Movie

Under the Shadow

2016 · 84 min

A suffocating, dread-soaked slow burn where domestic fear and wartime anxiety blur into one creeping haunting.

Tagline: Fear will find you.
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.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Parenthood, isolation, survival, war
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
isolation
survival
war
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none