Suddenly in the Dark

Suddenly in the Dark
  • 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.
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