Tone & Style

If you are looking for a conventional horror movie where the scares are telegraphed and the ending provides a neat resolution, The Wailing is not for you. However, if you are seeking a cinematic experience that burrows under your skin and leaves you questioning everything you saw, Na Hong-jin’s 2016 masterpiece is essential viewing.

The damp, oppressive forests and rain-soaked village streets are characters in themselves.

: Jong-goo (Kwak Do-won), a bumbling local police sergeant, initially investigates these as mundane crimes but becomes desperate when his young daughter, Hyo-jin, begins showing symptoms of the infection.