Shadowtown

2020
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

Set in Iceland, Maya inherits an old house from a schizophrenic grandmother she didn't know. Messages from a mysterious source lead to questions about her grandmother's death and ultimately ... Read allSet in Iceland, Maya inherits an old house from a schizophrenic grandmother she didn't know. Messages from a mysterious source lead to questions about her grandmother's death and ultimately put her own life in danger.Set in Iceland, Maya inherits an old house from a schizophrenic grandmother she didn't know. Messages from a mysterious source lead to questions about her grandmother's death and ultimately put her own life in danger.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

192

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

Photos9

+ 5

User reviews9

4.5192

Featured reviews

8rogol-50263

Loved it!

Great story, well written and acted. No fluff or overdevelopment of characters, just a good story well told. Short and sweet!

7valska-46468

Mystic Iceland

It is an extraordinary film. A supernatural story. Poetic and cinematic at the same time. Touching and relevant. Everyone go to the movies. Enjoy it in front of the big screen and get a glimpse of how a film is truly made from the heart.

8keziah101

Haunting suspense

The film opens with a bang that immediately grabs your attention. From there, the colours are muted and the suspense builds slowly - one subtle clue at a time. One viewer at the world premiere called Shadowtown "a superb and original movie with a very Icelandic and poetic ambiance." I can't say it any better myself. This is a film I will watch several times, if only to discover what I missed the first time around. The casting is excellent in a film where everyone is more than they seem.

8sigursveinnmagnusson

Enjoyable film

Took my family to see this film in Haskolabio cinema last night and we enjoyed it immensely. This is a film for our taste, not too much dialogue and rich visuals. The story deals with Icelandic reality in the present as well as the past. The acting and cinematography are fantastic. The filmmakers give us time to digest the story as it deals with reality and supernatural themes in a believable way. Well done.

3jaymakak

Insomnia, you have met your match. This is visual melotonin.

Someone said this film starts with a bang...I can only assume they were watching this film as a truck drove by, loudly backfiring as it passed.

This could have easily been a third rate Lifetime or Hallmark Channel made for TV melodrama.

The pacing is maddeningly lethargic, crawling to an anti-climax that could have been reached in 1/2 an hour. Not the 84 minute runtime it wasted.

The plot is both banal and inane....banane.(inanely banal) You will feel cheated of time and money, if you actually paid to view this.