Korean horror films from the 70s and 80s can be memorable, fascinating, and at times even cute, but they are rarely frightening. Suddenly At Midnight is an exception. As in Kim Ki-youngs The Housemaid (1961) and its subsequent remakings, director Ko Young-nam locates the films horror within the space of a happy, wealthy family home that is contaminated from the outside, but he takes the film in different directions than that pursued by Kim. The result is a mysterious psychological study built on the wifes suspicions, that beguiles the viewer right up to its bizarre closing image (Darcy Paquet) Scene: bit.ly/Ljvsq1
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:06:22 +0000
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