The Wailing
At more than two-and-a-half hours in length, this slow-burn 2016 South Korean thriller may be a little long for some, but it’s plenty freaky for those who have the patience to discover its eerie charms. As a village is beset by unprovoked brutality and an epidemic of unexplained illnesses following the arrival of a stranger, it seems that something supernatural must be afoot, but the more the investigators attempt to unravel the mystery, the more questions they find, even as the events around them begin to hit increasingly close to home.
The film has received almost universal acclaim, boasting an impressive 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the Critics Consensus raves, “The Wailing delivers an atmospheric, cleverly constructed mystery whose supernatural thrills more than justify its imposing length.”
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