Exhuma

Jae-hyun Jang combines introspective cultural and historical themes with creepy, gory, and atmospheric horror thrills in an exciting way. It’s fun horror with a lot on its mind.

It makes up for its paucity of scares through the multiple layers of weirdness that it excavates, as one (burial) plot leads to another and as legacy, whether genetic or national, has unseen depths.

Exhuma is one of those films that brings together incredible talents on all levels, insuring its high quality throughout and making sure to use these talents just right.

In a year with multiple forgettable titles in the genre, there are not exactly many horror films with such maximalist and well-done visual depth... [Full review in Spanish]

South Korea's biggest hit thus far this year [is] the sprawling ghostbuster tale...

It works more for how different it is than for any sense of horror it provokes. If you're looking for a cliched horror movie, you won't find it&#59; it's more interested in telling its story well, using novel metaphors and imagery. Full review in Spanish.

It provides a striking and original contribution to the field, both haunting and horrific, and stands as one of 2024’s best films so far.

Hwarim and Bong Gil easily out-cool husband-and-wife paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren from The Conjuring franchise. But because Exhuma doesn’t pretend to be based on anything factual, it outshines The Conjuring at every turn.

Its hypnotic sequences of exorcisms and its universe full of popular beliefs, Exhuma draws back the veil of modernity and invites us to ask ourselves questions about what we do not see or understand, but that still lives among us [Full Review in Spanish]

Exhuma is a masterpiece of art-horror and South Korean filmmaking, ensured to enthrall viewers into repeated viewings and deep dives into each chapter.