South Korea’s current box office champion multiple weeks in a row, Exhuma, offers an unexpected and entertaining take on folk horror. While dense in lore and spiritual worldbuilding, the latest horror offering from writer/director Jae-hyun Jang (Svaha: The Sixth Finger, The Priests) balances its grim, sometimes bloody folkloric terror with levity and heart. Anchored by four “ghostbusters” of sorts, with charismatic actors behind them, the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.
Exhuma hits the ground running with an introduction to Shaman Hwa-rim (Kim Go-eun) and her close protégé Bong-gil, arriving on a flight to Los Angeles. They have been summoned by the ultra-rich Park Ji-yong (Kim Jae-cheol) for a well-paying gig helping him rid his infant son of a supernatural curse. Hwa-rim traces the curse back to South Korea, where they enlist colleague and geomancer Sang-deok and mortician Young-geun...
Exhuma hits the ground running with an introduction to Shaman Hwa-rim (Kim Go-eun) and her close protégé Bong-gil, arriving on a flight to Los Angeles. They have been summoned by the ultra-rich Park Ji-yong (Kim Jae-cheol) for a well-paying gig helping him rid his infant son of a supernatural curse. Hwa-rim traces the curse back to South Korea, where they enlist colleague and geomancer Sang-deok and mortician Young-geun...
- 3/21/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Manta Comics, a prominent webcomics platform, announced the expansion of its library of mystery and thriller titles with the release of “Svaha: The Sixth Finger,” a webcomic adaptation of the popular South Korean film.
“Svaha” was initially released as a film in 2019 from director Jae-hyun Jang. The plot involves a cult-hunting pastor, a girl’s dead body with a talisman, and the search for truth behind the mysterious “Deer Mount” cult. The film also starred Squid Game lead Lee Jung-jae as Pastor Park, a man who works to expose cults.
Manta’s webcomic version will follow Woongjae, a greedy pastor with a spending problem who takes up a case to investigate a cult when the gig promises a hefty sum. As he dives deeper into the case, Woongjae is faced with horrors and mysteries that leave him questioning his faith altogether. Fans are able to view all 25 webcomic episodes, including a prologue of “Svaha,...
“Svaha” was initially released as a film in 2019 from director Jae-hyun Jang. The plot involves a cult-hunting pastor, a girl’s dead body with a talisman, and the search for truth behind the mysterious “Deer Mount” cult. The film also starred Squid Game lead Lee Jung-jae as Pastor Park, a man who works to expose cults.
Manta’s webcomic version will follow Woongjae, a greedy pastor with a spending problem who takes up a case to investigate a cult when the gig promises a hefty sum. As he dives deeper into the case, Woongjae is faced with horrors and mysteries that leave him questioning his faith altogether. Fans are able to view all 25 webcomic episodes, including a prologue of “Svaha,...
- 8/16/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Thirty four Asian films will be screen during the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival here is the complete list.
Created in 1983 the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) focus on horror, thriller, and science fiction films. This year the festival will take place from March 29th until April 10th in the city of Brussels (Belgium). This year thirty four Asian movies will be presented during the festival. This year South Korean movies are predominant as there will be thirteen Korean films. Some of the highlights are Baahubali: The Beginning (S.S. Rajamouli), Veteran (Seung-wan Ryoo), Memories of the Sword (Park Heung-sik), Tag (Sion Sono), The Deal (Son Yong-Ho) and The Priests (Jae-hyun Jang).
Asian Movies
Arahan by Ryoo Seung-Wan – South Korea | 2004
Assassination Classroom by Eiichiro Hasumi – Japan | 2015
Assassination Classroom: The Graduation by Eiichiro Hasumi – Japan | 2016
Attack on the Lederhosen Zombies by Dominik Hartl – Australia | 2016
Baahubali: The Beginning by S.S. Rajamouli – India...
Created in 1983 the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) focus on horror, thriller, and science fiction films. This year the festival will take place from March 29th until April 10th in the city of Brussels (Belgium). This year thirty four Asian movies will be presented during the festival. This year South Korean movies are predominant as there will be thirteen Korean films. Some of the highlights are Baahubali: The Beginning (S.S. Rajamouli), Veteran (Seung-wan Ryoo), Memories of the Sword (Park Heung-sik), Tag (Sion Sono), The Deal (Son Yong-Ho) and The Priests (Jae-hyun Jang).
Asian Movies
Arahan by Ryoo Seung-Wan – South Korea | 2004
Assassination Classroom by Eiichiro Hasumi – Japan | 2015
Assassination Classroom: The Graduation by Eiichiro Hasumi – Japan | 2016
Attack on the Lederhosen Zombies by Dominik Hartl – Australia | 2016
Baahubali: The Beginning by S.S. Rajamouli – India...
- 3/20/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Firm also compiling shorts into omnibus films.
South Korea’s Central Park Films, formerly specializing in short films sales, is launching a feature slate including Lee Jun Hak’s The Salt Planet.
Featuring child stars Park Seo-yeon and Park Hee-geon, the film takes place when a little girl is sent to live in the countryside with her grandparents and makes friends with a little boy of a different skin color who is working on a salt farm.
Central Park Films is also taking some of their most notable shorts and compiling them into omnibus films for sale.
Set to be completed this summer, Urban Evil is a compilation of 12th Assistant Deacon, directed by Jae-hyun Jang; Marionette, directed by Seung-yeon Cho; and Mould, directed by Chun-kyu Park. The films previously screened at fests such as Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and Jeonju.
Neighbors takes award-winning shorts on a similar theme - [link...
South Korea’s Central Park Films, formerly specializing in short films sales, is launching a feature slate including Lee Jun Hak’s The Salt Planet.
Featuring child stars Park Seo-yeon and Park Hee-geon, the film takes place when a little girl is sent to live in the countryside with her grandparents and makes friends with a little boy of a different skin color who is working on a salt farm.
Central Park Films is also taking some of their most notable shorts and compiling them into omnibus films for sale.
Set to be completed this summer, Urban Evil is a compilation of 12th Assistant Deacon, directed by Jae-hyun Jang; Marionette, directed by Seung-yeon Cho; and Mould, directed by Chun-kyu Park. The films previously screened at fests such as Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and Jeonju.
Neighbors takes award-winning shorts on a similar theme - [link...
- 3/15/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
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