New US Trailer for Jason Yu’s Horror Thriller Film ‘Sleep’ from Korea
by Alex Billington August 14, 2024Source: YouTube
“Let me live in peace. Just you and I.” Magnolia Pictures has debuted their own official US trailer for the Korean horror thriller film titled simply Sleep (or 잠 in Korean), an indie creation from filmmaker Jason Yu. This is his feature directorial debut after working as an assistant director for Bong Joon-ho on Okja and other films. It’s finally getting a proper US release in theaters and on VOD this fall after playing on the festival circuit for a year. “When he sleeps, someone awakes…” 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. Starring Jung Yu-mi as Soo-jin & Lee Sun-kyun as Hyeon-soo, with Kim Gook-hee. It debuted at last year’s Critics Week sidebar at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Sleep is genuinely scary and unsettling, one of those movies that might make you have trouble sleeping, too.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ new poster) for Jason Yu’s film Sleep, direct from Magnolia’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the other official trailer for Jason Yu’s Sleep film right here, to view even more footage.
Hyeon-soo and Soo-jin (Lee Sun-kyun and Jung Yu-mi) are newlyweds. One night, she discovers Hyeon-soo sleepwalking, with a strange behavior that is not like him. Every time night falls, she becomes restless, for fear that her husband will harm their newborn baby. Sleep, originally known as 잠 or Jam in Korean, is written and directed by the up-and-coming Korean filmmaker Jason Yu, making his feature directorial debut after working as an assistant director on a few other films previously. Produced by Lewis Taewan Kim. This initially premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Critics Week sidebar last year, and it also played at TIFF. The film opened in Korean cinemas first last September. Magnolia Pictures will finally debut Jason Yu’s Sleep film in select US theaters + on VOD starting on September 27th, 2024 this fall. Scary?