Film

The Wailing

2016 · 2h 36m · Horror · Mystery

Never be tempted.

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

99%

Metacritic

81

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.

Kwak Do-won

Jong-goo

Hwang Jung-min

Il-gwang

Chun Woo-hee

Moo-myeong

Jun Kunimura

The Stranger

Kim Hwan-hee

Hyo-jin

Heo Jin

Mother-in-Law

Jang So-yeon

Jong-goo's Wife

Kim Do-yoon

Yang Yi-sam

Cho Han-cheul

Detective

Son Kang-gook

Oh Sung-bok

Park Seong-yeon

Kwon Myung-joo

Bae Yong-geun

Police Officer

Kim Ki-cheon

Police Box Chief

Yoo Soon-woong

Police Station Chief

Lee Yong-nyeo

Jak-boo's Mother

Hwang Seok-jeong

Merchant

• Na Hong-jinDirector · Writer
• Lim Min-subProducer
• Suh Dong-hyunExecutive Producer
• Kim Ho-sungExecutive Producer
• Hong Kyung-pyoDirector of Photography
• DalpalanOriginal Music Composer
• Jang Young-gyuOriginal Music Composer
• Kim Sun-minEditor

Trailer 2Trailer 1

Release date

May 12, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

Korean

Runtime

2h 36m

Rated

NR

Budget

$10,951,000

Revenue

$49,851,770

Genres

Horror, Mystery

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