Korean horror film The Wailing, the latest bloodbath thriller from nonconformist genre master Hong-jin Na and Snowpiercer cinematographer Kyung-pyo Hong, is now screening around Australia, in selected cinemas.
This movie is about a policeman who teams up with shaman and a mysterious woman to investigate mysterious killings and illnesses. Cop investigates a series of grisly murders in his isolated village, in which people develop horrible skin rashes and then kill off their entire families.
Already a massive success in Korea, where it's earned $40 million, it just debuted Stateside and has a staggering 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. The AV Club called it "operatically intense." The New York Times raved that it will "scare you, and break your heart."
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