re: The Wailing (2016) - Must See Horror

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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.

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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.