A scene from “The Medium.” [SHOWBOX]
Produced by Na Hong-jin and directed by Thai filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun, Thai horror “The Medium,” released on July 14 has garnered over 820,000 in ticket sales at theaters nationwide and currently ranks as the third most commercially successful film by a Korean creator released this year following “Escape from Mogadishu,” which is at No. 1, and “Hard Hit.” Set in the Isan region of Thailand, “The Medium” centers on a family that is possessed by evil spirits.
Another supernatural film “The Cursed: Dead Man’s Prey,” which director Yeon Sang-ho behind “Train to Busan” (2016) scripted, was released on July 28. Its plot revolves around a dukun, an Indonesian term for shaman, that…
