‘Under the Shadow’ Is This Year’s ‘The Babadook’: A Spooky Feminist Horror Story

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Set in war-torn Iran, Babak Anvari’s film about the supernatural is a genre triumph—as well as the U.K.’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film.

Published Oct. 5 2016 3:24AM EDT

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The real terrors in Under the Shadow, Babak Anvari’s claustrophobic horror film about one woman’s fight against an evil spirit in her home, aren’t the fabled djinn that superstitious old ladies whisper about, travelling on the wind, looking for new souls to possess.

Jen Yamato

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‘Under the Shadow’ Is This Year’s ‘The Babadook’: A Spooky Feminist Horror Story

Set in war-torn Iran, Babak Anvari’s film about the supernatural is a genre triumph—as well as the U.K.’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film.

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Jen Yamato