Suddenly at Midnight
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Hangul | 깊은밤 갑자기 |
Revised Romanization | Gipeunbam gapjagi |
McCune–Reischauer | Kip‘ŭnpam kapchagi |
Directed by | Ko Young-nam |
Screenplay by | Yoon Sam-yook |
Story by | Park Tae-chang |
Produced by | Seo Hyeon |
Starring | Kim Young-ae Yoon Il-bong Lee Ki-seon |
Cinematography | Jeong Pil-si |
Edited by | Hyeon Dong-chun |
Music by | Choi Jong-hyuk |
Production companies | Nam-a Pictures Co., Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Suddenly at Midnight (Korean: 깊은밤 갑자기; RR: Gipeun bam, gapjagi; also known as Suddenly in the Dark or Suddenly in Dark Night) is a 1981 South Korean erotic horror thriller film directed by Ko Young-nam.[1]
Plot
Kang Yu-jin, a wealthy biology professor doing a butterfly field study, takes in a new housemaid; the young woman, Mi-ok, is the daughter of a shaman priestess who recently died in a house fire. At first, Yu-jin and his wife, Seon-hee, welcome Mi-ok into their home, but Seon-hee begins to have misgivings when she sees a strange wooden doll that the maid has brought with her. Having suffered from nightmares about exactly the same doll, Seon-hee becomes increasingly suspicious and paranoid that Mi-ok is trying to kill her and usurp her household. In a sudden fit of madness, Seon-hee causes Mi-ok to fall to her death. From then on, Seon-hee is tormented horribly by visions of the doll attacking her and it starts to take a great toll on her sanity. Is it actually happening or just all in the girl's mind?
Cast
- Kim Young-ae ... Seon-hee
- Yoon Il-bong ... Kang Yu-jin
- Lee Ki-seon ... Mi-ok
- Hyun Hye-ri
- Kim Geun-hie
- Kim Min-gyu
- Kim Gi-jong
- Lee Yae-sung
- Gwak Geon
- Yoo Myeong-sun
Release
Suddenly at Midnight was released in South Korea on 17 July 1981, and received a total of 28,178 admissions.[2] It was then subsequently released on Blu-ray for the first time ever worldwide in early 2017 by Mondo Macabro.
Critical response
The movie and Ko Young-nam are referred to as a classic work and director of Korean horror film.
References
- ^ "Mondo Macabro to Bring Three More Rare Gems to Blu-ray This Fall/Winter". 19 August 2016.
- ^ a b Paquet, Darcy. "Suddenly At Midnight (1981)". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 19 April 2009.
- Yonhap.
공포영화의 고전인 고영남 감독의 '깊은 밤 갑자기'(1981년)
- ^ "대구일보". idaegu.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-18.
- "깊은 밤 갑자기 Suddenly in Dark Night (1982)" (in Korean). Cine Seoul.
- Jeong Gyeong-hwa (정경화) (2008-05-17). 윤여정부터 임수정까지, 역대 '호러퀸'은 누구? (공포영화 기획②). 1981년 ‘깊은 밤 갑자기’ - 김영애 (in Korean). MyDaily.
External links
- Suddenly at Midnight at IMDb
- Suddenly at Midnight at the Korean Movie Database