in turmoil helps the rich

When Mr. Park was talking about the history of the house, he mentioned that after the first family moved away, the housemaid still wanted to stay and serve the next family that moved in. I thought that was a weird detail and a throwaway line, but in retrospect that was a clue.

I think the best scene is when the sister sits on an exploding toilet smoking a cigarette when just a while before she was sitting on a very expensive sofa that she will probably never be able to afford in her lifetime.

The scene running down the basement should get a most terrifying suspenseful award.

The most depressing part for me was when the three Kims are under the table and the Parks were talking about the dad Kim's smell. Imagine how hurt he was

i find it very interesting that the parents’ jobs were “trade” jobs (housekeeping and driving) which didnt require education, while the kids were a tutor and art therapist, something you need a degree to be qualified to do. i think it represents how a lot of lower class families have this dynamic, where the parents make money without an education but still want their children to have a college degree so they can hopefully advance beyond their parent’s economic class.

The biggest symbolism is the fact the son was making a plan to get his dad back, even though the dad clearly stated that plans never work...

When you watch the movie again you notice the lights coming on every time he comes back home even before the plot twist. The chills when you realize what's really going on...

"The art teachers never last for long"

The mother pushes the dogs back just after saying that if she would be rich, she would be nice person

I went to see Parasite without having seen any photo's, trailers or knowing anything about the story. Best movie ive seen in a while.

"Privacy as a form of luxury" Never thought about in that way, but damn, the more you think about it, the more it makes sense.

The second half is like inflating a balloon without stopping, you know it will pop but not when and that anticipation is what terrifies you

jessica/ki-jung was the most capable and the only one that didn't have to replace anyone to get that job and the job that she got was the only one that would have translated to a marketable skill outside the Park's house in the real world (unlike housekeeper, driver, tutor). I think what Jessica represents is the middle class, and her death at the end symbolises the death of the middle class leading to an even bigger gap between the classes, leaving behind only the very poor and the very rich.

I just realised, during that scene where Kim family are drinking at the mansion's living room, Jessica is the only one sitting on the sofa and rest are on the floor. While at the beginning of the movie, everyone is sitting on their semi-basement floor. This best shows that she is the only one who really is capable of "climbing up" the social status. From floor to sofa, behind her family yet higher than them. Among them, she appears to be the most clever and natural con artist. This is the reason why the director killed her at the end of the movie. Without her, the family will struggle to climb up again.

I just realized that in the beginning of the movie, the mom comically said “you should’ve brought food” when they received the stone from the son’s friend. This draws a parallel to when Jessica could have brought food to the man in the basement but instead the son brought the stone, causing the following murders.

I feel like Jessica accepting the flood and just smoking was the same as laughing through her death. Smoking when the water is about to drown you and turn off your cigarette , laughing and relaxing while you are about to die. Her character owned the comedic tragedy

I really love how the Kims are really good at their jobs (driver, art and English tutor and housekeeper) but never will they in a million years get those jobs they're really good at without faking their credentials. They're so competent but the lack of necessary papers and recommendations hinders them from getting paid for their skills.

And the kid doesnt draw a self portrait, its the guy in the basement!!

honestly, from the moment she screams "honey!!", my god I felt on the absolute edge of my seat. And that kept going until the flood scene. 20 minutes or so of tension like I had never experienced from a movie ever, definitely my best film experience to date.

This film is so incredible that every comment on here about it has solid thumbs up.

The scene where it shows the "ghost's" head slowly come up over the darkness is the scariest thing I've seen in a non-horror movie and probably the scariest thing from a 2019 movie.

There is only one thing that this non horror movie becomes more terrifying is because its REALISTIC ..

The scene where the former maid was trying to open the door is horrifying but absolutely brilliant that changes the atmosphere of the film. Also the doorbell was sound was very tense in this film. A masterpiece! Update: This the most likes I have ever received. Thank you so much. Let’s forever enjoy cinema !

Y'all! I just realized why Da Song liked Jessica when in fact all of his previous teachers can't handle him. Dahye mentioned that Da Song was just pretending to be 'smart' 'artistic' or any at that matter and he liked Jessica for the same reason that Jessica was also pretending to be 'smart' and 'artistic'. So at some point they understand each other very well. Birds with the same feather flock together indeed.

Mother: "If I had all this money, I'd be nice too." **SLAPS THE DOG**

I had to watch it twice to understand that the Kims dad is the problem right from the beginning when he keep folding the pizza box despite the room being filled with smogs. The girl from the pizza shop refuses to pay and complains one out of four was folded wrong. Yes this family has four members.

