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The Wailing (2016) on Netflix

TV-MA20162h 36mHorrorMysteryThriller

A Japanese stranger settles in a mountain village in South Korea, and a sickness follows that turns neighbors violent. Police officer Jong-goo investigates while his daughter Hyo-jin falls ill.

  • Netflix3.6/5
  • IMDb7.4/10102,433 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes99%

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A Japanese man moves into a secluded house near Gokseong, a village in the mountains of South Korea. An infection then spreads among the residents: a rash appears first, followed by violent outbursts, then a stupor. Police officer Jong-goo takes on the case. A young woman, Moo-myeong, tells him the stranger is responsible and then disappears. A hunter reports that he saw the man feeding on a deer carcass, his eyes glowing red. Jong-goo takes a fellow officer and a Japanese-speaking deacon, Yang I-sam, to search the stranger's house while he is away. Inside they find photographs of the afflicted and dead villagers along with their belongings. The other officer later hands Jong-goo a shoe that belongs to his daughter, Hyo-jin, and soon the girl shows the same symptoms as the others.

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