The Wailing (2016)

NR05/12/2016Horror, Mystery2h 36m
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Never be tempted.

Overview

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Kwak Do-won

    Jong-goo

  2. Cast 1

    Hwang Jung-min

    Il-gwang

  3. Cast 1

    Chun Woo-hee

    Moo-myeong

  4. Cast 1

    Jun Kunimura

    The Stranger

  5. Cast 1

    Kim Hwan-hee

    Hyo-jin

  6. Cast 1

    Heo Jin

    Mother-in-Law

  7. Cast 1

    Jang So-yeon

    Jong-goo's Wife

  8. Cast 1

    Kim Do-yoon

    Yang Yi-sam

  9. Cast 1

    Cho Han-cheul

    Detective

The runtime is a grueling 2 hours and 36 minutes. A warning that there is a good amount of **animal abuse**. The first half is pretty light hearted compared to the last half. It's a really befuddling piece. It's hard to tell who is bad or good and it feels like parts are gone over too frequently. If you like Korean films and portrayals of shamanism you will enjoy it for sure. As far as horror goes, it's not very scary in a slasher type of way and is more of a psychological one.