Shrouds (2024)
Release Year: 2024
Alternative Title: The Shrouds, O Senhor dos Mortos, Les linceuls, Surilinad, The Shrouds: Segreti sepolti, Całuny, Zza grobu, The Shrouds - As Mortalhas, Саван, Los sudarios, Profanación, 裹屍布, Kefenler
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: David Cronenberg
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Anthony Vaccarello, Martin Katz, Michel Merkt, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Saïd Ben Saïd
Co-Producer: Steve Solomos
Executive Producer: Ariane Giroux-Dallaire, Charles Tremblay, Kateryna Merkt, Kevin Chneiweiss, Marieke Tricoire
Companies: Gravetech Productions, Prospero Pictures, SBS Productions, Saint Laurent Productions
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Thriller
Budget: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: artificial intelligence (a.i.), blind woman, body horror, burial, cemetery, conspiracy, death, death of wife, entrepreneur, graveyard, grief, paranoid, sister-in-law, toronto, canada, vandalism, widow
Story
After his wife's tragic death, Karsh, a wealthy businessman, channels his grief into inventing a controversial device that allows him to communicate with the deceased through their burial shrouds. When multiple graves in Toronto cemeteries are vandalized, including his wife's, Karsh becomes determined to uncover who desecrated the remains of his loved ones and why. As he digs deeper into the conspiracy, he begins to unravel secrets about those closest to him, leading him down a dark path filled with paranoia and body horror.
Summary
Set in Toronto, Canada, 'Shrouds' (2024) is a chilling fusion of drama, horror, sci-fi, and thriller genres from acclaimed director David Cronenberg. The film revolves around Karsh, an entrepreneur consumed by grief after his wife's death. His desperate attempts to connect with her through his groundbreaking AI technology lead him down a sinister path filled with conspiracy theories and vandalism at Toronto cemeteries. Exploring themes of grief, loss, and obsession, 'Shrouds' pushes the boundaries of science fiction and body horror in Cronenberg's signature style.
