The Wailing
2016 · 156 min · Horror / Mystery · TMDB 7.4
The short version:A Korean village, a stranger in the hills, and a daughter who changes. Long, funny, then terrifying and merciless.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary4
Not scaryExtreme
Dread5
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2
NoneConstant
Disturbing4
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim5
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
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.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child in dangerHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A young girl is possessed and becomes violent.
- Child harmed or killedModerateeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A deer eaten raw, a dog beaten and killed, chickens and a goat sacrificed.
Body & medical
- Disease & terminal illnessModerateeditorial
- Self-harmBriefeditorial
Religion & the occult
- Demons & possessionHeavyeditorial
- Cults & religious extremismModerateeditorial