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  Review by CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️ ★★★½ 7

  First half:
  I am Nim, shaman of Bay’an, an ancestral God that has been possessing women in my family for generations.

  Second half:
  Mink? Mink! Mink? Mink! Mink. MINK! Mink? Mink! Mink! MINK!??

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  Review by Chris Evangelista ★★★ 3

  Take a shot every time someone says “Mink”

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  Review by nick ★★★★ 11

  The Medium is the most effectively creepy horror I've seen this year. Despite its share of cliches, the detailed presentation of Thai demonology coupled with top-notch performances from its Thai cast truly ensure that The Medium can easily get under your skin.

  Shot in found footage style, which can be both a boon and a curse, The Medium chronicles the harrowing experiences of a Thai medium family, where gods and demons coexist in the most unnerving manner possible. Nim, a resourceful female medium, strives to remove an evil entity that has been tormenting her niece, and Sawanee Utoomma was simply magnificent in her highly reserved delivery to let this simmering urban horror build by itself. It's a highly patient mystery…

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  Review by NongPong ★★★½ 4

  Probably the only film that the worst character is the cameraman

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  Review by sirvived ★★ 2

  This is my most anticipated Shudder film and let's say I was very disappointed because this film failed to deliver. It's a mockumentary folk horror from Thailand, about a documentary team following Nim, a shaman based in Northern Thai, and encounters her niece Mink who has strange symptoms that seem to be indicate inheritance of shamanism. The team decides to follow Mink, hoping to capture the shaman lineage passing on to the next generation, but her behavior becomes more extreme, bizarre and terrifying. This wasn’t as good as I was expecting. I feel like I just wasted my time. As a mockumentary, this film isn't convincing enough. It starts off very promising with so many interesting elements going on, the…

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  Review by WraithApe ★★★★ 50

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  London Film Festival gets off to a bang! I'd forgotten I picked this one because of Na Hong-jin's involvement (writer/producer) but was strongly reminded of The Wailing at times. This is another possession-based mind-melter that has his nihilistic fingerprints all over it.

  Despite having some Korean involvement, particularly on the marketing front, it's actually a Thai production and the sub-tropical setting gives it a distinctive character that feels authentic. It's a very slow burn and I was just beginning to lose patience with its insistence on the existence of various invisible skybosses and the idea that frogs and centipedes have souls and if you pool enough of them together you make a demon (all pretty hard to swallow for a…

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  Review by ༘ ade ༘ ★★★½ 4

  I'm not biased but this shit appallingly scared the heck outta mehh. So are we gonna ignore the fact that the Co-written by Na Hong Jin a mastermind behind "The Wailing"? (WHICH REMAINS ONE OF MY FAVES HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME).

  
  
  

  In the first hour this was a slow pace ride of family inheritance and supernatural horror. Frankly, I've seen everything in it before. Nothing new or even special. And nobody can compare this film with the one and only THE WAILING, with which it shares many elements. In spite of the disillusionment in the final act, it has to be said that the medium is exceptional in the case of the casting of the location. Endlessly stunned and…

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  Review by More_Badass ★★★★ 7

  For much of The Medium’s first act, its faux-documentary verisimilitude is handled masterfully. Not quite Noroi or Mungo levels of real, but the artifice of a polished investigative special is very convincing. Presenting itself as an exploration of Thai spiritualism, actress Sawanee Utoomma is so genuine and natural in the role of shaman Nim while a camera crew shadows her day-to-day. The authentic docu-editing/pacing grant the gradual eerie intrusions a truly unnatural air. Thai religious lore among rural jungle landscapes acts as a uniquely fascinating backdrop for The Medium’s story of tested faith and generational secrets. If we’re going purely by The Wailing, the script contributions from director Na Hong-jin are certainly felt in the grounding of rituals and invocations…

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★ 11

  Spooktober III: The Haunting of the Blood October

  Co-written and produced by the man who brought us the fantastic "The Wailing," and directed by arguably (if not the) best horror director in Thailand with titles like Shutter and Alone, we have another incredible entry in the found footage genre where horror, religion, and the supernatural merge for a horrific film that also dwells on the themes of personal beliefs and the deadly consequences of karma. But none of that is as unsettling as the odd delicacies that some of these individuals eat, such dog meat. Like for real?

  The performances of the actors contribute greatly to the film's tense atmosphere and its ability to keep you on the edge of…

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  Review by Vishwas Verma ★★★★★

  The most insane, most disturbing, craziest, one of the most realistic, and scariest films of the year.

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  Review by RepoJack ★★★★ 6

  South East Asians can make some truly messed up horror movies -- which is why I love 'em. I've been to a handful of South East Asian countries -- Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia -- and the people are just so pleasant and welcoming. I love their the tradition of clasping their hands together as if they were about to pray and then doing a quick bow -- such a great way to greet each other.

  But there's only a few scenes with that greeting as it turns into a rural nightmare. Think "The Wailing" but with the possessed girl as twenty-something and a heavy dose of local Buddhist customs.

  It's a slow burn which didn't matter to me at all as I was enraptured by the authentic acting and locales. The ending takes you on a crazy train through a green-infused night-goggled landscape of horror. Kind of like the ending of [Rec], but Thai Style.

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  Review by Sin ✊🏿 ★★★½ 6

  Whoo, I appreciated the hell out of this! The Medium delivers with a creative mix of documentary, found footage, and more traditional narrative that had me hooked throughout.

  The premise is enhanced by convincing performances and intriguing storytelling that provides a fresh take on the possession subgenre thanks to being heavily steeped in Thai cultural spirituality and shamanism.

  I'd categorize this as sort of a slow burn, but goddamn is the buildup worth it! Also, while the story takes its time to unravel, at no point was I not engaged. Still, your mileage may vary depending on how much you dig this measured pace. I personally loved the time and care dedicated to fleshing out the specific cultural context as…