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First Reactions: Cineplay’s Rating for 〈The Shrine: Whisper of the Evil Spirit〉

Kim Ji-yeon Reporter

6/8/2026 6:16:00 PM

[First Reactions] 〈The Shrine: Whisper of the Evil Spirit〉 Cineplay’s reporter rating

[First Reactions]

Opening on the 17th, 〈The Shrine: Whisper of the Evil Spirit〉 is a Korean-Japanese shamanic occult horror film about three college students who vanish after visiting an abandoned shrine in Kobe, Japan, and a shaman named Myeong-jin (Kim Jae-joong) who investigates the case and confronts a sinister spirit. Cineplay’s Kim Ji-yeon shares her thoughts after attending the press screening.

Kim Ji-yeon / ★★☆ / Fusion or a muddle

An occult horror film that suggests the depths of the human psyche are more frightening than any evil spirit. The director’s ideas about fear and several audacious images may not connect seamlessly, but they are clearly worth attention. The collaboration—Korean shamanism X an abandoned Japanese shrine X an Indian malevolent deity—may strike some viewers as a bold, fresh fusion; others may see it as an indiscriminate, cross-border pastiche. Either way, even if it is jjambbong, one hot bowl can still satisfy. What’s certain is that this is no bland jjambbong.

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