The Wailing

Name: The Wailing
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2016
Duration: 156 min
Rating: 7.4

2016 · 2h 36m · Horror, Mystery

IMDb 7.4 Metacritic 81 RT 99%

Watch it tonight if you want a genuinely unsettling mystery that'll mess with your head—the near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score reflects a film that's doing something special, even if IMDb's lower rating suggests it won't satisfy everyone. Fair warning: this is a slow-burn puzzle that demands your full attention and won't hand you easy answers, so only hit play if you're in the mood to think.

Plot

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.

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