Babak Anvari broke out with his amazing debut feature, Under the Shadow, a horror film set during the Iraq-Iran War. He’s worked steadily ever since on such films as Wounds, I Came By, and a fourth Cloverfield film that promises to be the biggest of his career. But before that, Anvari has the psychological thriller Hallow Road, starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys.
Here’s the official synopsis: Two parents receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene. As they head deeper into the night, disturbing revelations threaten to tear the family apart as they soon realize they might not be the only ones driving down Hallow Road.
William Gillies wrote the screenplay. Megan McDonnell plays Pike and Rhys’ daughter in the film.
Hallow Road premiered at SXSW earlier this year, and has already been released in the UK where the reviews have been very good. XYZ Films plans to release it in the US this Fall.
