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Under the Shadow

Cast

Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian View All

Crew

Babak Anvari (Director), Babak Anvari (Writer) View All

Release: Oct. 7th, 2016

Runtime: 1 hour, 24 minutes

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.

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I still have some issues with the climatic encounter, and I feel the film does lack a more concrete ending, but I still think the film is a pretty effective psychological thriller that can succeed in creating fear and anxiety.

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"Under the Shadow" is an Iranian film set during the 1980's when Tehran was war torn, it follows a mother and a daughter who are being haunted by a mysterious evil, and they have to fend for themselves to survive through the nights.Thoughts:There's a lot of similarities between this and an....