South Korea Synopsis
곡성
“Never be tempted.”
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.
Audience Engagement
1,504 audience reviews — more than 99% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Wailing. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Fox International Productions
Horror + Mystery in South Korea
32 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Wailing itself).
The 2015–2017 South Korea Window
The Wailing holds position #84 of 254 South Korea films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Wailing premiered alongside 85 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 36m runtime, production spent $70K per minute on screen and earned $320K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other South Korea films in 2016.
The 776th 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 Wailing, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- shrine · 2
- gluttony · 2
- acupuncture · 2
- anxious · 2
- macabre · 1
- grim · 1
- divination · 1
- distressing · 1
- frightened · 1
- rural area · 26
- daughter · 17
- curse · 17
- possession · 15
- small town · 13
- exorcism · 9
- priest · 9
- shaman · 7
- folk horror · 6
- murder · 155
- police · 105
- ghost · 84
- investigation · 45
- demon · 45
- zombie · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #432 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (69th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Horror productions specifically: #5 of 89 (top 6%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | South Korea, United States of America |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Korean |
| Production Companies | Fox International Productions, Ivanhoe Pictures, 20th Century Fox Korea, Side Mirror, Korean Film Council |
| Runtime | 2h 36m |
| Release Date | May 12, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5215952 |