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re: The Wailing (2016) - Must See Horror
Posted on 5/10/21 at 8:05 am to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 5/10/21 at 8:05 am to SlowFlowPro
Caught this last night thanks to this rec. Wow, what a ride 
The only thing I have a question about:
Spoilers
So the shaman was in on it with the demon but can someone explain the exorcism? Was the shaman trying to kill the girl while the lady in white was trying to kill the demon? The whole I made a mistake conversation when he’s driving back confused me when taking the ending into consideration. Maybe i’m just overlooking something here very simple.
Man that final cave scene was so well done and creepy. When he brings out the camera
The shaman also reminded me of Terry Silver
The only thing I have a question about: Spoilers
So the shaman was in on it with the demon but can someone explain the exorcism? Was the shaman trying to kill the girl while the lady in white was trying to kill the demon? The whole I made a mistake conversation when he’s driving back confused me when taking the ending into consideration. Maybe i’m just overlooking something here very simple.
Man that final cave scene was so well done and creepy. When he brings out the camera
The shaman also reminded me of Terry Silver
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 8:08 am
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 8:37 am to UnluckyTiger
***SPOILERS***
yeah I'm not 100% on this. it may be one of those "good for the ride but not really logical" parts of movie making or perhaps something involving Asian mythology that's beyond me. i always saw the Japanese man trying to transfer the curse/spell to the person in the truck, which is why it turns into a Zombie, but i'm not 100% on that
clearly the Shaman gave the Japanese man the heads up so he could protect himself, but I'm not 100% sure if the ritual was necessary for their plans. the movie deals with the concept of faith a lot and perhaps it was a test to see if the father would maintain faith (he didn't) to ensure when the real shite hits the fan, he won't. not sure what would have happened if the father didn't stop the ritual, though
i will also echo the questions earlier about the white lady telling him that he was cursed b/c he accused the wrong person (i may be misquoting). i completely don't get that, b/c the daughter was sick before he accused the Japanese man. there is probably something lost in translation/culture that i'm missing
i had the wailing on my queue for like 2 years and then i watched a what culture horror clip on youtube and they referenced how it had possibly the best manifestation of the devil in film, so i immediately put the movie on finally
***END SPOILERS***
quote:
So the shaman was in on it with the demon but can someone explain the exorcism? Was the shaman trying to kill the girl while the lady in white was trying to kill the demon? The whole I made a mistake conversation when he’s driving back confused me when taking the ending into consideration. Maybe i’m just overlooking something here very simple.
yeah I'm not 100% on this. it may be one of those "good for the ride but not really logical" parts of movie making or perhaps something involving Asian mythology that's beyond me. i always saw the Japanese man trying to transfer the curse/spell to the person in the truck, which is why it turns into a Zombie, but i'm not 100% on that
clearly the Shaman gave the Japanese man the heads up so he could protect himself, but I'm not 100% sure if the ritual was necessary for their plans. the movie deals with the concept of faith a lot and perhaps it was a test to see if the father would maintain faith (he didn't) to ensure when the real shite hits the fan, he won't. not sure what would have happened if the father didn't stop the ritual, though
i will also echo the questions earlier about the white lady telling him that he was cursed b/c he accused the wrong person (i may be misquoting). i completely don't get that, b/c the daughter was sick before he accused the Japanese man. there is probably something lost in translation/culture that i'm missing
quote:
Man that final cave scene was so well done and creepy. When he brings out the camera
i had the wailing on my queue for like 2 years and then i watched a what culture horror clip on youtube and they referenced how it had possibly the best manifestation of the devil in film, so i immediately put the movie on finally
***END SPOILERS***
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 8:38 am
Posted on 5/12/21 at 1:14 am to UnluckyTiger
quote:
So the shaman was in on it with the demon but can someone explain the exorcism? Was the shaman trying to kill the girl while the lady in white was trying to kill the demon? The whole I made a mistake conversation when he’s driving back confused me when taking the ending into consideration. Maybe i’m just overlooking something here very simple.
it was probably more like an anti-exorcism, in fact i believe he called it a "death hex". also there was an "exorcism" before the first family massacre. then theres the fishing metaphor: devil was a fisherman, shaman was bait, fish are the human souls to be caught.
shaman also wore the same loincloth the devil did in that eating wild animal scene/dream. i assume it was just parallel 'exorcisms' to confuse the viewer with the lady vs old jap, and the daughter vs shaman.
the 'made a mistake' convo was to get the cop to not trust the lady in white. so that when the dad went back to the house the protection herb stuff dried up and left them vulnerable becaues he didnt wait for 3 crows. so he fell for the bait and got caught by the demon.
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