The Wailing
Never be tempted.
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.
- Director
- Na Hong-jin
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $50M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Wailing actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Wailing appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Really Scary Horror Movies Ranked #8
Ranked #8 because the Wailing is frightening because it keeps changing what you think is happening. Religion, folklore, suspicion and desperation collide until even the characters—and the audience—can no longer tell who should be trusted.
A mysterious stranger arrives in a quiet Korean village just as residents begin suffering from a violent and inexplicable illness. A local policeman gets pulled into the mystery when the danger reaches his own family.
The record
Awards
1 win
Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography
1 win
- WinnerSitges Film Festival Best cinematography
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Wailing returned 4.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $11M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $50M
- Release date
- May 12, 2016
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- MPAA rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese, Korean
- Country
- South Korea, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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