Cinema is often a space for abstract, subconscious expressions that require airing. Under The Shadow is an inspired psychological thriller from Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvari that effectively delivers the thrills expected, and more. Here, the horror is both personal and natural. It’s a theme found amongst a few world cinema selections at Sundance this year, notably the cancer drama A Good Wife, which also uses the landscape of the war torn Bosnia as an emotional theme.
Under The Shadow functions on multiple levels; as a rich horror thriller it first and foremost effectively delivers the jumps and scares and any good entry into the genre ought to. The specter of the film’s setting, Tehran, Iran circa 1988, increases the tension as the external world comes literally crashing into the domestic space, haunting the dreams of Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi). The physical world is also...
Under The Shadow functions on multiple levels; as a rich horror thriller it first and foremost effectively delivers the jumps and scares and any good entry into the genre ought to. The specter of the film’s setting, Tehran, Iran circa 1988, increases the tension as the external world comes literally crashing into the domestic space, haunting the dreams of Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi). The physical world is also...
- 2/1/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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