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Today I'll show you a supernatural horror film: "The Medium"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The film begins in the Isan region,
where a Thai documentary team chooses to investigate a local psychic's life,
among other numerous mediums in Thailand
The team decides to follow the Isan's local medium, named Auntie Psychic,
who's believed to be possessed by the Bayan spirit, a local deity whom the townspeople worship
Bayan is an ancestral God found at the top of the mountains, where people trek for hours to pray
Bayan has possessed the women in Auntie Psychic's family,
starting from her grandmother, to her aunt, then her
But before Bayan chose her, he wanted to possess Auntie Psychic's older sister
However, the sister refused to be a medium, and changed to Christianity
so the Bayan God transferred to Auntie Psychic
The cameraman then asks Auntie Psychic if her body trembled and her voice changed,
after being possessed
Auntie Psychic laughs, and says that those scenarios only happen on television and movies
Every day, people come to Auntie Psychic for treatment, blessings, and wishes;
and when they do, they always bring an offer for the Bayan God
However, she can only cure diseases that doctors cannot fix
Auntie Psychic also shares that she did not want to be a psychic
but after she tried to kill herself for getting so ill that no doctors could cure her,
she accepted Bayan God in her body
Since then, Auntie Psychic has dedicated her life to serving Bayan God
Auntie Psychic decides to take the interview team to the wake of her sister's husband,
who just died from lung cancer
Auntie Psychic shares that misfortune always befalls the men of the family
His grandfather was beaten to death by a staff;
His father committed suicide after getting caught for insurance fraud;
and his son died from a motorbike accident
Auntie Psychic's sister was left with a daughter, Mink, the first person who saw her dad die
Mink's uncle is also there at her father's funeral with other relatives and her friends
After the mourners leave, only the close relatives and Mink's friends are left at the wake
Mink is drinking with her friends; while older men are gambling
Then out of the blue, Mink outbursts, and gets aggressive at one of the older men
The family immediately stops Mink, as she shouts insulting words to the man
It takes a while before Mink calms down
but Auntie Psychic is suspicious, whether it is because of the alcohol or something else
Later that night, as Auntie Psychic prepares to sleep,
she finds Mink near her, staring at their old blind woman neighbor
After minutes of staring, the old woman leaves; and Mink gets to sleep
The following day, people murmur outside, as the paramedic takes out the old woman's corpse
No one knows the cause of her death
Auntie Psychic then notices Mink leaving the scene;
so she goes after her, and finds her standing in front of the back door
Auntie Psychic repeatedly calls her
but Mink dismisses her
After the funeral, Auntie Psychic goes to Mink's room, and starts searching for something
The sister tries to stop her as she is confused
but Auntie Psychic continues to go through Mink's belongings,
until she finds something in her closet
It is a turmeric garland believed to drive spirits away
Just then, Mink rushes in, and pushes them out of her room
Auntie Psychic immediately questions her sister
if Mink has had any strange dreams or symptoms lately
but she does not answer, and lets Auntie Psychic out of the house
The following day, Mink invites the team to her workplace, the personnel office
Mink seems to love and dedicate herself to her job, as she enjoys helping people out
The crew asks Mink's opinion about her auntie being a psychic
Despite being a descendant of a psychic family, Mink thinks that a medium is fake and worthless
She even makes fun of the hand gestures that people do, when they serve Bayan God
Simultaneously, Mink's mother is interviewed by the rest of the crew
They ask if she still remembers her feelings, when Bayan God is about to possess her
Mink's mother shares that the time when she had just turned 20 years old, she got very ill;
and her menstruation lasted for months
She tells them after she rejected the possession of God,
she witnessed Bayan God possess her sister Auntie Psychic
The mother feels guilty whenever she sees her sister, as she is why Auntie Psychic became a psychic
So the interview crew asks what she will do if the Bayan God moves on to her,
which offends the mother
After leaving her work, Mink goes straight to the dressing room of the town,
