In case you missed it ScreenDaily reported this week that Jang Jae-hyun, director of the Korean horror hit Exhuma, will begin production on their next horror flick, Vampir.
Jang Jae-hyun, the director of Korean blockbuster Exhuma, is set to begin filming horror Vampir this month with an all-star cast led by Yoo Ah-in.The star of Lee Chang-dong’s Burning and last year’s box office hit The Match, Yoo will play a contract killer who tracks down a mysterious pagan group at the request of a clergyman.The priest will be played by Lee Sung-min of Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice and box office hit 12.12: The Day, while Lee Jun-hyuk of action blockbuster The Roundup: No Way Out plays a heretic longing for eternal life who undergoes a dramatic transformation.
Shooting is scheduled to begin this month and will continue into the end of the year, with a target release of 2028.
Our own man in Korea, Pierce, rightfully chimed in on the director's previous film, Exhuma.
While many have likened it to The Wailing, another Korean thriller featuring shamans and a mysterious Japanese connection that turned into a surprise box office hit, this third film from occult filmmaker Jang Jae-hyun is a far more straightforward affair. It's a pulpy investigative thriller, spiked with gruesome images, and leavened by the banter traded by its popular stars, yet (ahem) dig beneath its well-tuned commercial attributes and you may also unearth something else.
He was less enthralled by it than Korean audiences were but if the general populace responded to the gruesomeness of corpse digging in Exhuma the director reportedly promises more reactionary content in this new film, Vampir.