More action occurred and the story finally began to develop. Once the film got into the second half, things started to pick up a bit. Don’t get me wrong, many of the scenes were shot well. To be honest, I was so bored throughout the first half of the film. There were so many scenes that I felt were unnecessary and did not serve the plot in any way. In my opinion, the entire first half of the film could have been reduced to approximately 10, maybe 15 minutes. My biggest issue is that The Medium is too long for the story. Unfortunately, this movie did not meet my expectations. Because of this, I was super excited to watch The Medium. I love seeing different interpretations of typical horror tropes and all of the subgenres. The film is directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, the Thai director who gave the horror world Shutter.īefore I dive in here, I want to preface my review by saying that I love watching horror movies from around the world. This is Hong-Jin’s first film produced under his new banner, Northern Cross. The story comes from award-winning South Korean writer and director Na Hong-Jin. It currently stands as the sixth highest-grossing Korean film of the year.
The Medium made its debut in South Korea in Summer 2021. If you are wondering whether or not to give this movie a watch, stay tuned to this review for my thoughts. 》 A brand new horror film is coming to Shudder and boy, do I have some thoughts on this one. The Medium has already won an award at the Bucheon International Film Festival 2021 for Best Feature Film.