and tries on her dress for a town's celebration
As she looks in the mirror, Mink notices a pair of children's shoes
Mink puts them on despite being undersized for her
but she enjoys wearing the shoes
Later that night, the crew interviews a friend of Mink at the bar
She shares that Mink has been acting strange recently, and even shows a video as proof
They were at the mall;
and Mink acted childish, like riding a children's machine,
and even pushing kids who got close to her
After interviewing her, the friend returns to the bar, where Mink leaves her as she is too drunk
So the cameraman follows Mink, when she goes inside her workplace, and sleeps on the bench
The following day, her officemates find Mink inside the office
Her co-worker wakes her up, and instructs her to clean herself for work
Mink notices a man staring at her as she stands, especially at her smelly lower body
Mink looks down, and finds herself bleeding uncontrollably between her legs
Mink immediately runs to the restroom, and frantically cleans the blood from her legs
After that, she goes home, as she has no clothes to change
Her mother repeatedly asks her what happened
but Mink remains silent, and locks herself in her room
So later that day, Min's mother talks with the uncle,
as she is concerned about the recent changes in Mink's behavior
The uncle thinks that Mink's symptoms are similar to Auntie Psychic and her;
so he suggests letting Auntie Psychic do the Acceptance Ceremony
However, the mother does not want Mink to be a psychic
The following day, Mink experiences excruciating abdominal and vaginal pain
During her commute, Mink suddenly curses, and slaps an old woman staring at her
The other passengers immediately stop her, and push her off the vehicle
But that is not all
She does not go home, and mumbles insulting words as she drinks alcohol
Later that night, the interview crew share the footage and other information with Auntie Psychic
The following day, Auntie Psychic pretends that her bracelet is missing to get her sister's help
As Mink's mother goes upstairs to look for it,
Auntie Psychic and the uncle immediately knock on Mink's door
As Mink opens the door, Auntie Psychic immediately asks her if she has heard strange voices lately
However, before Mink can answer, the mother interrupts them
so Auntie Psychic has no choice but to leave
Later that day, the mother accompanies Mink to the hospital,
to get medicine for the piercing pain in her head, back, and even her genitals
However, the doctor cannot find the cause
The interview crew then ask her if she has had any strange dream recently
Mink reluctantly shares a scenario, that repeatedly plays in her dream
She sees a big man with a chest full of spells, licking the big long knife he is holding;
while there is another man on the ground, with his head beheaded
The next day, Mink returns to work; but she suddenly gets nauseated, adding to her abdominal pain
She immediately runs to the restroom; and her cries of pain are heard by everybody nearby
Although in great pain, Mink still tries to work; but her bad luck seems to be just starting
Her boss calls her to his office and fires her
This angers Mink; so she immediately gets her stuff and leaves
She tries wearing a white dress for the event
While the artist prepares his stuff to do her hair, Mink's behavior suddenly changes
She looks in the mirror, and eats her nails, until her teeth are stained with blood
The artist interrupts her, causing Mink to return to herself
She immediately leaves the booth, and sees what she has done to herself
Later that day, as they parade in the streets, Mink's behavior changes again
She ignores her friend and family, and starts throwing decorations at the crowd
The following day, Mink goes to her work, like she did not get fired yesterday
As the boss sees her, he immediately calls security, and instructs them to drag Mink out
As the guards take Mink off the building, the boss shares his reason with the team
He lost something; so he went to check the CCTV footage, hoping to find it
However, he discovered Mink having some smelly office work-out with multiple men at work
Later that night, as the mother gets home after church time,
she finds Mink sitting on the bathroom floor, stained with her blood
She is unconscious from all the blood she has lost from cutting her wrist
So she immediately calls the uncle for help;
and fortunately, they rush Mink to the hospital just in time
Auntie Psychic visits her niece at the hospital,
where she informs the mother that Mink cannot do the Acceptance Ceremony,
as it is not Bayan God that has possessed Mink's body
