- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- May 12, 2016 (8 years ago)
- Language
- Korean
- Origin
- South Korea · United States
- Genres
- East Asian Horror
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
The Wailing
Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Kwak Do-wonJong-Goo
Hwang Jung-minIl-Gwang
Chun Woo-heeMoo Myeong
Jun KunimuraThe Stranger
Kim Hwan-heeHyo-jin
Heo JinMother-in-law
Jang So-yeonJong-Goo's wife
Kim Do-yoonYang Yi-sam
Jo Han-chulDetective 1
Son Kang-gookOh Sung-bok
Park Sung-yeonKwon Myung-joo
Bae Yong-geunPolice officer
Kim Ki-chunPolice box chief
Yoo Soon-woongPolice station chief
Lee Yong-nyeoJak-boo's mom
Hwang Suk-jungMerchant
Moon Chang-gilDoctor
Lee Jung-eunDeok-gi's wife
Jeon Bae-sooDeok-gi
Song Min-seokParamedic
Jo Yeon-heeBar woman
Lee Seon-heeByeong-gyoo's wife
Crew
Reviews
'The Wailing' is a satisfying genre buffet It's a horror film, but writer-director Na Hong-jin mixes in lots of genres in a gory, entertaining plot.
The Wailing Empire's verdict on The Wailing, a new South Korean horror film from director Hong-Jin Na.
'The Wailing': EW review 'The Wailing': EW review
Film of the Week: The Wailing Screaming good: Na Hong-jin's self-aware, rural horror tale blurs the line between laughs and scares
Film review: Creepy/The Wailing — ‘Something nasty’ Two films from Japan and South Korea deliver macabre fun and demented diabolism
‘The Wailing’ (‘Goksung’): Cannes Review A mysterious stranger brings death to a village in Na Hong Jin’s Korean scare-fest.
Cannes Review: ‘The Wailing’ Is An Epic Korean Horror Movie Too Crazy For Its Own Good Cannes Review: 'The Wailing' Is An Epic Korean Horror Movie Too Crazy For Its Own Good
Review: South Korean thriller 'The Wailing' a slow-burning supernatural freakout The connoisseur of contemporary horror cinema will be no stranger to some of the images that appear in “The Wailing.”
The Wailing - review An outbreak of madness and murder takes hold of a small South Korean town in this superlative thriller.
'The Wailing' Draws From All Over But Struggles To Find Its Way The Wailing is a bloody thriller that recalls both elements of Korean cinema and older Hollywood examinations of exorcisms and the undead, but it doesn't qui...
Review: ‘The Wailing’ Will Scare You, and Break Your Heart (Published 2016) Na Hong-jin’s movie about demonic possession is an expansive and often excruciating horror film from South Korea.
The Wailing To watch this epically scaled South Korean horror-procedural hybrid by Na Hong-jin is to see a filmmaker flush with the desire to craft a classic.
The Wailing movie review & film summary (2016) It may be impossible to turn off your brain while watching horror-mystery hybrid The Wailing, but that makes its visceral charms that much more admirably ve...
'The Wailing': Cannes Review Dir/scr: Na Hong-jin. South Korea / U.S. 2016. 156mins
[Cannes Review] The Wailing Since the early aughts, South Korea has been one of the most prolific and exciting exporters of genre cinema, giving us such indelible gems as Oldboy, The Ho...
Cannes Review: Na Hong-jin's Fantastic, Relentlessly Entertaining 'The Wailing' At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, internationally renowned Korean auteur Park Chan-wook dished out “The Handmaiden,” slicing critical opinion down t...
Cannes Film Review: ‘The Wailing’ South Korean genre master Na Hong-jin's latest makes no logical sense, though his masterful use of suspense and gore will keep fans hooked.
The Wailing is the most unsettling Korean horror film in years, but it offers more chills than answers Na Hong-jin’s first film in six years serves up a glimpse of intense evil over a disturbing clash of cultures.
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