by Alex Billington
March 7, 2024
Source: YouTube
"You're hiding something from us." Well Go USA has revealed an official US trailer for Exhuma, a Korean horror thriller from filmmaker Jang Jae-Hyun (Svaha: The Sixth Finger). This just premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival in February, timed with its Korean release in February as well. The film is set to open in the US in March in select theaters, if anyone is curious to find out what happens when you mess with the wrong grave. Exhuma follows the exhumation of an ominous grave, which unleashes dreadful consequences buried underneath. After tracing a mysterious ailment to a remote gravesite, a team of supernatural experts soon discover that trying to move a grave is really not a good idea. "Jang Jae-hyun's third feature film is a horror mystery thriller full of humour and verve, addressing issues of class, history, tradition, religion and superstition." Starring Choi Min-Sik as the geomancer, Kim Go-Eun, Yoo Hai-Jin, and Lee Do-Hyun. This looks like it gets extra frightening once they figure out that "something came out" of the coffin. Freaky.
Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Jang Jae-Hyun's Exhuma, direct from Well Go's YouTube:
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 also 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. Exhuma, also known as Pamyo or 파묘 in Korean, is written and directed by Korean genre filmmaker Jang Jae-Hyun, director of the films The Priests and Svaha: The Sixth Finger previously. Featuring cinematography by Lee Mo-gae. Produced by MCMC, Showbox, and Pinetown Productions. This initially premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, and it already opened in Korea in February. Well Go USA debuts Exhuma in select US theaters starting March 15th, 2024, with more theaters through the spring. Who's curious about this?