Foreign films are our only window to travel during this pandemic, so even if it were indeed a documentary about the shamanistic practices of the rural areas of Thailand, it would still be an effective one.įor all accounts and purposes, Nim leads a fairly idyllic life, albeit one filled with mysticism and rituals. The travel documentary aspect of the film lulls you into a false sense of security as you experience what life is like for the villagers and Nim. The Medium begins fairly innocuously (as much as a horror movie can) as a film crew documents the everyday life of Nim (Sawanee Utoomma), a shaman of the goddess Ba Yan. I do advice viewers inflicted with chronic vertigo or migraine to exercise due caution-some of the camera shots can get incredibly janky. That’s the recipe for Thai-Korean horror film The Medium, directed by Shutter’s Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by The Wailing’s Na Hong-jin.įramed as a documentary about shamanistic practices in northern Thailand’s Isan area, The Medium employs a fly-on-the-wall shooting style to lend a sense of authenticity to the events depicted, which further intensifies the horror and terror of the movie. Show the viewers the eerie movements and uncanny contortions of possessed victims, litter scenes with macabre objects and animal corpses, and linger on shots that show how an everyday item is a little, well, off. Horror works best when it’s left up to the imagination. This review contains spoilers for ’The Medium’.
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