After that, Auntie Psychic returns to the house with the uncle
They go inside the room of Mink's brother
There Auntie Psychic discovers that Mink and her brother had an incestual relationship,
causing him to commit suicide
Auntie Psychic then goes to the forest in front of a tree, where Mink's brother hanged himself
Auntie Psychic concludes that the brother is trying to kill Mink;
so she prays in front of the tree for days, to convince the brother not to
She spends days and nights praying to Mink's brother;
while the mother and the uncle take Mink to a shaman to do the Acceptance Ceremony
without Auntie Psychic's knowledge
The uncle thinks that Bayan God is punishing Mink for refusing to be a psychic,
when she was a maiden
Before the ceremony starts, the uncle secretly texts Auntie Psychic about Mink's mother's plan
The ceremony begins
but Auntie Psychic rushes in shortly after, and stops it
Suddenly, Mink takes the camera from a cameraman,
and repeatedly hits her mother until she loses consciousness
Auntie Psychic immediately stops her
but then, she suddenly runs away
Auntie Psychic goes after her
but Mink quickly vanishes without a single trace
Mink's family and friends immediately do a search hunt
but hours have passed; and they still cannot find her
As things worsen, Auntie Psychic and Mink's mother go up to the mountain, and pray to Bayan God
After that, they return to the house, and go inside Mink's room
A foul smell welcomes them
but the family dismisses it, and searches for the things that Mink carried home from various places
After that, Auntie Psychic returns to the forest,
and performs a ritual to pray for Mink's brother not to take Mink
She spends nights and days praying, hopeful to find where Mink was taken
On the other hand, the mother and the uncle go to the police, as they have a lead about Mink
A taxi driver shares his dashcam, as Mink became his passenger
Mink steps out of the car in the middle of a grass field
The driver repeatedly calls her
but she keeps walking away; so the driver maneuvers his vehicle
However, as he drives in the opposite direction, Mink is suddenly there
That is the only lead they have so far on Mink;
so the police will let them know if there is any update
However, a month has passed; and they have not heard anything yet
The police do not have any update; and Auntie Psychic still cannot discover where Mink is
Then one day, as Auntie Psychic performs a ritual,
black liquid comes out from an egg as she breaks it
Auntie Psychic realizes that Min's brother has nothing to do with anything happening
So she goes to the last place where Mink was seen alive, and goes through the tall grasses
She finds a dark, abandoned building in the middle of the field
She goes inside, looking and searching every corner and every floor,
until she finally finds Mink on the fifth floor
Mink is unconscious, and covered with dirt as she lies on the floor
Auntie Psychic immediately takes her to the hospital,
where the doctor informs them that Mink is fine
However, there are symptoms of malnutrition and dehydration
The next day, Auntie Psychic goes up to the mountains to make a sacrifice,
only to be mortified, as she discovers that someone has beheaded the Bayan statue,
a mockery sign to the sacred idol
On the other hand, Mink has been discharged from the hospital
but she is far from her old self
Mink suddenly becomes aggressive when Auntie Psychic visits her, and growls like an animal
She taunts her auntie to guess who they are; and then Mink suddenly rips off her shirt
She then gets sexually aggressive, forcing sexual advancement on her uncle
Auntie Psychic and the mother immediately hold her; and Auntie Psychic cites a prayer on her
However, it only angers the possessor
so Auntie Psychic asks to tie Mink on the bed
After that, they all leave the room
Later that day, the family takes Mink to Auntie Psychic's shaman friend
One hold at her, Shaman informs them that Mink is possessed by hundreds of evil spirits
It turns out that Mink's family's ancestors slaughtered hundreds of people;
and one dying man cursed the family
Shaman adds that the Acceptance Ceremony has made Mink a vessel for the spirits
So, they decide and prepare themselves to exorcise Mink
The crew also install night vision cameras around the house for surveillance
Days before the ritual, the evil spirits start to get more aggressive towards Mink's family
At first, Mink just messes up the house
but then every scenario worsens
Mink crawls like an animal, and eats raw meat from the refrigerator
The next night, she boils their family dog alive and eats it
She also sneaks into her uncle's room, and creeps at his wife,
