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The Shrouds

2025, Movie, 2h

Long fascinated by the ways that technology is transforming our bodies and minds, David Cronenberg returns with one of his most profoundly personal films, an audacious, elegiac exploration of grief, mortality, and love wrapped in the guise of a corporate-espionage thriller. Karsh (Vincent Cassel) is the enigmatic entrepreneur behind a new tech package that allows bereaved relatives to view their loved ones’ decomposing remains. When his futuristic cemetery is vandalized, he begins to suspect a conspiracy is at work, forcing him to confront the trauma of—and mystery surrounding—the death of his beloved Becca (Diane Kruger). Conceived in the wake of his own wife’s death, THE SHROUDS finds Cronenberg exploring heady ideas around sex, surveillance, and the ultimate body horror: the physical decay that awaits us all.

Country: Canada

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Reviews

Critic Jason Gorber

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Death is front-and-center in the latest metaphor-heavy film from the body horror king.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Brianna Zigler

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...David Cronenberg is interested in how we decay. And so is Karsh (Vincent Cassel), who has taken his sorrow over the death of his wife Becca (Diane Kruger) and turned it into a tech entrepreneurship.

Read full review at Paste Magazine

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...a contorted sphinx without a secret, an eroticised necrophiliac meditation on grief, longing and loss that returns this director to his now very familiar Ballardian fetishes.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Kenji Fujishima

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David Cronenberg’s disquieting story of grief and mourning.

Read full review at Slant Magazine

Critic Laura Venning

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It could be too cerebral for body-horror devotees, but give it a chance and it might just crawl right under your skin.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Body-horror master David Cronenberg returns with one of his most potent movies, a paranoid, tech-based sci-fi thriller that's bold enough to deal in uncertainty and illusion.

Read full review at Common Sense Media

Frequently asked questions

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In a near-future world where technology intertwines with the afterlife, a grieving businessman named Karsh invents GraveTech, a groundbreaking device that allows the living to connect with their deceased loved ones. As he navigates his profound sorrow over his wife's passing, he becomes embroiled in a web of mystery when several graves are vandalized, including hers. This shocking act sends him on a harrowing journey into the depths of despair and obsession. With each revelation, Karsh is forced to confront not only the darkness surrounding his loss but also unsettling questions about morality and humanity's relationship with death. "The Shrouds" blends elements of drama and horror in an exploration of grief’s complex layers through innovative technology. It's a thought-provoking tale that challenges perceptions of life beyond death while unraveling secrets buried deep within both the earth and the heart.

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