General Witchfinders: The British Horror Podcast

FIH003 - The Wailing / Gokseong (2016 - South Korea)


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This is the episode Ross was in btw: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6G5TocltVLFUgVdPdPUC2V?si=fQ7JuHMLTP2mbSqlrpH20Q


The Wailing is a 2016 South Korean horror film written and directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee. And was cited in  the documentary “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched” as an excellent example of international, specifically Asian, Folk horror.

The film centers on a policeman who investigates a series of mysterious killings and illnesses in a remote Korean village called Gokseong in order to save his daughter.

According to director Na Hong-jin, this movie was made on the basis of folk religions in Korea and Nepal and on Catholic faiths.

Na teamed up with Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun, acting  as the producer and screenwriter for ‘The Medium’, a supernatural horror film mockumentary. When writing the story, Na explained in an interview that The Medium was initially a sequel to The Wailing with Hwang Jung-min’s shaman character. However, this rendition did not come to light, as quoted by Na himself, “The Medium has no relation to The Wailing.” Therefore, not a very interesting titbit, but these newer films have hardly any info on Wikipedia or IMDB, so cut us some slack.

Na has said, “Whenever I finish a film, I don’t want to go anywhere near another one.” Which may explain the slow release of his movies, despite being in the film industry for over 15 years, he only has 3 films to his name. (which is probably more than whoever dished this shade on IMDB has ever done)


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