Under the Shadow

"A quality ghost story with an unusual backdrop and great performances. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)" 

"A tightly controlled chiller that carries a whiff of mother-daughter horror classics such as "Poltergeist" and "The Exorcist"" 

"Babak Anvari's debut feature is a satisfyingly tense and atmospheric haunted-apartment thriller set in 1988 Tehran." 

"The jump scares are solid, and earned. The suspense is genuine. And Under the Shadow never loses sight of the basic human reality of mother and child, trapped at home, encircled by a variety of evils, both real and imagined (...) One of the Season's Best Horror Films." 

"Anvari deftly builds and sustains tension throughout, crafting a horror movie that respects genre conventions (...) while firmly establishing its own distinctive identity." 

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

"Under the Shadow is a skilled, chilling feature debut that might follow you around a while after seeing it."