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The Wailing (2016) — Stream on Fandor · CriticCrunch

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The Wailing

Movie2016·156 min

The Wailing

Directed by Na Hong-jin

A horror mystery film directed by Na Hong-jin.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 2%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.4/10

2K ratings

About The Wailing

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.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Gritty
Story Tags: fate destiny, family dysfunction, survival of spirit, religion, supernatural, small town, wilderness, parent child, detective investigator, everyman, investigation procedural, mystery disappearance, slow burn reveal, demon occult, folk horror, ghost haunting, zombie

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Details

Director: Na Hong-jin
Language: Korean

Cast

Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee

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How The Wailing Ranks

All movies

Top 2%

2010s movies

Top 2%

Horror movies

Top 2%

★2010s Horror movies

Top 2%

Na Hong-jin films#1 of 3

Top 5% in every cohort we track — a consistent classic.

the vibe

The Wailing Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredlight-touchpersonalhaunting

unsettling

gritty

What it's about

investigation proceduralmystery disappearanceslow-burn revealfate destinyfamily dysfunctionsurvival of spiritdetective investigatoreverymanparent childreligionsupernaturaldemon & occultfolk horrorhauntingzombiesmall townwilderness

pacing

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

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy