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The Medium (2021) — Stream on AMC+ · CriticCrunch

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The Medium

Movie2021·131 min

The Medium

Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun

A horror mystery film directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 7%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.0/10

756 ratings

About The Medium

A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Gritty
Story Tags: fate destiny, family dysfunction, faith existentialism, supernatural, religion, international, parent child, group found family, outsider misfit, everyman, mystery disappearance, slow burn reveal, demon occult, folk horror, body horror

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Details

Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun
Language: Thai

Cast

Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utoomma, Sirani Yankittikan

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How The Medium Ranks

All movies

Top 7%

2020s movies

Top 8%

Horror movies

Top 8%

2020s Horror movies

Top 9%

★Banjong Pisanthanakun films#2 of 6

Top 9% 2020s Horror movies.

Second-best Banjong Pisanthanakun film, behind Shutter.

the vibe

The Medium Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowingapproachableseriousintimatehaunting

unsettling

gritty

What it's about

mystery disappearanceslow-burn revealfate destinyfamily dysfunctionfaith existentialismoutsider misfiteverymanparent childgroup found familysupernaturalreligiondemon & occultfolk horrorbody horrorinternational

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy