It was initially supposed to be directed by a Singaporean, Tony Yeow, then by an American, Stan Barret, and finally by Arthur Smith, who was British.
Zhu Houren also cameos as a coffeeshop owner whose wife ends up getting cheated by the main antagonist.
The Medium is loosely based on the Toa Payoh ritual murders of 1981, and its perpetrator, Adrian Lim, with a supernatural twist to the ending.
However, in the movie ending, the main character based on Adrian Lim escaped from the prison and ran into an incoming truck where Satan catches him and subjects him to eternal torture.
[2] A Straits Times panel liked the storyline, but found the pace was slow, with a weak script with no scare factor.