The Wailing's is a world where histories, identities, cultures, realities and generic codes and conventions collapse in spectacular, unforgettable style.

| Aug 25, 2018

Very crazy, very Korean, very long: 156 minutes of murder, diabolism, exorcism and things that go bump by day and night.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 27, 2016

A complex Korean horror with the surreal village feel of Twin Peaks.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 29, 2016

The layers of dissembling and self-dissembling pile up so thickly that not only does Na evidently touch on something integral about the nature of evil, but actually seems to be in the process of summoning it before your eyes.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 24, 2016

By turns funny and despairing, this village noir brings the horror of uncertainty.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2016

A stupendously entertaining movie, crammed with delights.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2016

The Wailing takes its time to burrow under your skin, but by the time it weaves its dark, potent spell, it leaves you with a lingering, unshakeable sense of dread that Hollywood horror films can rarely muster.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2016

The Wailing succeeds at combining a mood of deep unease with visceral gore, buddy cop comedy, and a hallucinogenic mix of horror tropes - a recipe that yields, among other things, an atypical exorcism helmed by an intense Korean shaman.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 8, 2016

It's a dish with many complex flavors that may seem odd when you see it on the menu, but once you try it, you're not going back to anything else.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 4, 2016

The film justifies its epic length, meshing ancient east Asian mythology and rituals with more recognizable horror tropes in a way that feels novel and unpredictable.

| Jun 23, 2016

The Wailing is the hard stuff. Handle with care.

| Jun 20, 2016

The film's chaos is offset by often majestic visual grace.

| Jun 17, 2016

Na certainly has fun with an onscreen world whose rules keep getting rewritten with each new iteration of evil.

| Jun 15, 2016

Despite its epic length, The Wailing never bores as Na slathers his tale with generous supplies of atmosphere and awfulness.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 9, 2016

It's an unforgiving film, one whose story you may question when it's over. But you won't forget it.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 9, 2016

It may be impossible to turn off your brain while watching "The Wailing," but that makes the film's visceral charms that much more admirably vexing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 3, 2016

"The Wailing" is the rare commercial thriller whose feverish manipulations can't be dismissed as merely callous or exploitative.

| Jun 2, 2016

The Wailing is a Hell of a ride, but Na should have given more thought to its destination.

| Jun 2, 2016

"The Wailing" is something like the most gruesome and gripping Scandinavian crime drama you can imagine, transported to a rain-sodden Asian backwater where everyone's in a bad mood and science, religion and superstition are locked in uneasy combat.

| Jun 2, 2016

The Wailing might be a somewhat meandering and nonsensical genre recombination, but that spell never breaks over its lengthy running time.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 1, 2016