Wailing, The

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

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.

The critical consensus

The result is striking, frustrating and – whisper it – ripe for remaking.

(*) (*) Matt Glasby, The List, 21/11/2016

By turns funny and despairing, this village noir brings the horror of uncertainty.

(*) Anton Bitel, Little White Lies, 21/11/2016

Two-and-a-half hours long, but never slow, The Wailing takes its time to burrow under your skin, but by the time it weaves its dark, potent spell, it leaves you with a lingering, unshakeable sense of dread that Hollywood horror films can rarely muster.

(*) David Hughes, Empire Online, 21/11/2016

Korean director Na Hong-jin delivers a supreme evocation of evil in this intense rural-horror.

Phil Hoad, The Guardian, 24/11/2016