The Wailing

Synopsis: In the small village Goksung in South Korea, police officer Jong-Goo investigates bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. His partner tells a gossip for him that a Japanese stranger that lives in a secluded house in the mountains would be an evil spirit responsible for the illness. Jong-Goo decides to visit the Japanese with his partner and a young priest that speaks Japanese. They find an altar with a goat head and pictures of the infected people that died on the walls. However they are attacked by the guard dog and they only can leave the place when the stranger arrives. Jong-Goo finds one shoe of his beloved daughter Hyo-jin in the house of the stranger and soon she becomes sick. His mother-in-law summons the shaman Il-gwang to save her granddaughter while a mysterious woman tells Jong-Goo that the stranger is the responsible. Who might be the demon that is bringing sickness to Goksung?
Genre: Horror
Director(s): Hong-jin Na
  29 wins & 51 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
156 min
$785,405
2,450 Views


Where are you off to so early in the morning?

Somebody died...

Who..?

The ginseng grower, Jo-ssi.

They found her dead.

It is really coming down.

Hey, where are you going?

Someone died.

Who..?

You know Jo-ssi,

she sells ginseng.

I don't know all the details yet.

You mean that young woman..?

That's right.

Even still, you should eat some breakfast before you go.

I got to go.

Have a spoonful at least.

What difference does it make?

They're dead, its not like you can save them.

I have to get there now.

Eat something first and then go.

Come on.

So what happened?

I do not know.

Sounds like murder.

What kind of bastard could do such a thing?

What an animal...

Did someone die?

Eat something.

Who was it?

Jong Goo!

You got a raincoat?

Why are you so late?!

We got people dying!

Is the boss here yet?

He is in Seoul.

Ak ok.

Follow me.

Okay.

Why did you leave me?!

I'm right here! Look at me!

Let me go you bastards!

All of you sons of b*tches!

Get off me!

You bastard!

Sergeant!

It wasn't me! Let me go!

You're finally here?

It looks like they were stabbed.

Around 20 stab wounds.

What is that over there?

I don't think she was killed here,

she was dragged for a while...

Very brutal...

Is that Jo-ssi?

Yes, looks that way.

What the...

What about the son?

With the grandparents now.

What's wrong with him?

He doesn't smell of alcohol and he's not talking.

I think he ate some wild mushrooms.

They say he just suddenly got like that...

Where have you been?!

Oh hey!

Sorry we're late.

You bastard! Let me go!

This guy... What a prick.

Could have just used navigation,

but nope...

Isn't that it right there?

Over here!

Come on.

Alright.

Jong Goo, come this way.

Hurry up and open the gate.

Good.

Go in.

What is that smell?!

Aigoo...

So this is where Jo-ssi died.

Dammit...

What the hell is all this?!

So he brought Jo-ssi here to kill her

and after he stabbed her repeatedly

he put her inside a burlap sack

and dragged her all the way home.

Real psycho killer,

psycho!

Come get photos of this.

Over here, there and also inside.

Sergeant!

Over here!

Sergeant, come over here.

Dammit...

Son of a b*tch...

What exactly was this guy into..?

"The Wailing.."

Let's see here...

Some scary sh*t, right..?

Scary my ass...

Anyways...

That is the rumor.

Rumor..?

Who told you that?

Hyeon Gi Hyeong.

Oh that guy...

I mean really...

I see he's even gabbing to you now...

Maybe it is just gossip

but he isn't the only one saying it.

Who else?

By the bridge, you know Chil Seong?

He runs the shop over there,

Eun Gook also said something.

And?

All this stuff started to happen when that old Jap showed up...

I can't believe what I'm...

The ignorance... You talking like this...

What do you mean..?

Talking like what..?!

Listen you dumb ass, they did the autopsy,

ran all kinds of tests,

they were talking about how he probably

ate some bad mushrooms...

What?

You know those mushrooms that make you go crazy...

They found large quantities of it in his blood sample,

it was at his house, dried up and untouched...

Sergeant, do you really believe that?

The tests results are in!

Sergeant, have you ever tried those kinds of mushrooms..?

Never tried it you dick...

Mushrooms don't do that to people,

you saw the condition he was in!

You think mushrooms did that?!?

Anyways, I still think I'm right...

There has to be a reason why that rumor spread so quickly...

A reason. Reason.

Sh*t!

The electricity is out...

Nobody does any maintenance around here,

if only we had some money we could get an electrician...

Nobody ever listens...

WHAT IS THAT?!?!

What is what?!

What! What's wrong?!

What is that!

Outside!

Outside?

What?!

What is it dammit!

AHHH!!!

Go out there!

Go outside?!?

Do what?!

Get out there!

Take a look dammit!

Who was that?!

Get out there!

Sh*t!

YOU B*TCH!!!

A lot in there...

So heavy...

I finally came.

Such big talk...

And I'm always hearing stories about

husbands going for hours...

Maybe if you got me a tonic or something...

I'm having nightmares every night.

What are you doing..?

Dammit!

What are you doing?! Get out of here!

Don't open it!

This girl dammit!

Abeoji...

Abeoji! (Abeoji:
Father.)

Look!

What do you think?

Pretty.

Too pretty.

So how long were you watching us?

How much did you see?

Don't worry about it,

I'm not going to tell people.

So you saw everything...

Don't worry!

That wasn't even the first time.

What..?

Drink.

What?

It's okay, drink.

Quick! Quick!

Move!

(Woman wailing in background.)

You!

Hey.

Where were you?

You didn't answer your phone!

My mother in law suddenly got sick...

You're using your mother in law as an excuse?

Come with me!

It's not like that...

What did you take?!

Ajumma!

Jang Goo! What are you waiting for!

Make yourself useful!

Please come out of there.

You go!

Officer Lee!

Come get this woman out of here!

Ready!

Move aside, make room!

Everyone move back!

Please step aside!

What is wrong with...

What the...

Settle down...

Look at this idiot...

Ajumma!

Hyeongnim, you should clean yourself off.

That is embarrassing,

they're going to be talking about that one for a while...

Rolling around screaming and moaning...

Give me a break...

Hello everyone!

Hyo Jin is here!

Yes.

Is everything good?

Yes.

Did you bring your father some clothes?

Yes.

Mom told me to bring this to you...

Some fresh underwear...

Thanks...

Go clean up.

I got it...

Go...

Didn't even eat your food...

Good job, good job....

I got it, okay?

You don't have to lecture me,

can't you see your dad is at work?!

I'm leaving, okay?

Bye everyone!

Be safe, bye!

She can be so careless...

Seong Bok?

Yes?

I remember now...

What?

That woman...

The one from the burned house we just came from,

I knew I saw her somewhere before!

That woman from last night,

standing here butt naked!

What?

When the lights went out!

That's her!

You guys are crazy...

She didn't die by hanging,

she died from knife wounds...

All 3 of them?

Yes...

I was also a bit surprised.

The woman who was strung up...

She is looking like the suspect.

What is happening around here..?

I wonder that myself...

Hey!

Come over here!

Yes.

Through there!

Lift it a little higher!

I found it!

And you're just going to pick it up with your hands..?

Are you retarded..?

This is evidence.

I think need to pick it up with a towel or something like that.

Right?

Any new information?

Come on!

Give us something!

So that woman killed them all?

I guess...

Wow..

What could have...

So why did you call me here?

You know I'm busy.

I called you because of that thing I told you about.

Do you remember what I said?

What?

About that Japanese guy,

what I told you about him and that woman.

You filthy b*tch in heat...

That woman -- she is the one.

What are you talking about?!

That woman I told you about with the Japanese guy!

She is the one from the fire!

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