David Cronenberg plumbs his real-life grief trauma to fuel one of the most twisted yet affecting sci-fi horrors for years. Following his invention of technology allowing mourners to view a live feed of their loved ones’ decomposing body from their grave side, grieving tech mogul Karsh’s (Vincent Cassel) company is subject to hacking and sabotage while he receives vivid visions of his deceased wife Becca (Diane Kruger) coming back to him. You definitely have to already be on Cronenberg’s wavelength for this one, but the vulnerable performances, the emotional rawness and a deft balancing of disparate tones reaffirms the maverick Canadian as the best there is at this sort of thing. Prepare to feel deeply uncomfortable at some of the sights and sounds in THE SHROUDS, but you have to admire how it’s all laid out there without shame, a particularly graphic form of therapy. SSP