Ki-jung character is definitely superior than her family member 1) shes the one that negotiated her salary 2) made the owner, driver, maid, and lil boy scared with her authorities 3) she sat on the sofa while other family members sat on the floor meaning she’s already higher class than them 4) his brother said she’s the most fitting with the rich people because she felt natural doing it 5) she’s the first one that got invited by the owner to the party 6) when she had to bring the cake means she already got accepted and trust by the rich 7) when the plan already gone wrong, she had to die so that she doesn’t have to go back become the lower class.

One of my current favourite hobby is reading the comment section of *parasite*

this movie would be every English teacher’s dream to analyse and use as an extract for an essay

Ghosts? Nah. Nothing's scarier than Humans gone wrong.

*Jessica, only child. Illinois, Chicago. Classmate Kim Jin-Mo, he’s your cousin.*

There’s this great great sequence of events that are MAJORLY under talked about imo. It’s when they’re leaving the house in the rain, they show the water drain at the rich house then progressively, they go down and come closer and closer to the sewers and even go below the sewers. When they come home and the whole neighborhood is flooded, the whole sequence makes complete sense and finally that’s when you get a real view of where they’re in the social ladder. Great movie, definitely got all the English Teachers wet

The scene that marked me the most is at the end when Mr Park is screaming at the dad to get the car (later on, to give him the keys), having no care about anyone else than his own son, while the dad's own daughter is laying on the grass loosing all her blood (his wife previously in a fight to the death with no one doing anything), he still does it and throw him the keys.. Almost like a Pavlovian reaction.. I felt it like a punch to the gut.. Personally, this sequence, combined with the smell part, made me understand his later actions (not saying it was right thing.. but I understood where he was coming from)

Say what you will about the actual movie. But there is no denying that the ending is MASSIVELY depressing.

Also the scene when the parks are sleeping on the sofa ,the Kim's are under the table , symbolising that no matter how low the rich get ,the poor will always be lower than the Rich..

A single doorbell changed their whole life

I love how much the father wanted so much to leave the basement apartment and then ends up living in the basement of the mansion for the rest of his life.

Finding out that both husbands at different times hid in the basement was most unexpected.

This movie really made me think. Because if you think about it, the Kims' family is talented/intellectual and can really do 'the job'. There are a lot of people in our society who are capable yet they missed the chance to "climb up" and ended up with mediocre or bad lives. There is no true fairness.

The scene where the family is relaxing in the mansion, Jessica is in the bathtub. It is as if she is washing off the “smell” Mr. Park says crosses the line.

What I love about this film is that the story doesn't end when it finishes. You keep discovering more details and secrets you didn't notice while watching... I love watching these videos and reading the comments! The director really thought every single detail, it's amazing!

Their plan fell apart all because they fell from the stairs

The most artistic scene for me was midway when the Kims (except for the mother) escaped from the Parks' home. Under the torrential rain, they descended a long flight of stairs in the darkness - flooding waters as a metaphor of the flow of consequences about to unfold. We observe a change in mood in the movie as the Kims, like parasites, retreat to their homes once they're noticed. The bathtub scene of Jessica enjoying herself in water at the Parks is contrasted by her sitting on their murky and flooded toilet, lost of all hope.

Height was such a KEY symbol in this film! It totally flew over my head at first. Remember from the opening...the dad told them to get higher to get WiFi. Height=wealth,stability....wow this film is genius

I thought Min was going to come home and find out that Dahye was taken by his friend. Then, he'd get mad and expose the family but I was way, wayyy off.

Can't really blame Dang-so, the Maid's husband rising from the basement in the night scene would give anyone nightmares throughout his life !

I think the fact that my rich friends saw the kims as the bad guys, and my poor saw the rich family as the bad guys really highlight how this film pushed no "agenda" but rather presented a story and let the audience come to a decsion.

For me, Parasite is just what cinema is all about. All throughout it entertains you, keeps you hooked. And then as the credits roll, you think about it. It creates a discussion. It's the 'default' movie, if ever there is one. Director Bong Joon-ho gets why we go to theaters to see films. I'm so grateful he became this popular.

3:45 the doorbell also appears at the exact midpoint if the FILM, not just the script. The film is 2 hours 7 minutes long. The doorbell rang at 1 hour 3 minutes

All throughout the movie i was expecting a ghost to pop up! Then i realised that humans are scarier than ghosts! Jeez

When she yelled “Honey!” my heart skipped a beat

0:08 im surprised no one is talking about how the maid temporarily crossed the 'line' between the glass window panes (which symbolizes the divide between the lower and higher class) to wake mrs. park, then immediately goes back to where she belongs in the class hierarchy, with ki-woo also looking down on the same side. there's a ton of these 'lines' throughout the film symbolizing the class divide and it's pretty interesting to pick up on them after noticing the first one

Parasite is truly one of the film that keeps you at the edge of your seat

The mom's face when she breaks into laughter and the serious face she had on before... that was great acting. I had really no idea what to expect from her in that sequence.

