Gipeun bam gabjagi

1981 [KOREAN]

Action / Horror

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 786 786

superstition paranoia supernatural nervous breakdown housekeeper psychological horror

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Plot summary

A wife starts to suspect her husband's infidelity after the arrival of their new, young housekeeper, who carries a mysterious wooden doll with herself.

Director

Young Nam Ko Photo
Young Nam Ko

Top cast

Lee Ki-seon Photo
Lee Ki-seon as (as Ki-seon Lee)
Yeong-ae Kim Photo
Yeong-ae Kim as (as Yeong-ae Kim)
Il-bong Yun Photo
Il-bong Yun as
Hye-ri Han Photo
Hye-ri Han as
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921.89 MB
1280*696
Korean 2.0
Not Rated
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 2
1.67 GB
1920*1044
Korean 2.0
Not Rated
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by g j 8 / 10

A very special and largely forgotten gem of

A very special and largely forgotten gem of classic Korean horror cinema. Superb and evocative cinematography, and a brooding atmosphere of menace. This is, on the whole, a stronger film about Korean shamanism than recent efforts like the Wailing and Exhuma. The acting is very solid too.
Reviewed by Tweekums 7 / 10

Suddenly in Dark Night

This Korean psychological horror is set in a large remote house where biology professor Kang Yu-jin lives with his wife Seon-hee and their young daughter. When he returns from his latest butterfly collecting expedition he shows slides of various species he saw to colleagues, amongst them is picture of a strange wooden doll, he has no explanation as to how it got there. Following his next outing he returns with nineteen year old Mi-ok, a girl who was orphaned after her mother, a shaman, died in a fire. He suggests the family take her on as a maid. She has just one possession from her past... the strange wooden doll from the picture. At first she fits in okay but soon Seon-hee becomes convinced something is going on between Mi-ok and Yu-jin and has nightmares involving the doll. Is she imagining things or is something sinister going on? Either way her sanity will be tested.When I started watching this I had no real idea what to expect; I've seen a few Korean horror films but none that were this old. It turned out to be quite different from the ones I had seen. For the most part it eschews gore in favour of creating an atmosphere where the viewer is unsure if what they are seeing is real or something Seon-hee may be imagining. This proves to be enjoyably disturbing. The special effects may be pretty basic but they are effective at adding to the film's atmosphere. The cast does a solid job, especially Kim Young-ae who is convincingly terrified as Seon-hee. It was somewhat, if accidentally, amusing that during the mildly erotic scenes the music used had been lifted from 'Flash Gordon'! Overall a solid film that I'd certainly recommend to fans of K-horror who would like to see something older than most that are available.These comments are based on watching the film in Korean with English subtitles.
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