User Rating
Director
Arsalan Amiri
Cast
Navid Pourfaraj,
Pouria Rahimi Sam,
Hoda Zeynolabedin,
Fereydoun Hamedi,
Shahoo Rostami,
Baset Rezaei
Genre
Drama,
Horror
In 1978, the inhabitants of a small village claim that a demon is among them. While investigating the claim, a skeptical young sergeant encounters an exorcist attempting to evict the demon from the village. He arrests the exorcist on charges of fraud, but suddenly finds himself stuck in a cursed house with his lover.
IndieWire by Ryan Lattanzio
While the movie barrels toward some tense face-offs between the townsfolk, and more than a few convulsing moments of possessed (maybe?) hysteria, Zalava never quite takes off as a terrifying genre piece, even if Amiri’s attempt to exorcise his own demons is admirable.
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