Gipeun bam, gapjagi is a South Korean horror film directed by Ko Young-nam. It all starts with Kang Yu-jin (Yoon Il-bong) hiring a new housekeeper, Mi-ok (Lee Ki-seon). They couldn't be further apart, as he's a wealthy biology professor conducting a study of butterflies and she's a simple village girl who is the daughter of a recently dead shaman priestess.
While Kang Yu-jin and his wife Seon-hee (Kim Young-ae) enjoy having the girl in their home, it doesn't last. Mi-ok keeps a wooden doll with her that has shown up in Seon-hee's nightmares. She also thinks that she's having an affair with her husband, which is an even more powerful reason to hate her. When things finally come to blows, the rich woman accidentally kills the maid, then becomes haunted by her.
This is as close as Korean cinema will get to a giallo, as color theory - Seon-hee appears in conservative purples while Mi-ok is in revealing white clothes - while the neon hues scream Bava and some scenes appear to be shot underwater or within a kaleidoscope. It all starts so simply but by the end, the score is literally bashing you in the face while a storm rages throughout the film.
I'm going to watch this so many more times.
While Kang Yu-jin and his wife Seon-hee (Kim Young-ae) enjoy having the girl in their home, it doesn't last. Mi-ok keeps a wooden doll with her that has shown up in Seon-hee's nightmares. She also thinks that she's having an affair with her husband, which is an even more powerful reason to hate her. When things finally come to blows, the rich woman accidentally kills the maid, then becomes haunted by her.
This is as close as Korean cinema will get to a giallo, as color theory - Seon-hee appears in conservative purples while Mi-ok is in revealing white clothes - while the neon hues scream Bava and some scenes appear to be shot underwater or within a kaleidoscope. It all starts so simply but by the end, the score is literally bashing you in the face while a storm rages throughout the film.
I'm going to watch this so many more times.