Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with a review of Babak Anvari’s Under the Shadow (2016), a smart tale of supernatural happenings out in the Middle East. A Farsi language British production shot in Jordan, the film is set in Tehran at the height of the Iran-Iraq War that ran throughout most of the 1980s. Here the atmosphere of fear and anxiety that is generated within a bombed out apartment block attracts a group of demonic Djinn that are intent on spiriting away a vulnerable young girl.
Under the Shadow
Region-free Blu-ray
Second Sight
2016 / Color / 2.35:1 / 84 min. / Street Date, 10 February 2020 / Available at Diabolik DVD or Amazon.uk
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Soussan Farrokhnia, Aram Ghasemy, Ray Haratian, Karam Rashayda, Arah Marandi.
Cinematography: Kit Fraser
Film Editor: Christopher Barwell
Production Designer: Nasser Zoubi
Original Music: Gavin Cullen and Will McGillivray
Produced by Lucan Toh, Oliver Roskill, Emily Leo
Written...
Under the Shadow
Region-free Blu-ray
Second Sight
2016 / Color / 2.35:1 / 84 min. / Street Date, 10 February 2020 / Available at Diabolik DVD or Amazon.uk
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Soussan Farrokhnia, Aram Ghasemy, Ray Haratian, Karam Rashayda, Arah Marandi.
Cinematography: Kit Fraser
Film Editor: Christopher Barwell
Production Designer: Nasser Zoubi
Original Music: Gavin Cullen and Will McGillivray
Produced by Lucan Toh, Oliver Roskill, Emily Leo
Written...
- 2/25/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Sarah Dobbs Oct 7, 2016
The director of the brilliant Under The Shadow chats to us about how his childhood memories and love of horror movies inspired him
Every now and then, a horror movie comes along that gets people excited. Not just horror fans, but critics and cinemagoers who aren’t normally into scares. Recently we’ve had The Babadook, with its story about grief and difficult relationships between parents and their kids, and The Witch, which grabbed attention with its authentic 17th century setting and hard-to-understand accents even before the devil worshipping kicked off.
Now, there’s another scary movie that’s racking up glowing reviews left, right, and centre – everyone from the Guardian to the NME to Variety and, well, Den of Geek has raved about Under The Shadow. A brilliantly scary portrayal of life in war-torn Iran, it’s got a claustrophobic atmosphere, stunning camerawork, and some excellent...
The director of the brilliant Under The Shadow chats to us about how his childhood memories and love of horror movies inspired him
Every now and then, a horror movie comes along that gets people excited. Not just horror fans, but critics and cinemagoers who aren’t normally into scares. Recently we’ve had The Babadook, with its story about grief and difficult relationships between parents and their kids, and The Witch, which grabbed attention with its authentic 17th century setting and hard-to-understand accents even before the devil worshipping kicked off.
Now, there’s another scary movie that’s racking up glowing reviews left, right, and centre – everyone from the Guardian to the NME to Variety and, well, Den of Geek has raved about Under The Shadow. A brilliantly scary portrayal of life in war-torn Iran, it’s got a claustrophobic atmosphere, stunning camerawork, and some excellent...
- 10/6/2016
- Den of Geek
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