It Follows vs The Wailing

The Wailing has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.6/10 for It Follows). It Follows is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 36m. It Follows is the older of the two (2015 against 2016). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

It Follows posterIt Follows2015 VS The Wailing posterThe Wailing2016
It FollowsThe Wailing
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 7.4/10
Year20152016
Length1h 41m2h 36m
GenresHorror, MysteryHorror, Mystery
Country––
DirectorDavid Robert MitchellNa Hong-jin
Main castJake Weary, Daniel Zovatto, Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia LuccardiCho Han-cheul, Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Kim Ki-cheon, Kwak Do-won

Synopsis

It Follows

When carefree teenager Jay sleeps with her older boyfriend for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is passed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger. Jay's friends don't believe her seemingly paranoid ravings, until they too begin to see the phantom assassins and band together to help her defend herself.

The Wailing

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

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