Suddenly in the Dark
- IMDb link: 0301345
- IMDb rating: 6.4 (742 votes)
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Young Nam Ko
- Cast: Yeong-ae Kim, Il-bong Yun, Ki-seon Lee, Hye-ri Han and others
- Release date: 17 Jul 1981
- Release year: 1981
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Country: South Korea
- Keywords: butterfly, wooden doll, mental instability, nervous breakdown, spirit, husband wife relationship, female frontal nudity, kaleidoscopic camera effect, jealousy, jealous rage
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 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.