Exhuma - Shroud
Thoughts On: Exhuma (파묘, 2024) Shamans attempt to prevent an evil ancestor killing his living family. With a physical, thumping soundscape, Exhuma pulls one into a world of the mystic paranormal with edged and poised montage quite brilliantly. Tremendous performances and dashes of dark humour conjure a band of mysterious characters that are lead down a rather convoluted plot - the only weak point of the narrative. With various allusions to the era of Japanese occupation in Korea spanning the first half of the 20th century, therefore Korean independence and the division of the peninsula into North and South after WWII and the fall of the Japanese Empire, Exhuma appears to engage a notion of generational sin. We see this through the questionable place capitol and money hold in the narrative; the group of shamans we follow all run a business and target rich families to sell their skills and land to. The business aspect of their work and the wealth of the family they engage throughout the
