Under the Shadow 2016 Watch Free in HD

Amidst the terrors of the post-revolution, war torn Tehran of the 1980s, Shideh elects to stay in the city with her daughter a mysterious. But then evil begins to haunt their home, attempting to possess her daughter. Shideh has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.

Genre:

Horror

Actors:

Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Arash Marandi, Aram Ghasemy, Soussan Farrokhnia, Ray Haratian, Hamid Djavadan, Behi Djanati Atai, Bijan Daneshmand, Nabil Koni, ...»

Director:

Babak Anvari

Country:

United Kingdom

Release:

2016

IMDb:

6.8

Quality:

Duration:

84 min

New Yorker

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.

October 10, 2016

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Daily Dead

Those unexpected beats make for a deeply emotional and harrowing journey for not only Shideh and Dorsa, but for viewers as well.

December 21, 2016

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New Zealand Herald

With a minimal budget, [Babak] Anvari still manages to deliver a wholly unnerving universe.

February 17, 2017

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BuzzFeed News

Intimate horror about the dark things lurking in a family home, and, more interestingly, in the minds of women.

October 19, 2016

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Legion of Leia

'Under the Shadow' is one of the more technically graceful and emotionally important films to come out of the genre this year.

December 29, 2016

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NPR

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.

October 06, 2016

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Film Experience

Anvari makes great use of this highly specific time and setting -- the air raids are always unnerving and one sequence in which Shideh runs into the empty streets of Tehran in a panic is just terrific.

January 02, 2017

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RogerEbert.com

There is no escape, for characters or audience. Under the Shadow is unnerving in the extreme.

October 07, 2016

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New York Times

Quietly nerve-pricking ...

October 06, 2016

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Flick Filosopher

A sinister tapestry of urban unease and feminist fury that turns an ordinary domestic setting into a place of skulking terror. Original and deeply creepy.

January 26, 2017

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San Diego Reader

The shift from family drama to djinn game is so subtle as to be barely perceived

November 18, 2016

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