Exhuma was a movie I was looking forward to seeing and had avoided learning anything about before I saw it.
I was mainly hopeful because of the cast.
It starts pretty strongly with a feeling of class from the acting to the production values.
The story wasn't clear at first but then I got my hopes up as the first grave is dug up.
However this part of the story seems to be wrapped up quite quickly with the cremation scene and it then delves into Korean and Japanese history with strong anti Japanese feeling.
Now I'm not familiar with the history of these countries to a great extent so maybe a bit of this stuff wasn't for me as an Englishman.
But I completely understood it, It was just an unexpected turn of the story and then the film devolves into some weird thriller full of special effects (admittedly well done) that would fit into more of a comic book style horror.
It's incredibly disjointed.
If anyone compares this film favourably with The Wailing, ignore them. The wailing is far far superior.
This film is worth a watch but don't expect a classic horror movie.
I was mainly hopeful because of the cast.
It starts pretty strongly with a feeling of class from the acting to the production values.
The story wasn't clear at first but then I got my hopes up as the first grave is dug up.
However this part of the story seems to be wrapped up quite quickly with the cremation scene and it then delves into Korean and Japanese history with strong anti Japanese feeling.
Now I'm not familiar with the history of these countries to a great extent so maybe a bit of this stuff wasn't for me as an Englishman.
But I completely understood it, It was just an unexpected turn of the story and then the film devolves into some weird thriller full of special effects (admittedly well done) that would fit into more of a comic book style horror.
It's incredibly disjointed.
If anyone compares this film favourably with The Wailing, ignore them. The wailing is far far superior.
This film is worth a watch but don't expect a classic horror movie.