Suddenly at Midnight
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| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Gipeunbam gapjagi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kip‘ŭnpam kapchagi |
| Directed by | Ko Young-nam |
| Written by | Yoon Sam-yook |
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Kim Young-ae Yoon Il-bong Lee Ki-seon |
| Music by | Choi Jong-hyuk |
| Cinematography | Jeong Pil-si |
| Edited by | Hyeon Dong-chun |
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Nam A Pictures Co.
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Suddenly at Midnight (Hangul: 깊은밤 갑자기; RR: Gipeun bam, gapjagi; also known as Suddenly in Dark Night) is a 1981 South Korean horror film directed by Ko Young-nam.
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 that Mi-ok is trying to kill her and usurp her household. In a fit of madness, Seon-hee causes Mi-ok to fall to her death. From then on, Seon-hee is tormented by visions of the doll attacking her.
Suddenly at Midnight was released in South Korea on 17 July 1981, and received a total of 28,178 admissions.
The movie and Ko Young-nam are referred to as a classic work and director of Korean horror film. In a review for Koreanfilm.org, Darcy Paquet cited Suddenly at Midnight as a rare example of 1970s-80s Korean horror that was genuinely frightening, describing it as "a mysterious psychological study... that beguiles the viewer right up to its bizarre closing image." He praised the film's direction, saying, "Ko has a good feel for how to create tension from precise editing and the patient accumulation of evocative details", and also credited actress Kim Young-ae for a "convincing performance as the panicked wife".
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