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The Wailing

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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. From TMDB

157 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 9, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works

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  • Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    Watching THE WAILING with our 14 year old. “This is the first horror movie that’s actually scaring me,” he said. An all time classic, one of the best ever made. If it gets too scary for him we’ll turn it off. (I’ll finish it when he goes to bed.)

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  • 🖤🌹🪦MorTosha Addams @headintheclouds13.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2025

    @foundfootagefan.bsky.social Thanks for posting about this film. #NowWatching for the first time: 🎥 The Wailing (2016) 🎬 Directed By: Na Hong-jin #Horror #Horrorsky

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  • Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    The 15 year-old and I seated for this one. The Wailing is an all-time favorite movie for both of us & @matjohnson.bsky.social already told me he loved it, so we are amped.

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    Post a horror movie everyone should see 🖤 The Wailing (2016)

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  • Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phdBluesky · Jul 19, 2026

    RED ALERT hard to find film from Na Hong Jin (Chaser, The Wailing) just appeared on Tubi! GET IN THERE 📽️

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  • Sydney 👻 @misstacobelle96.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2025

    📽️ Now Watching: The Wailing!

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  • Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    A new film from Na Hong-jin, director of THE CHASER, THE YELLOW SEA and THE WAILING? And it's a MONSTER MOVIE? I need to see this RIGHT NOW.

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  • Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    my favourite long movie is The Wailing, a film that uses its time to establish a totally coherent bumbling cop comedy and then, once you're comfortable with that and the wheels are turning, start torturing you for hours

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  • Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2024

    Official The ___ing horror movie rankings: 1) The Shining 2) The Thing 3) The Haunting (1960s version) 4) The Wailing 5) The Conjuring 6) The Vanishing 7) The Changeling (1980s version)

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  • Edgelord Papa @papalazarou.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    It has been quite a while... Sooo... Random pick from my collection! 🙌 This time it's - The Wailing (2016) on #4K Now this film absolutely blew me away! 🤯 It's deeply dark, twisted and looks stunning as well. Is anyone else a fan of this? #PhysicalMedia #FilmSky #Horror #HorrorSky

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  • Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2024

    This movie is THE WAILING for really stupid people

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  • Ryan Hollinger @ryanhollinger.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    HOPE is Na Hong-jin‘s first film in 10 years since the horror masterpiece The Wailing. It is a bonkers action sci-fi that never takes its foot off the pedal while traversing a bumpy, bloody road.

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  • Rich Tate 🎃 @richtate.comBluesky · Mar 17, 2025

    THE WAILING is a long walk through a dark and bloody forest. In typical k-horror fashion, this movie does not fuck around. There’s a unique comedic touch that does an excellent job of offsetting the horrors. It is breathtakingly shot. This movie illustrates why you shouldn’t run in the woods. 🩸📽️

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  • Sydney 👻 @misstacobelle96.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    My Top 4 Favorite New-to-Me Films from January 📽: Se7en (‘95) The Wailing (‘16) The Quick and the Dead (‘95) First Blood (‘82)

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  • Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phdBluesky · Jun 3, 2026

    holy shit folks, the director of 'The Wailing' has a new film 👀 📽️

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  • Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    Fresh off its debut at Cannes, we have the first trailer for Hope, the sci-fi action film from The Wailing director Na Hong-jin. The film stars Hwang Jung-min, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, and more. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

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  • Garry B. (Sallow Moth) @gonemage.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    Tonight’s viewing: The Wailing Seen many times. My favorite horror movie

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    The most expensive film made in South Korea is a franchise-starting monster-movie hit; Na Hong-jin's first film since 2026's The Wailing is a 156 minute race-and chase cops+militia vs aliens popcorn movie; Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender feature; 4 out of 5. film-authority.com/2026/09/26/h...

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2025

    4 📽 Faves: First-time watches in March. The Wailing (2016) Cold War (2018) MadS (2024) Watermelon Man (1970) *Honorable Mention: Piggy (2022) #filmsky 📽🎥🎬🎞

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  • 𖤐 Bri 𖤐 @brianimator.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    When mysterious infections plague the village, everything goes to hell… This one is full of mystery. It’s twisted and devastating, but it’s a must-see for any horror fan and a great rainy day movie. #filmsky My ★★★★★ review of The Wailing on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9vAy3B

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  • Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2026

    it is a busy field but The Wailing really might be my favourite horror movie. it's so much.

