David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ Is Unwrapped for Digital Sales and Rentals July 8; Also Streams on The Criterion Channel July 8

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.

Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Diane Kruger, Vincent Cassel, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt.
Written by: David Cronenberg
Rating: R
Running time: 120 minutes
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror Thriller
Theatrical Release: April 25, 2025
Streaming: July 8
US & Canada Boxoffice: $753,605
Worldwide: $1,299,847
Country: Canada
Studio: Janus Films

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones dead and buried in the earth. While Karsh is still reeling from the loss of his wife (Diane Kruger) from cancer—and falling into a peculiar sexual relationship with his wife’s sister (also Kruger) — a spate of vandalized graves utilizing his “shroud” technology begins to put his enterprise at risk, leading him to uncover a potentially vast conspiracy. Written following the death of the director’s wife, the new film from David Cronenberg is both a profoundly personal reckoning with grief and a descent into noir-tinged dystopia, set in an ominous world of self-driving cars, data theft, and A.I. personal assistants.