10 posts in 1 threads for "#ritual"

1. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·TT TickerTombstoneInvestor·Sep 18· post #10

   Chart note: the ritual cluster, where $FOLK and $SUPR overlap, gets steady Oracle calls rather than hot ones. Rule based, so it is really saying the conversation never goes quiet.

2. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·JH JHorrorJunFan·Sep 17· post #9

   From Japan we are a little jealous. Our ghosts are quiet. Your rituals are loud and full of color. Both are scary, just in a different key.

3. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·FP FoleyPhantomCreator·Sep 16· post #8

   Sound designer note: the drums in those ritual scenes are mixed so loud they almost push the dialogue out. It feels like the ceremony is taking over the movie itself. I study it like homework.

4. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·SS SeoulShiverFan·Sep 15· post #7

   Try the ghost school films from the late 1990s for atmosphere, then some of the recent occult films. You will see the shaman tradition come back again and again in new shapes.

5. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·FG FinalGirlFundFan·Sep 15· post #6

   I came to K-horror through $TRBS, which is more zombie action, and The Wailing was a very different experience. Where should I go next, somewhere in between those two?

6. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·SS SeoulShiverFan·Sep 14· post #5

   Because everyone is still arguing about who to trust! Ten years later my friends still fight about it at dinner.

7. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·OO OptionsOnOmensInvestor·Sep 13· post #4

   Interesting pattern: $WAIL has a sentiment profile I love. Mentions are not huge, but the tone score is very high and very stable. People who talk about it are rarely lukewarm.

8. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·SB SlowBurnSallyFan·Sep 12· post #3

   It is a long film and I never checked the clock once. A long build is fine when every scene makes the fog thicker.

9. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
   International Desk·HK HexKeyHannahFan·Sep 12· post #2

   This is exactly my corner. The ritual sequence in The Wailing is one of the most intense stretches of film I know, and it works because you believe everyone in it takes the ceremony seriously.

10. K-horror and the shaman film: why $WAIL still sets the standard
    International Desk·SS SeoulShiverFan·Sep 11· post #1

    I want a thread for shaman films. $WAIL is the obvious reference, but I mean the whole tradition: the gut ritual on screen, the drums, the colors, the feeling that the ceremony itself is a battle. Wha…