I come bearing unhappy information, readers: Na Hong-Jin’s Korean horror masterpiece The Wailing is leaving Netflix on January 29. So in the event you haven’t but watched this terrifying piece of horror cinema, now’s your probability earlier than it leaves the streamer! It’s an unimaginable mixture of Korean folklore, non secular horror, and the supernatural to craft a horror epic the likes of which you’ve by no means seen.
The official plot synopsis reads, “When a mysterious illness results in demise and chaos in a mountain village, a policeman with an contaminated daughter consults a robust shaman.“
It’s top-of-the-line examples of an exorcism movie not based mostly in Christianity as Hong-Jin executes a horrifying spectacle together with his exorcism scenes. Don’t let the lengthy run-time dissuade you! Whereas The Wailing clocks simply over two-and-a-half hours lengthy (156 minutes, to be exact), it’s completely paced and all the pieces that unfolds onscreen is important for crafting Hong-Jin’s nightmarish imaginative and prescient.
We aren’t the one ones who love The Wailing. Guillermo del Toro really useful the movie on X, writing, “THE WAILING can also be a top-notch horror piece that may unsettle you and hold you guessing till the top!”
Beforehand, Na Hong-Jin directed Korean motion movies The Chaser and The Yellow Sea earlier than his pivot into the style world. After The Wailing, he collaborated with Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun on the beautiful discovered footage exorcism movie The Medium. Hong-Jin penned the script, bringing his aptitude for terrifying setpieces to this story a couple of feminine shaman.
You solely have just a few days to catch this Korean horror epic on Netflix. Feels like we’ve helped work out your weekend watch plans!
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