Imagine Joon-Ho just watching these videos laughing and thinking "I didn't think of any of this, it aint that deep cheif"

Does no one ever realized the similarities between the man in the basement and the paintings of the Da Song? I believe it's not a self-portrait.

This film is completely refined , devoid of fillers

"she always ate enough food for two"... I thought about it and I think she took half of her food to her husband that was hiding in the basement but obviously the Parks didn't know about it.

I’ve just realised something watching this video! Bong Joon-Ho claimed he started writing the script in 2013. In 2013, the leader of North Korea was Kim Jong-Un, whilst leader of South Korea was Park Geun-hye. In the film, the impoverished family are the Kim’s, whilst the wealthy family are the Park’s. In Korea, the impoverished country was led by ‘Kim’ Jong Un, whilst the wealthy country was being led by ‘Park’ Geun-hye. Both of the families are named after the leaders of the two Korea’s.

He also took his friend’s place; he also said he was going to marry the girl after he graduated.

It’s interesting how the Kim family were praising the rain and happily gazing at it while they were “living luxurious” in the lounge room and then it suddenly changes to them going back to their reality and seeing the damages that the rain did to their home. And the next day you could see how mr Kim was furious at how mrs park was grateful for the rain as it made a beautiful day for them even tho it ruined their camping trip. His perspective suddenly changed when the rain affected him. Same with how the park family’s perspective changed.

"Exact midpoint of the screenplay", page 71 of a 141 page script. "The real beginning of the film" @ 3:56. Well, 3:56 is the exact midpoint of this video. What a perfectly made youtube video!

1:40 "let me add another into the mix" right before the new parasite is revealed holy shiiiit

When it starts to rain while the Kims were enjoying their time on the luxurious living room, i was so nervous because i know the Park will return home. There's no way the parents would want their children to sleep in a tent when it's raining so hard like that. I was like "stop stop stop drinking n eating clean up all those mess right now!" and when the doorbell rang, i literally panicking 😂

lookat the chairs at the dining table, when ki woo entered the house the chairs was 8 to represent the whole ppl who live in the house (Park family + the maid + her husband + the driver) then when the maid got fired the chairs became 7 but then when the Kim family get into the house the chairs became 10 (Park family + Kim family + both the maid n her husband at the basement). Im very impressed w/ all the details. Kudos to u Bong Joon Ho.

Why are people not talking about this movie's CHARACTERS? The father of the Kim family is essentially the main character and the driving force. Throughout the entire movie he subtly shows his strong resentment against the rich. From describing a list of shittty jobs he had, to raising a family of parasites... And right before the twist... When he almost punches his wife. That was NOT a game. Kim father is an incredibly prideful guy who has been eating shit and work shitty jobs his entire life. When his wife makes fun of him being poor he almost explodes in rage. He then passes it off as a joke or trick to his kids... Him and his wife knew it was not. It's why he kills the other guy in the end. He's a characterization of pride. Poor people have pride too. It was him who created the family of parasites as a long planned resentful vengeance against the rich who have leeched off his poor situation his entire life. The character study of this film is what makes it amazing. Perfect plot and all that... Bong has done it before. It's the characters that make you feel the damn movie and justify all the actions.

It was really unsettling about when she said “Do you want to come with me?” and The “I left something in the basement.” The moment I saw these 2 lines of dialogue, I remember getting a chill down my spine, anxiety, and thinking about what will happen. Absolutely perfect. I’m a huge fan of the movie since it delivered not the best twists, but best movie I’ve ever watched in my life. Congrats Korea!

Omg that one "ghost" scene where the boy gets scared actually creeped me out so much like I still see those eyes in my staircase at night

I watched this film recently and everyday I can’t stop thinking about it more and more, there just seems like there’s so much to unpack. Today I’m realising how interesting the role of the Park family’s son, Dasong is. The whole Park family is so blind to the lower class except when they are working for them: From the man living in the bunker of their own house, when the Kims hide under the coffee table in the lounge, and under the daughter’s bed they are never seen. Even when they wake up while Mr. Kim is literally lying on their lounge floor unconcealed, they do not see him at all. And in the end when Kijung is on the floor dying, all they care about is getting their son who passed out to the hospital and getting tf out of there. She was clearly dying but the only people who cared at this upper class family were the Kim family. Whatever is beneath their social class, they cannot see. But Dasong was the closest to seeing them. He saw the “ghost” in their house and was the first to actually see the parasite (granted, only when he tried to climb up to their level). He uncoded the morse code of the same man (“help me?”) while his parents didn’t even see the flickering light and he was the first to realise that the Kim family all had the same smell as each other. Sure, the father noticed the smell, but only on the driver and not the others. He was also the one still in touch with the old housekeeper (which is how she knew the Park family were away). There’s probably more but I’ve still not finished thinking 🤔

The part where they go to the basement was probably the biggest WTF moments I experienced.

