2024 · drama · sci-fi
The Shrouds
Directed by David Cronenberg2h 0m2024
Inconsolable since the death of his wife, prominent businessman Karsh Relikh invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.
Our read: The Shrouds (2024) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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