Iris Shim's "Umma" Poster “I definitely wanted to tap into my own experiences and my own feelings about growing up Asian American, but I didn’t necessarily want or feel like I needed to make a ...

In “Umma,” writer and director Iris K. Shim unpacks a dynamic that falls into the latter category. The intergenerational supernatural thriller follows Amanda (an always fantastic Sandra Oh), a ...

When Fivel Stewart heard about the supernatural horror film Umma (Korean for "Mother"), she knew she had to jump at the chance at the opportunity. The Atypical star plays Chris, the sheltered ...

Villains in horror films aren't usually moms and grandmas. But a new entrant in the genre, called Umma, shows how the traumas of motherhood can haunt, and even destroy, the deepest family bonds.

Carrying family burdens is a generational problem, particularly within Asian culture, and it isn't more pronounced than Iris Shim's Umma ("Mother" in Korean). Sandra Oh plays Amanda, a Korean ...