Review of The Wailing (2016) by Sungyeol S — 08 Jun 2016

I am Korean frequent moviegoer and lived in the States for 2 yrs. So, I know what Americans expects in this genre - a spectacle of exoticism : Shaman, scary rural town and exotic mountains, gore and blood, clash between religion and supernatural, a big plot twist, comedy followed by chilling horror, the exorcism, and a little girl changes into something horrible (and one more thing you will never expect to meet in this movie, It is a secret)...This movie contains all of these things, but combines in a whole different way from other banal horror-occult movies.

I am pretty sure that the Wailing will fight for No.1 status of most-loved-Korean movie-abroad against already-classic Oldboy.