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Under The Shadow (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: An unhappily bereaving mother in war-torn Tehran must protect her young daughter from a deleterious Djinn that has infiltrated their home. REVIEW: Featured two months ago on our list of Most Anticipated Genre Flicks to see this autumn, all...

Djinn are real in this clip from Farsi fright flick Under the Shadow

Posted 9 years ago

The British-produced, Farsi-language flick UNDER THE SHADOW has been receiving ecstatic buzz from the festival circuit, and we have a brand new clip to share with you! It's a low key clip showing a conversation between a mother and daughter, but...

Top 10 Genre Flicks To See This Fall!

Posted 9 years ago

Man oh man, September already? Where in the hell did the summer go? Kind of a bummer, no? Oh well, don’t fret friends, out with the sand and sunshine and in with the cold and darkness. No, not the just...

Trailer emerges for Farsi-language horror film Under the Shadow

Posted 9 years ago

The Farsi-language horror film UNDER THE SHADOW, which our own Chris Bumbray gave a 9/10 review after catching it at Sundance, is set to receive a theatrical and VOD release from Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films on October 7th, and...

English-language remake planned for Under the Shadow

Posted 9 years ago

Babak Anvari's feature directorial debut, the Farsi-language horror film UNDER THE SHADOW, just made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. Less than four months later, London-based Wigwam Films, who produced and financed Anvari's film, and...

Under the Shadow (Sundance Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: In post–revolution Tehran, a mother (Narges Rashidi) and her daughter (Avin Manshadi) are haunted by a malicious spirit. REBIEW: While this year’s Midnight selection at Sundance has been wildly inconsistent, one notable exception has been UNDER THE SHADOW. The...

Farsi-language horror film Under the Shadow acquired by Netflix

Posted 9 years ago

The Sundance Film Festival has only just begun, but Netflix has already bought up the worldwide streaming rights to several films, among them the Farsi-language horror movie UNDER THE SHADOW. The feature debut of writer/director Babak Anvari, UNDER THE SHADOW...

Rob Zombie’s 31, Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers, and more head to Sundance

Posted 10 years ago

Two films I have been desperately waiting to hear release dates for are Rob Zombie's 31 and Kevin Smith's TUSK spin-off YOGA HOSERS. We still don't have those dates, but audiences are going to have a chance to see those movies,...

XYZ Films boards Babak Anvari’s Tehran-set horror Under the Shadow

Posted 10 years ago

XYZ Films has boarded Wigwam Films’ Farsi-language horror film UNDER THE SHADOW, which is currently underway in Jordan with BAFTA-nominated director Babak Anvari at the helm, reports Screen Daily. Set in post-revolution Tehran, during the Iran-Iraq war, the film follows…...