Friends, which one of you still remembers «The Host«? An incredibly successful creature feature from South Korea, which was seen by almost a third of the entire population there and is also really good by Western standards. Now, with «The Wailing», another film from the same country is coming, which also looks fascinating. Basically, the film is about people in a village starting to kill each other and somehow a shaman is supposed to be to blame, who is supposed to be anything but human. That sounds a bit classic by western standards, but it's still pretty fresh in South Korea. And those are all aspects that make the film seem at least interesting. The film celebrated its premiere in Cannes and will therefore certainly find its way to us. The gods know exactly when, but that was the case with «The Host». However, even if it was cut and badly synchronized, it was even shown on television...
Over six years in the making, director Na Hong-jin's meticulously crafted follow-up to the globally acclaimed The Yellow Sea and The Chaser (his third to premiere at the Festival de Cannes) smashed box office records upon its debut in South Korea, where fans are already making return viewings to catch new clues and debate what's sure to be the most talked-about ending of 2016.