In the South Korean countryside, a home help staff member gets wind of a national emergency a second too late.

This is a story that, again, lives in ambiguity. The difference here is one of genre. ‘Exodus’ implies some deeply fun, Witcher-like further adventures of its lead. The characters here, in a horror story, are far less lucky.

Tone is king here and MacGregor and Tim Hyten do a great job of mapping the camera onto how we perceive trauma. Laura Yeseul Im is fantastic in the near silent lead role and there’s one moment in particular where she looks at the tap, and at the glass that sits us in the back of her head. Survival becomes denial, and her distraction from what might be about to happen lasts as long as it takes her to see Felice Choi’s character. Both actresses do great work under demanding circumstances but Choi’s is arguably the most demanding. In two shots we get a look at just what’s happening and Choi sells it simply by lifting her head from the floor. Amazing, horrific stuff.

Verdict: Thrumming with tension and with one hell of a reveal, this is a story that lives inside William Friedkin’s definition of horror. Namely ‘true horror is seeing something approach’. Intense, dark and excellent stuff. 8/10

Alasdair Stuart