Netflix: Horror film with 99% approval is in the catalog

Netflix seems to have created a “warm up” for Halloween. Several good horror and suspense options have recently entered the company's catalog. In the mood for Halloween, one of the platform's options has a 99% approval rating from the public. This is the movie Under the Shadows.

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The audience for suspense and horror films has always been one of the most faithful to the seventh art. Whenever a new production is released, critics are already eager to comment. After all, the classics of the genre are many and of very high quality. Therefore, obtaining a 99% approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes platform is a feat for few.

“Sob as Sombras masterfully mixes different genres and offers viewers a scary story, with current themes and an intelligent social critique”. This is the critical consensus review on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Released in 2016, the feature is shown in the Persian language. It was written and directed by Babak Anvari. By the way, this was the filmmaker's first job as a film editor. Incidentally, the horror work was chosen by the United Kingdom to compete for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

As its name suggests, Sob as Sombras brings the supernatural as a key element in its story. The film portrays the lives of people who live in places where wars and civil strife are part of everyday life.

A demonic force threatens to possess the body of Shideh's daughter. Therefore, she is forced to face these evil forces to protect little Dorsa.

War of the Cities

The film is set in 1980 in Tehran, the capital of Iran, in the midst of the War of the Cities. The conflict was a series of five air strikes on Iranian cities.

All attacks were carried out by Saddam Hussein's Iraqi Air Force. The attacks were intended to shake the Iranian people during the war against Iraq.

The film is available on Netflix and can be accompanied by the entire network of subscribers.