![]() Pisanthanakun’s payoff takes some of the wildest horror swings you’ll see all year, continuing onward for a supremely devastating length in response to the quieter opening groundwork. ![]() It’s a damnation-dynamite horror combustion of ravenous creatures, mangled mutilation and the satanic panic of exorcisms gone catastrophic as - at the core of everything - Noi fights for her innocent daughter’s survival.Ĭoncerning The Medium, patience is a virtue. The Medium continues onward as decorated shaman masters are enlisted to vanquish Mink’s possessors forever, which becomes the closest feature adaptation to Gareth Evans and Timo Tjahjanto’s lauded “Safe Haven” segment from V/H/S/2. As Noi’s house becomes her playground of sin while everyone sleeps and surveillance cameras record a collection of found footage scares, Pisanthanakun achieves horror absolution - but that’s merely a tease. As Mink, Narilya Gulmongkolpech plays a feral, out-of-body amalgamation of evil entities that commit unspeakable deeds, with the actress transforming into something spectacularly inhuman while leaking pools of blood from orifices. Once The Medium engages emerald night vision washes on the documentary cameras, Pisanthanakun becomes a mad director possessed. It’s not necessarily a rollercoaster, more like a log flume that tugs you upward at a slightly slanted angle for what feels like the entire ride, then plunges you at 90 degrees into the splash zone of crimson waters and bobbing body parts. All this interconnectivity and reliance on Thailand's communal stresses is revolutionary to an outside Westerner’s perception - like watching Indonesia’s Impetigore or Panama’s Diablo Rojo PTY - and requires healthy global curiosity. Nim and Noi challenge their bond as sisters while brother Manit (Yasaka Chaisorn) provides aid despite endangering his wife and newborn son. Pisanthanakun sustains tension via transformation like The Exorcism Of Emily Rose or The Last Exorcism by including Mink’s entire extended family to accentuate Mink’s possession evolution. ![]() The Medium feels its length but is a rare case without excessiveness - durability reigns supreme. That faithfulness to respecting cultural normalities centrally identifies at least an hour of this two-hour-plus exorcism alteration. ![]()
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