The past is very present in writer/director Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma (South Korea, 2024). There is familial and imperial history reaching back to World War II and even further. And if there are not precisely demons in the film, well, there are things that are close enough.
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I have long wanted an ancestral portrait painted in a German Expressionist style hanging in my entry when I greet weary travelers seeking shelter from a ferocious storm. They would evince surprise at the unnerving resemblance between that sinister visage and my own features or perhaps those of […]
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on 4 horror movies that screened at this year’s Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans! “This year I was fortunate enough to attend–remotely–the 2024 Overlook Film Festival. I would have loved to attend a horror film festival in New Orleans. I […]
This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]
This is Carol Borden’s last film of this year’s Overlook Film Festival–Exhuma (South Korea, 2024): The past is very present in writer/director Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma (South Korea, 2024). There is both familial and colonial history reaching back to World War II and then even further. Shaman Lee Hwa-rim […]
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