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No plot, lack of script, not scary at all.

I didn't even realized where it all began, then suddenly there appeared the ghost, a vengeful one. No cause, no motive. The lead role was very annoying, reckless and stubborn. Well, if she was meant to be it, then it was a good acting. Because you'll realize all the troubles and problems occurred because she was being so selfish and self-centered. As the story, it lead to nowhere. Like i said before, it had no plot. Well, the conflict between the lead role and another character was forced, it was actually no conflict at all, but since she's an annoying person so she had to be the person who was always correct and "the victim". The story went slow with some unnecessary scene, it seemed to be put there only to add the length of the movie. It's a boring drama that put a failed-horror flick to gain rating. No need to add this to your watch-list.

Guess what... this movie sucks. -5/10 -20% bland characters, no apparent or thrilling threat, lame and contradictory ending, lacking almost all themes that would constitute a horror movie. It's a show about a wife, forced to stay at home, who gets ruffed up by a blanket. The end.

If this were a Hollywood film, it would have gone straight to video. But for some bizarre reason, reviewers on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes have a big soft spot for poorly made foreign films. I assume it's because they are more "woke" than me. So be it-- but I would like the 90 minutes of my life returned for watching this tripe. Boring knows no prejudice. We would have been better served with a movie about the Iran-Iraq War. No doubt that was a true horror story.

I have to admit. I made an account only to make a review of this movie. I'm an absolute horror movie fan, and I think this is one of the most carbage horrors I have ever seen. There is nothing scary about this movie, bad acting and bad effects. Don't waste your time on this overrated movie.

I just watched this movie thinking it was a horror movie, and that's why I rate it with a single star. IT IS NOT a horror.

I've been reading IMDb for many years, I love movies, and most of the time I agree with the votes in here, or at least I can understand them (even if I don't enjoy the movie). And this is the first time I feel that I need to write a review, because there's no way this movie should be getting a 7.0 out of 10, specially when it's listed as a horror movie.

It is actually quite a slow movie, if they just wanted to show you what was it like to live through the war, in less than ten minutes they could've given you the whole message.

The acting is OK, the special effects are non existent, the script is kind of empty, I'm sorry to say this, but it was a complete waste of time.

Just a waste of time.. That's all.. Don't waste your time please please I beg you

Pathetic. I watched it after reading the rating on Imbd and reviews but it disappointed me.i will never recommended.

I was counting down the minutes after dozing off a few times. This movie has nothing. 84 minutes of nothing. Actually do nothing, you'll actually do something more than watching this "movie".

This movie has a rating of 6.8 - pretty good for a horror movie. But it takes almost a hour for the first of three jump scares. The rest of the movie is completely boring and the end is stupid. I really don't get the good ratings for this movie.

Stupid main character, cheap jump scares, stale story, thats all u get in this.

This is not much of a horror at all. Takes about an hour for anything to start happening, and when it does there's nothing scary about it

The only positive thing about this movie i that it is spoken in Persian.

Honestly probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen, main character is infuriating, there's no build up of horror, just a bunch a confusing decisions.

With Monday booked as a holiday from work, there was no "Sunday night feeling" so we planned to spend Sunday evening as Saturday no.2 complete with wine, nibbles and a horror film. We scrolled through the On Demand section of our cable box and came across Under the Shadow. We read the synopsis and as usual, logged on to IMDb for more info and reviews. Although the reviews were low in number, they were consistently reporting good stuff and as a result, we committed and added £7.50 to our monthly media bill. My shiraz, grenache, tempranillo had been breathing for some time so I charged my glass and settled back for our first Iranian horror film. Now I am agape. Not with fear but with exasperation at the 7.5/10 this film currently carries. There's no tangible story here and definitely NO SCARES. It was little more than an eighty minute insight into life in the suburbs of 1980s Tehran. The "strong supernatural threat" that had tantalised us transpired to be whimsical and brief and as such, this film should not appear in the listings of horror genre movies. I'll end my review here as I've already had enough of my time stolen by the makers of this utter tripe.

I don't recommend this movie. Waste of time. Glad it was on Netflix so I could skip half way through this and not miss anything.

I saw review on imbd and then watch this movie. It's my worst design. This movie is very bad. Don't watch this movie if you are not Iranian even in english. Movie's script is very bad just jump scar's and few stupid scene and thats it.

I really didnt understand goal of this film, whats the reason to be shot such a scenario?

Not a horror movie, not a scary movie, not a thriller. Perhaps all these wonderful reviews are written by people who have empathy for Middle Eastern drama. This little disaster starts boring and continues boring. It is amazing that IMDb has so many politically motivated users. No aficionado of the horror genre would EVER enjoy this movie, period. More like a story of how rotten the climate of the Middle East is and how they pretty much have war, anger and twisted ideology in their DNA. Horror movie, not even close, drama of a hell hole in the Middle East, check.

Like the most of international İranian movies, that was about revelation too. I know it is hard and awful. But that is the only material that they use. it is like if they use this, they can get some awards and movie can be watch international. İt is natural of course, it is business and reputation. People will get mad at me, I know... especially women but I get sick of that İranian revelation - feminist movies. I know the story, I know what is going to happen, there is no surprise at all and always same thing over, over and over again. Scary part was scary for a Muslim because it is about jinn. But story and fiction was very weak.

There is no way any objective person watched this movie and gave it 6, 8 or even 10 stars. This movie is at best a 2 or 3 star. In my opinion it's a zero. There is a whole lot of scary stuff implied but nothing actually happens. With all the talk and suggestions of something coming you wait with anticipation and then the movie is over!!! Nothing happens. I don't have very high expectations and keep an open mind with low budget or indie movies but even with low expectations this movie sucked. I highly recommend the director watch a few good horror movies and take notes on what it takes because this movie has nothing to it.

I am 24 years old and i am watching horror/thriller movies since i was 13. This movie isnt scary at all. Its not a good drama, its not horror so what its supposed to be ? There is no plot. In the whole movie they are looking for a missing doll and there are 2-3 jump scares in the middle of the movie. That's all about. I cant understand why it has good ratings...