who suddenly wakes up from a stomachache
The crew daily let the family watch the footage,
until they see from the video that Mink took her uncle's baby son one night
The uncle immediately runs to the house, and finds the crib empty, causing him to panic,
as he has witnessed what Mink is capable of
They all go to the fields; and after a few minutes of anxious searching,
the uncle finds his son lying on the ground
he quickly runs to his son; and fortunately, the boy is unharmed
However, they notice Mink looking mischievously at them nearby
She promptly runs to the cameraman with a knife, who quickly dodges her attack
However, the knife lands on the uncle's hand, who is under Mink
They immediately take off Mink over her uncle, and locks her in her room
The day before the ritual, the mother repeatedly contacts her sister; but she fails
So she goes to Auntie Psychic's room, and finds her unconscious, and not breathing on her bed
Her death is sudden; and no one knows what or who the reason is
Despite that, Shaman proceeds with the ritual
His student surrounds the building with spells, incenses, and other holy things
They also do the same on the fifth floor of the abandoned building,
where the evil spirits go into Mink's body
Shaman plans to use Mink's mother as a vessel,
transfer the evil souls to her body, exorcise her, and put those spirits in a sealed jar
They cannot use Mink, as she is too violent and dangerous for them
Shaman guides Mink's mother to the abandoned building,
as she has a cloth over her head filled with prayers
After that, Shaman begins the ritual; and after a few minutes of mumbling prayers,
blood starts to come out from her mouth, and in between her legs
Shaman immediately removes the cloth; and she kneels as she pukes out the evil spirits in the jar
She immediately loses consciousness from the intense effect
Meanwhile, some of them are left with Mink at home
They guard Mink's room, as Shaman had instructed them not to open it, until the exorcism is done
However, the uncle's son mysteriously transfers to Mink's room,
causing the wife to tear the holy spell, that kept Mink locked up in her room
This causes the ritual to fail, and Shaman to commit suicide as he holds the sealed jar
The wife breaks into the room, only to be stabbed in the neck by Mink
The cameraman and the student immediately attempt to leave
but Mink stops them
The cameraman quickly runs upstairs, and hides as he hears Mink kill the student
However, Mink soon finds the cameraman, ending his filming life
Concurrently, the power goes out at the building, causing a blackout
The crew outside uses their camera flash to film,
only to be horrified as they witness Shaman's students get possessed
The students growl like an animal before attacking the crew,
and killing them by biting off their flesh contaminated with diabetes
Inside the building, Mink's mother regains consciousness,
and claims that Bayan God has possessed her
She smiles widely as she praises Bayan God, instilling a little hope in them
She instructs them to get the broken jar, as they need to lock up the evil spirits again
They oblige the mother; so she leads the ritual
but then, she laughs like a crazy person, and turns the incenses upside down
Chaos and violence continue,
as Mink's uncle and the remaining students in the building get possessed
The uncle suddenly attacks a cameraman,
bites his contaminated flesh off; and then commits suicide by jumping off the building
The remaining cameraman tries to leave the building
but he runs into Mink and the possessed students on his way out
Left with no choice, the cameraman returns to the room, and hides in darkness
He turns on the night vision settings of the camera, and films Mink and her mother
the mother holds Mink's head, and chants a prayer
but she gets distracted, as Mink calls her "Mom"
Mink then chokes her, before pouring gas on her
Suddenly Mink turns around to the cameraman, ending his filming life too
Despite the mother's desperate pleas, Mink puts on her fire
The camera focuses on a voodoo doll that has needles stuck in it,
with Mink's family name as its label
The film ends with a flashback interview of Auntie Psychic, days before the exorcism ritual
Auntie Psychic is overwhelmed by the recent events;
and she starts to question whether Bayan God is really within her before breaking down off-screen,
as she too does not know what will happen
This implicates that the family's weakening faith in Bayan God
is taken advantage of by the haunting spirits, and hence comes the slaughter
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