Suddenly in the Dark (1981)
aka Suddenly at Midnight
aka Gipeun bam gabjagi
Genre: Horror | Thriller | Korean Giallo
Country: South Korea | Director: Young Nam Ko
Language: Korean | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1 | Length: 100mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1280×696 – 23.976fps – 3.27gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301345/
A woman’s idyllic middle-class life is disrupted when her husband brings home a beautiful young orphan to be their maid. At first she welcomes the pretty girl, in fact seems strangely fixated on her, but soon comes to suspect the girl of having an affair with her husband. At the same time odd, unexplained incidents – most involving the maid’s mysterious wooden doll – begin to make her question her own sanity. Soon it all spirals out of control and the film climaxes in a fever pitch of sexual jealousy, murder, and supernatural vengeance, all set to a pounding synth score.
Almost completely unknown outside its home country, Suddenly In The Dark is one of the best examples of pre-millennial K-horror. It was made at a time when censorship laws were being liberalized, igniting a boom in horror and erotic films. Elements of both are present here, directed with bizarre flair by Go Yeong-nam in a style often compared to the wilder Italian films of the 70s and 80s.
The sound seems out of sync with picture.
Not really out of sync but a bit strange yes (some parts are perfectly in sync some others sound like a dub). I think it’s the way the movie was originally shot (might be a dub because of issues with live sound recording, don’t know).