This is literally a common theme in many k dramas, everything is funny and then all of a sudden something daunting happens without actually being horror that plays through the end

3:47 is also one of the most scariest scenes in the movie. The basement guy and kid eating cake was understandably scary but for me the housekeeper on the video call thing was terrifying because it signified the end of a happy dark comedy time into a twisted looming unknown dark fate awaiting the poor family.

This movie is such a masterpiece.

Isn’t there a saying that goes like “the higher you climb the harder you fall”?

I’d like to point out that classical Asian story structure isn’t a 3 act pyramid driven by a conflict like western storytelling. It’s actually a 4 act sequence with no conflict. It doesn’t mean there isn’t a conflict, just that it’s not the main thing in the story, therefore it can be introduced at any point of the story, and multiple conflicts can coexist. What Parasite did was have a longer second act and it’s not until this moment that you’re discussing here that we enter the third act. I do agree that it feels like two movies, and the story is genius as well. But many things are better explained if it’s analyzed using Korean standards instead of western standards.

the second they started chilling in the house alone my heart started racing and didn't stop until the end

I think what is genius in this twist is that, we are on the side of those who are guilty, cheating, being wrong, those who infiltrate the house. So when the previous maid rings at the door, we act defensive, like we are guilty, we're getting caught, it's over, she's about to end everything, - and she does, but it wasn't her intention, obviously she doesn't know anything about the family's plan. We are not thinking a second that the maid is the one hiding something because we side with the "parasites." But looking at her attitude, she's exactly acting like someone who is hiding something, but we first interpret it as "she knows what's up, oh no." The entire psychology behind the screenplay is perfect. In another movie, the plot twist would be about the other person turning either good or bad, and we assume it because often, we're always siding with what is supposed to be "good," those who have nothing to hide.

Am crying so hard at the end, when the son bought that house & his dad hugged him ! But in reality he's just dreaming

creepily, you showed the manuscript that signifies the middle of the movie, in the middle of this video

What made this movie so good is that this movie made us feel what the director wanted us to feel. This movie made you feel fear when it's not even an horror movie.

You're so right about the "Going up the stairs and going down the stairs." thing, cause when the 3 family members fell down the stairs in the basement, from then on, everything was fucked.

Many forget, that in the scene where the Kims talk about their false sense of "making it in life" and living in a nice big house, they still sit on the floor, except the daughter, for which the son in the same scene says he can picture her in this world of rich people. The fact that they sit on the floor while simultaneously speeking about "their" big house shows that they are subconsciously knowing that they are still poor.

I remember watching this scene in the theaters. the moment the door bell rang, there was a collective trembling whispers of "oh my god.." from the terrified viewers,

"You know what plan never fails?" "No plan at all. " I guess Bong Joon Ho never really planned any of the above mentioned

Congratulations...Hollywood, for maturing enough to hand these awards to a foreign (and Asian) film with subtitles.

One thing that bothers me a little is how naive and comfortable the Kim’s got. I understand their thought process of “oh the rich family is gone camping and we can stay here until they come back” but I feel like once it started raining shouldn’t they have maybe assumed that a rich family used to living i luxury and having only the best things would not want to sleep out in the rain?? If the rest of the Kim’s had left the house when it started raining and left only the mom they probably wouldn’t have met their down fall. Because if it was only the mom there doing her job as the housekeeper when the original housekeeper came, she wouldn’t have found out about their scam and would not have been able to black mail them and the mom probably would have called the police on her. It just seems like such a big oversight on the Kim’s part to not notice or recognize the possibility of them coming back when it started raining. Sitting in the theater as soon as I saw it was raining I immediately thought the Park’s were going to return. And Jessica, the most cunning of them all didn’t even notice. I mean I guess it’s just natural human error.

Literally comment section of every parasite related videos on youtube is more interesting and entertaining more than or as equal to the actual movie itself by bringing out so many perspectives of so many people it's great to read those perspectives and it also great to see how a movie can create such an impact ....

I feel bad for the people who didn't watch this movie just because its in korean

Nah the best scene is when the siblings did a lil jingle before entering the house