The Wailing Page #2

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
2,313 Views


I'm telling you it's like she suddenly just lost her mind,

going out in the middle of the night completely naked!

Even my wife saw it several times!

Whole body all red and infected,

screaming at people and jumping at them like..!

Hyeongnim, you haven't lost your marbles have you..?

We better round up all the bums for the interrogation room...

You idiot, it's a bit too late for that now,

should've done that days ago!

I was just kidding around,

even if its true who the hell is going to believe this nonsense?

Doesn't matter,

you were right about it and I've given it a lot of thought.

It is definitely not some bad mushrooms.

You are getting really paranoid.

What are you looking at?

Go!

She's relentless.

Been here since morning.

Crazy ass...

Hey you should go check out all the clinics around the area.

See if there's any medical records on Park Byeong Wook.

Stop throwing rocks!

Hyeongnim, that is so pointless --

This is important you moron!

An infection, it has something to do with festering infections,

we can track that down, right?

Just go already!

Stop throwing those,

you can hurt somebody!

Ah goddammit!

You really have nothing else to do?!

Where is your house?

Do you live around here?

Don't come any closer!

Ajumma killed them all...

Huh?

Inside that --

she killed them all in the room.

What are you talking about?

Halmeoni said if we don't do something soon...

Ajummi will die and...

Ajummi didn't want to...

And so she killed them....

Are you family..?

I'm not.

Then who are you?

Follow me.

You're not supposed to...

It's okay.

Come here.

Right here is where she killed them.

Halmeoni died the most painfully.

Tried to fight back but they all died...

And you saw this..?

Yeah...

I watched it...

How..?

Halmeoni says the weh-nom is actually a ghost.

He sucks on your blood and kills you...

Weh-nom..?

(Weh-nom:
Ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent.)

Yes.

The Japanese man from the mountain.

Have you seen him..?

How many times?

Once or twice...

Beware!

Why?!

Halmeoni said if you keep seeing him

(Halmeoni:
Grandma.)

it's probably because he's stalking you...

So he can suck your blood...

And kill you...

You wait here, don't move!

Get back here fast!

I said to get back here fast!

What are you talking about?

I just got here!

I have an eye-witness!

A witness!

Hurry back here!

Where...

It's like you visit hell every night by yourself.

Not just once or twice either...

Are you sick?

Why do I keep having nightmares?

Is someone sick?

Hyo Jin isn't well.

Couldn't even go to school.

She's burning up!

What the hell have you been doing this whole time?!

We need to get some help!

You see I brought her medicine!

Aiiish, why didn't you take her to the hospital?!

What the...

You idiot...

The other side..!

Aigoo...

Aigoo...

Finally arriving for work are we..?

Hyo Jin isn't feeling too good...

I see you're using your daughter as an excuse now...

No..!

You really found a witness..?!

No...

I want you to search the entire

neighborhood thoroughly!

Working like this do you really expect a promotion..?

Seong Bok and I worked our asses off

searching all over the place...

So you're sticking together...

Just look at this!

First he gets the brush all dirty,

and then he cleans with it...

Imbeciles...

Hey!

They're expecting results!

Whether you lost the witness or lied about it,

this is on you!

I have to report back.

...

Aigoo...

Nothing to look at.

I can't believe the way he talks to us...

Here, take a look at this.

Family dies horribly in a wild mushroom tragedy.

What did the hospital say?

Mushrooms?

They're not sure.

They recommend us to a larger hospital.

You really think there's a chance

it could be fungus..?

There is a possibility...

Remember what you told you me about Byeong Jae?

Did I?

About the tumble he had on the mountain...

Hit his head on a rock...

Give it a rest!

Why do you listen to all these stories?

Gossip!?

I don't want any doubt.

You know him right..?

This side...

It may be hard to believe but

I saw it with my own two eyes.

See that?

Yes, I see.

22 stitches from that.

You sure you weren't drinking..?

Is that what you think..?

I've had my days already,

I can't afford to live that carelessly.

Is there evidence..?

Evidence..?

I guess, see for yourself...

You don't believe me...

You want proof...

Come here!

Don't act surpised now.

I'm opening it!

Take a look.

Look.

Empty right..?

Aigoo..

Since that day I haven't been back to the mountain.

My shop is losing money because of it!

How is that evidence?

You don't believe me...

That's not important anyway.

When I woke up after hitting my head,

I saw him crawling around on all fours like an animal

wearing nothing but some sort of diaper.

Diapers?

Yes!

An adult?

Yes!

Adults can wear diapers.

...

They get old and can't take care of themselves.

Lot of them use it...

So are you saying you actually

want to look into this?!

You guys came here to question me

but instead you're questioning each other...

He had his face in it, his whole body,

he was caked in blood!

His eyes were bright red and he slowly fixed his gaze on me...

Then all of a sudden he..!

Aigoo...

I can't get any sleep at night.

Pulling at it like a tiger...

You saw him eating raw meat, right..?

Yes!

Look, look!

I got goosebumps!

This guy,

you think this is funny?!

Where exactly does he live?

Why?

You wanna' go?

I think I need to meet him.

Don't go, trust me on this...

It is my opinion

all these people dying in the village,

it has something to do with him.

He is not a human...

So what is his address..?

You're going to look for an adress in the woods?!

You can give us an approximate location...

You don't need directions for that,

it's in the in corner of that valley over there.

How much farther from here?

It's a bit far.

Aigoo, damn it!

What?

What's wrong?

Over there!

There!

What am I looking at..?

Look at that,

look!

Is that a tiger?!

You were telling the truth?!

That's what I've been saying

over and over this entire time dammit!

It was all real...

We gotta' go!

We gotta' get out of here!

We can go down this way.

Where are you going..?

You have to show us...

It's right there,

just go up the hill.

I don't want to get any deeper.

I'm going now!

You're here anyway,

just see it through!

Let me go!

I have to leave!

How are you just going to leave now?

LET GO!

Sh*t!

Byeong Jae!

Byeong Jae!

Byeong Jae!

Are you okay?

You bastard!

Sorry...

Die you bastards!

You guys go die if you want,

leave me the hell out of it!

I'm really sorry!

Go die!

You talk too goddamn much you a**hole...

Where are you going..?

Did he just get...

Hey!

Hunting and feeding himself his whole life,

rain or not.

Almost died by getting struck by lightning...

How do you end up getting struck by lightning!?

What are the odds...

Fortunately he's strong from

eating all that meat everyday,

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