Korean Folk Horror: The Wailing & Exhuma – History, Folklore, and Spiritual Darkness

The Bark Knight Podcast · Jan 28, 2025 · 1h 3m

What is Folk Horror? We themed this episode on the idea of a Folk Horror double feature. Dan chose The Wailing, a Korean Horror movie from 2016 that he had seen and knew Patrick had not, that focuses on an investigation in an isolated village of a series of murders that seems to infect the residents involved into going into a murderous rage. Patrick follows that choice up with Exhuma, another Korean Horror Movie, this time from 2024, that he had seen that Dan had not, that is about a team of geomancers and shaman who are hired by a wealthy family to attempt to break a curse by exhuming an old…