South Korea The Medium is a South Korea–Thailand co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
ร่างทรง
“A story about shamanism in Thailand.”
A horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not to be as benevolent as it first appears.
Audience Engagement
542 audience reviews — more than 97% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among South Korea films.
South Korea × Thailand Co-Production
Other South Korea×Thailand titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Medium. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Horror + Thriller in South Korea
37 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Medium itself).
The 2020–2022 South Korea Window
The Medium holds position #174 of 269 South Korea films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Break the Silence: The Movie
★ 9.2 · 2020
#22020 (G)I-DLE Online Concert 'I-Land : Who Am I'
★ 9.2 · 2020
#3Under the Queen's Umbrella
★ 9.1 · 2022
#4BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#6Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 2020
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in South Korea, 301 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Medium premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other South Korea films in 2021.
The 1225th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Medium, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- fake documentary · 3
- medium · 2
- mockumentary · 12
- shaman · 7
- folk horror · 6
- supernatural horror · 6
- supernatural · 89
- thailand · 56
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #570 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Horror productions specifically: #14 of 89 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | South Korea, Thailand |
| Original Language | Thai |
| Production Companies | Northern Cross, Jorkwang Films, Showbox, Finecut, GDH 559 |
| Runtime | 2h 11m |
| Release Date | July 14, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt13446168 |