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  • Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.ukBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    I have some friends over to watch a movie and they were playing mouse with Bertie And he took the mouse in his mouth and carried it with the wand trailing behind him up his shelves upstairs and away My son Hates sharing Meanwhile myrtle is hanging out and watching The Wailing with us

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2025

    My ★★★★½ review of The Wailing boxd.it/91TZqv Balls-to-the-wall Korean horror epic. Combines slapstick comedy, horrific imagery, & unrelenting brutality in unexpected ways. People get sick, then murderous. Is the cause toxins, ghosts, demons? Someone better figure it out! #filmsky #horrorsky 📽🎥🎬🎞

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  • Clinton of the Damned 🎃👻 @puritythrufire.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2025

    Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #107 "The Wailing" (Na Hong-jin/2016) From the director of the gut punch film, The Chaser comes this top-class South Korean horror film. If you haven't already seen this one then you need to check it out immediately!

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  • Tuxedo Catfish @tuxedocatfish.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2026

    i think often of The Wailing, a movie that flows seamlessly between bumbling keystone cops fucking up an investigation on one hand and the fact that said investigation is about occult child abuse and (ultimately) the successive waves of military and religious colonialism Korea has experienced

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  • a good sport @otherhells.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2025

    The Wailing. One of my absolute favorites. letterboxd.com/film/the-wai...

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2025

    #NowWatching THE WAILING (2016). Director: Na Hong-jin. Hwang Jung-min, Kwak Do-won. Strange deaths in South Korean village. Is reclusive Japanese newcomer responsible? Been on my list for long time, bring on the screams. #filmsky #horrorsky 📽🎥🎬🎞

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  • Hausu M.D. 🎥👺📼🍉🖤 @suspiraserhead.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    What is your discomfort movie? A movie you saw one time and said okay, never again? Grave of the Fireflies Midsommar The Wailing Angel Heart Red Rooms Demonlover All fantastic films I never want to see again.

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  • Closet_Thing @closet-thing.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2024

    10 horror movies to know me by, even though I’m not a big horror movie enjoyer . The Wailing Midsommar Run Nope Svaha Exhuma Skinamarink The Ritual Predator A Quiet Place

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  • Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.comBluesky · Nov 13, 2023

    Thistle is being reassuring through the scary movie (THE WAILING)

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  • Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    "If a story is working its magic, bad special effects don’t matter." Na Hong-jin’s alien thriller Hope might be shallow, but is it also awesome? @rubigb.bsky.social reviews the latest film from the director of The Wailing:

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  • Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2024

    More: Not Funny: Saint Maud The Power (2021 film, not the series) The Wailing Creep/Creep 2 (Creep 2 > Creep 1) Rec A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Southbound Blood Red Sky A Dark Song The Endless Spring As Above So Below Fresh (Kinda Funny) Funny: Glorious Teeth Dead Snow Leslie Vernon Rubber

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  • Darkness Pauls 🎃 @paulle.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    every day of 2025 I'll post a random horror film, series, etc. from Asia (E, S, SE). 3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ THE WAILING (2016) (곡성) Dir: Na Hong-jin To save his daughter, a policeman investigates a village that's become afflicted by death and illness. #HorrorSky

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  • Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    Tonight's movies: The Wailing (2016), really good movie but wow was that a downer. All the content warnings for that one. Followed by Dead Talents Society, which had similar subject matter but was as cute, sweet, and light as the other movie was dark.

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  • Attack of the Giant Retro Monsters 🔞 @monstersattack.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2025

    "The Terrornauts" (released in the US on 17/05/67). A group of scientists (and a tea lady) are kidnapped and whisked off into outer space... A juvenile adaptation of "The Wailing Asteroid" by Murray Leinster (1960), the movie starred Simon Oates who would later find fame in "Doomwatch" (1970-72).

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  • GuillaumefromRFN @guillaumenwr.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2025

    Cure - Took me some time after the credits to process. What a bleak movie. CGS2 - These movies are fun. Frenetic action, great practical effects. I need to watch more Jacky Cheung movies. The Wailing - I feel I'm missing the point of this one. Heavy Rain-ass twist. #LetterboxFriday #LastFourWatched

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  • JimsonWeed @jimsonweed.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2024

    #MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 10 - the movie that scared you the most The Wailing (2016) - one of the best films I've seen in a long time (I finally got round to watching it earlier this year)

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  • weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Han Dong-seok's The Sin (2023, now on Tubi) is an absolutely demented film that mixes Exhuma, The Wailing, The Witch and Suspiria (Guadagnino version) in a blender and spits them all back out as very much some other kinda thang. A bit like taking The Guest (K-TV) and compacting it into two hours.

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  • Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2026

    “Cannes’ craziest movie" involves aliens and the director of The Wailing 👽

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  • ⛈️(bobby bag) @firstnamebob.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2024

    #CineMusic24 #MusicChallenge 4/18 Movie - the Wailing (2016) Director: Na Hong-jin Song - Gregory Isaacs - sad to know (you're leaving) - Night Nurse (1982) youtu.be/wgEPArPkAqw?...

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  • Dobes Crusher @dobescrusher.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    I'd loved this director's previous film The Wailing and I love that this continues on with a similar degree of human bungling and incompetence.

