Fresh
Intimate horror about the dark things lurking in a family home, and, more interestingly, in the minds of women.
Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Under the Shadow
2016 · 1h 24m · PG-13
Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Directed by
Babak Anvari
Overview
After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
99%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Did you honestly doubt that peeling duct tape and a sheet of printed fabric, if handled with imaginative brio, could be as frightening as any ten-million-dollar monster? O ye of little faith.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
There is no escape, for characters or audience. Under the Shadow is unnerving in the extreme.
Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
Fresh
Quietly nerve-pricking ...
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Fresh
The most consistent fear in Anvari's film is that of being a mother and daughter alone in a world that won't help or respect you. Far more so than djinn, this is a fear that doesn't easily dissipate.
Andrew Lapin, NPR
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