Movie

The Medium

2021 · 131 min

A slow-building, deeply unsettling found-footage descent into folk horror that grips you with dread and never lets go.

Tagline: Every faith will be challenged.
Overview: A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, bleak and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Faith, family, corruption, guilt
Content: Strong violence, gore and sexual content. Mild language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
family
corruption
guilt
death
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong