A pregnant wife who becomes worried about her husband’s sleeping habits. What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman.
Acting
Jung Yu-mi's silent terror is absolutely devastating.
Direction
Yu's claustrophobic apartment becomes a character itself.
Sound
Every creak and breath designed to shred your nerves.
Director
Jason Yu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jason Yu was Bong Joon-ho's personal assistant before directing this debut. The student becomes the master of domestic unease.
The film weaponizes the 'Korean apartment'—a symbol of middle-class aspiration—into a trap where modernity itself fails against ancient evil.
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