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  • Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    THE WAILING: Na’s bumbling-cop mystery fades into a scarier sense of encroaching doom and helplessness. A huge reason the film works as much as it does is that Kwak Do-won carries a massive arc while maintaining a look of beleaguered horror that anticipates and mirrors the audience’s.

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  • Dex Anderson @dexanderson.comBluesky · Sep 29, 2025

    tonight's movie night with friends: THE WAILING

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  • PEEBleguese PEEBleguese @thehumancentipeeb.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    Thank you for all the recommendations on my earlier folk horror film post, I'm blown away by the response. Thank you 🙏 Starting off with this one The Wailing #filmsky 🎥

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  • barbie_fehlpressung @fehlpressung.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2024

    #CineMusic24 #MusicChallenge 4/18 Movie - the Wailing (2016) Grimes - Beast Infection www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x5O...

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  • Beskar Bear @beskarbear.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2023

    Tonights horror film is THE WAILING. Okay time for some 'serious' horror. This is a 2016 South Korean horror film that I really didnt think I would like getting into it. but I have been getting into the 'Folk' Horror subgenre and this fits the bill nicely, The themes of this movie are actually

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  • GTC @gtcarisson.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    @gemini53.bsky.social @bramblejim.bsky.social @moondogrick.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.social @tadool.bsky.social @pedropeterperico.bsky.social @josephaisenberg13.bsky.social @michaelcinemagroup.bsky.social Today the wife & I saw Hope from Director Na Hong-jin (The Wailing), my favorite film of 2026.

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  • Matt Kim @lawoftd.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2026

    Read one positive review, and one negative review of The Wailing director's new film out of Cannes, but based on this trailer I'm locked in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnH...

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  • FunButter @funbutter.meBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    #NowWatching The Wailing 20 minutes in and this movie is creeeeepy. A little welcome and goofy humor eases the tension 🧟 🫣 🐈‍⬛ #HorrorSky 📽️

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  • Lee from the Internet @theinternetslee.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    First time watch of The Wailing (2016). Expected a feel bad movie but am utterly surprised and kind of charmed that Jong-goo is such an incompetent boob. The fact that he is such a loveable oaf is going to make it so heartbreaking when bad shit starts happening📽️ #horrorsky

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  • ⛈️(bobby bag) @firstnamebob.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    #NovemberMovieChallenge 11/12 immigrant in a movie The Wailing (2016) Director: Na Hong-jin

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  • John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    Oh snap, the Wailing guy is back! Can't wait for a new Na Hong-jin movie.

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  • Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    Ooh first feature film by Na Hong-jin since THE WAILING (brilliant), psyched (not that I'm impressed by this choice of still, but that's par for the course for big studios nowadays--subpar production stills, marketing, posters etc).

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  • Krista Michaels @kristafilm.comBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Me when my homies tell me they also like the Korean film “The Wailing”.

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  • Adam Witosky @adamwitosky.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    #CineMusic24 #MusicChallenge Movie 18: The Wailing Song: “Culture:Envy:War” by Youngblood Brass Band youtu.be/McRDymOga-8?...

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2026

    Neon has acquired the rights to ‘HOPE’, the new film from ‘THE WAILING’ director Na Hong-jin. It stars Hoyeon, Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Taylor Russell, Zo In-sung and Hwang Jung-min. #HopeMovie #NaHongJin

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  • TaraKute @tarakute.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    The Wailing (2016) A little on the longer side - this is such a good horror movie, shot beautifully with some really great grotesque imagery. There's some clever storytelling within the movie regarding alienation and folk horror. I love how this movie plays with faith and choices, and the ending...

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  • Wostry @wostry.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    RIGOR MORTIS (2013) Juno Mak's chinese vampire film is IMHO the best horrorfilm of the last 20 years next to the WAILING and DESCENT, an incredible hommage to the genre and a revival, moody, scary and just all around wonderful. And then comes the last 5 minutes and fucking ruins it all.

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  • NoMatterBoo 👻 @nomatterboo.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2025

    Sharing my #lastfourwatched for #letterboxdfriday! Favorite of these was The Wailing - spooky mystery/horror with some great performances 👏

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  • Kieran.boo! @kieran.blueBluesky · Oct 6, 2024

    Spooktober Movie No. 21 🎃📽️: The Wailing I've been hearing good things about this for years and it deserved the hype. It feels like there's another layer to this that I wasn't picking up which might have pushed it to 5 stars.

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Kwak Do-won
Jong-goo
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Hwang Jung-min
Il-gwang
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Chun Woo-hee
Moo-myeong
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Jun Kunimura
The Stranger
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Kim Hwan-hee
Hyo-jin
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Heo Jin
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Jang So-yeon
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Kim Do-yoon
Yang Yi-sam

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