Exhuma

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Exhuma

Released Mar 15, 2024

2h 13m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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When a renowned shaman (KIM Go-Eun) and her protégé (Lee Do-hyun) are hired by a wealthy, enigmatic family, they begin investigating the cause of a disturbing supernatural illness that affects only the first-born children of each generation. With the help of a knowledgeable mortician (YOO Hai-jin) and the country's most revered geomancer (CHOI Min-sik), they soon trace the affliction's origin to a long-hidden family grave located on sacred ground. Sensing an ominous aura surrounding the burial site, the team opts to exhume and relocate the ancestral remains immediately. But as something much darker emerges, they soon discover what befalls those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

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.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 21, 2024

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Anton Bitel

Sight & Sound

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.

Mar 19, 2024

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Elsa Fernández-Santos

El Pais (Spain)

Exhuma has an engaging start, but halfway through its runtime, it becomes so entangled that it loses steam, becoming an overly convoluted plot about ancestors and curses from beyond the grave. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 7, 2025

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

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.

Nov 6, 2024

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

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]

Rated: 4/5

Oct 4, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

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

Oct 4, 2024

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Dk

First 30 mins was best part of movie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Mr. Hollywood

Decent enough with a decent story. Nice visuals and characters you will care about. Definitely worth a watch, kind of like The Mummy 1999 with Brendan Fraser

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/24

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Pete D

Highly enjoyable, would love to see if this becomes a series.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Vanessa

I enjoyed this movie. From the trailers, I came into this thinking it would be scarier but overall it was a good story. I would recommend others to watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Kelcie

So good. I can def see why it's doing so well in several different countries

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Priyodarshan

My first proper Korean horror movie. First half stronger than the second, but overall quite good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Synopsis

When a renowned shaman (KIM Go-Eun) and her protégé (Lee Do-hyun) are hired by a wealthy, enigmatic family, they begin investigating the cause of a disturbing supernatural illness that affects only the first-born children of each generation. With the help of a knowledgeable mortician (YOO Hai-jin) and the country's most revered geomancer (CHOI Min-sik), they soon trace the affliction's origin to a long-hidden family grave located on sacred ground. Sensing an ominous aura surrounding the burial site, the team opts to exhume and relocate the ancestral remains immediately. But as something much darker emerges, they soon discover what befalls those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

Director: Jang Jae-hyun
Screenwriter: Jang Jae-hyun
Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co: Pinetown Production, Showbox, Showbox Entertainment, MCMC
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 4, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.3M
Runtime: 2h 13m
Sound Mix: Surround

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