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Under the Shadow

2016

Babak Anvari

Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian ...

5.8

4,066

Horror. Thriller As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war torn Tehran of the 80s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.

	Author	Review
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"A tightly controlled chiller that carries a whiff of mother-daughter horror classics such as "Poltergeist" and "The Exorcist""	POS
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Babak Anvari's debut feature is a satisfyingly tense and atmospheric haunted-apartment thriller set in 1988 Tehran."	POS
United States	Bilge Ebiri Village Voice	"The jump scares are solid, and earned. The suspense is genuine. And Under the Shadow never loses sight of the basic human reality of mother and child, trapped at home, encircled by a variety of evils, both real and imagined (...) One of the Season's Best Horror Films."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Anvari deftly builds and sustains tension throughout, crafting a horror movie that respects genre conventions (...) while firmly establishing its own distinctive identity."	POS
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"There is no escape, for characters or audience. Under the Shadow is unnerving in the extreme."	POS
United States	Clark Collis Entertainment Weekly	"Under the Shadow is a skilled, chilling feature debut that might follow you around a while after seeing it."	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A quality ghost story with an unusual backdrop and great performances. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"As much a study of a changing society as it is a story of evil spirits. The movie is first fascinating, then terrifying."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Under the Shadow smartly observes the emotions stirred up by a world defined by restrictions, and the terrifying possibility that they might be inescapable."	POS

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