The Wailing

About The Wailing

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.

The Wailing is a 2016 horror mystery film directed by Na Hong-jin. The film is filed under daughter, curse, possession, and priest.

Kwak Do-won takes the lead as Jong-goo, Hwang Jung-min as Il-gwang, Chun Woo-hee as Moo-myeong, and Jun Kunimura as The Stranger. It runs 156 minutes and was released in May 2016.

The screenplay is by Na Hong-jin. Produced by Fox International Productions. It streams on Fandor Amazon Channel, fuboTV, and Hi-YAH in the United States.

Exhuma, Sometimes They Come Back... Again, and The Exorcist III make useful companions to The Wailing, all filed under exorcism and ghost. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 2,166 votes and it carries a NR rating.