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Jae-hyeon JangDrehbuch:
Jae-hyeon JangKamera:
Mo-gae LeeMusik:
Tae-seong KimBesetzung:
Min-shik Choi, Kim Go-eun, Hae-jin Yu, Do-Hyun Lee, Jae-cheol Kim, Jin-ki Jeon, Sun-young Kim, Rikiya Koyama, Ji-il ParkStreaming (6)
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Eine wohlhabende koreanische Familie in Los Angeles leidet unter einer Reihe von unerklärlichen paranormalen Vorfällen. Um den vermeintlichen Fluch zu brechen, wird ein junges Schamanenduo beauftragt, das Grab der Ahnen in Südkorea zu exhumieren. Gemeinsam mit einem Bestatter und einem Feng-Shui-Experten reisen sie zu einem abgelegenen Dorf, um die unzugängliche Ruhestätte der Vorfahren ausfindig zu machen. Trotz einer dunklen Vorahnung wird die Exhumierung durchgeführt, die eine feindselige und jahrzehntelang begrabene Kraft freisetzt. Um zu überleben, muss sich das Team sowohl mit übernatürlichen Wesen als auch mit seinen eigenen Ängsten auseinandersetzen... (Splendid Film)
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What starts as a very slow genre film demanding a patient viewer, with a very likeable sinister atmosphere, turns into a sequence of authentically scary scenes just before the halfway point. I enjoyed it. But then one plotline climaxes and the story takes a bit of a turn, and you suddenly realise that you are watching something more ambitious and sweeping than you had initially thought. And at that moment you regrets watching it with not very good English subtitles, because you get a bit lost in it :D So my advice at the moment is to wait for better language support, I'll definitely watch it again then to catch some details. Still, I suspect there hasn't been a better Asian horror film of this calibre since The Wailing.
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South Korea at its BEST! Korea has mastered most of the film subgenres on a world level, only with horror it's not quite the top yet, but for me this is probably the best Korean horror I've ever seen (sure top 10 this year!). It's a film that wins the viewer over right from the start, it downright grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go, it's very important to get the viewers attention very early on and not lose it once throughout the film. Exhuma has a very original premise. A very wealthy family is plagued by a series of paranormal phenomena and they call in two experienced shamans to help them. They discover that the curse can be broken by moving their ancestor's grave, and they enlist the help of a seasoned Korean veteran, Min-sik Choi, the ultimate expert at the job. But from the start, something doesn't sit right with him. The ground is cursed, foxes are swarming everywhere, the smell of death is in the air, and as it turns out digging up the old coffin will have fatal consequences. It is a genre masterpiece in terms of direction and execution, indeed the whole film looks magnificent, it has very good dialogue, great acting, a well thought out plot with no shortage of interesting twists and turns, in short a very ambitious spectacle that is certainly not common in horror films. What rises from the grave is downright AWESOME!!! (One of the best villains in horror in a long time!). The connection to Japanese history is simply magnificent. Surprisingly, the film is also very well paced, it goes from one atmospherically scary scene to another, the whole thing is spiced up with Korean folklore, local curses, mysticism and rituals (the ritual with the pigs was really amazing), I read that they called in real shamans to make the ritual as authentic as possible!! An unbelievable blast, which sweeps you away with visuals, atmosphere, plot, twists, actors and the concept. I enjoyed it immensely. 9/10.
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The much lauded "horror film of the year" is over and I certainly can't agree. I'd rather not write more, as all the users here probably have a very different view of what is "good". Boring. I see that others likewise prefer to refrain from a written review, as there is simply nothing to highlight.
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I really didn’t know what to expect from this film. I’m not used to Korean horror, but they handled it well. Likewise, I must definitely highlight the technical aspects. Audio-visually, the film is top-notch (even compared to Western competition). And then there’s the depiction of the oppressive atmosphere. In this regard, Exhuma excels. There are countless moments in the over two-hour runtime that will make your blood run cold. Literally. Whether it's the initial exhumation of the coffin (spiced up with that unconventional ritual) or the second half of the film, which ramps up even further. Yes, the film’s logic and the behavior of some characters falter at times. But given the theme and execution, it would be a sin to give it less than four stars. Give it a chance (I recommend going in blind without watching trailers, as I did). I give it a 7.5/10.
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