Haunting in a manner that owes as much to the tangible dangers of its setting (Tehran during the Iran-Iraq conflict, circa 1988) as its supernatural and psychological elements, Under the Shadow is both a terrific film and a terrifically scary one. Galvanized by Narges Rashidi's performance as Shideh, a sympathetic, strong-willed mother desperate to protect her daughter from dark forces spiritual and political in nature, the 2016 Bucheon Choice Jury awards its Jury's Choice to writer-director Babak Anvari for elevating the art of horror with this atmospheric, sharply realized debut.