The Shade

2023

Action / Drama / Horror

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 70% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 452 452

Plot summary

Twenty-year-old Ryan struggles with a debilitating anxiety disorder following his father's death. Together with his two brothers, he must fight to break the destructive cycle threatening their family as ancient darkness closes in on them.

Director

Top cast

Laura Benanti as Renee Beckman
Michael Boatman as Dr. Huston
Mariel Chantal as Alex Ayala
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
1.14 GB
1194*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 3
2.35 GB
1792*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ListedDange 4 / 10

Good elements that become an endurance test.

Film all in all is not bad - the metaphors make it across the board, the characters and acting is well for the most part, the cinematography and thensome is phneomal, however the issue I personally had was the fact that the film dragged it's feet through thick mud. If you're expecting this to he a horror flick to the core, scary - immediately disregard that, this is an all in all very reality stricken tale of many challenging emotions like depression, grief and the repercussions of what our lashing actions can do. It really gets the messages across the board well, but as said, thick mud. I can see many people losing their patience with this one, finding it boring with its very prominent slow burn approach. This is a film to watch, if you're seeking to immerse yourself in this characters trauma and grief journey, as well as get a glimpse of some really well captured raw emotions.I fully see where they were going, I personally enjoy the message and thensome, however with its extremely slow wrapping up and ending that ( for me ) felt like the capsize of this film, this was quite an endurance to sit through and watch. Mentally prepare and know what this film has to offer before jumping in.
Reviewed by NYCsOwnPiTO 5 / 10

It will do 1 of 2 things, Keep you watching or Put you to sleep.

4.5 is slightly underrated. The acting was completely natural. This is the first time I've ever paid attention to how well Chris Galust can act and is it just me or does he look a little like Jack Dawson aka Leonardo DiCaprio? I couldn't help but watching him act and envisioning young Leo with the same mannerisms and features. Anyway with that said this movie can really test your movie watching endurance. While it does have a few good climaxes they are few and far between one another. So after something happens you're kind of just watching a bunch more character building until you get a slight pop of a demon and then your back in the therapist chair or laying with the Misses. The beginning starts of promising but it kind of gets debunked when you realize that isn't what really happens. Good movie good acting super super super slow burn. 2 hours was completely unnecessary. 4.5 is low it could gotten 5.5 or even a 6 easy but I'll go with 5.
Reviewed by Name657 4 / 10

The shade

This movie was honestly awful. With how the movie began, the font of the posters and it being categorized as a horror movie it is not one. It's one of those those really awful movies that's just all dialouge and nothing really happens through out the movie and it's one of those movies that you always have to think if the supernatural thing is actually happening or it's just the character hallucinating. But I actually did like most of the characters especially Ryan, he was just cool and the acting was ok. But good characters isn't enough to save a boring movie like this, this movie actually needed to be a horror movie with real stuff happening for it to have any sort of redemption. I don't write reviews often cause I'm bad at them but when it's a movie as boring and bad as this one I usually try my best even if it saves one person their time, this movie wasn't even worth the 50 cent online fee for regal unlimited.TL;DR: not a horror movie, it's a dialogue driven movie about the character Ryan getting over his fathers death.
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