The Man in the Shadows
The Man in the Shadows (US/UK video release: The Shadow Man) is a 2015 Canadian supernatural horror film, the first feature film directed by Joshua Fraiman and written by co-star and co-producer Adam Tomlinson, based on a personal experience, as well as on reports by "millions of people around the world" of so-called shadow people, a phenomenon associated with sleep paralysis. The plot centres around a prescription drug-addicted newlywed photographer (Sarah Jurgens) who appears to be stalked by a dark man in a brimmed hat who follows her from her nightmares into reality. Rachel is aided by William (Adam Tomlinson) who has been investigating the "Hat Man" phenomenon.
Plot
Rachel Darwin, a pregnant woman going through a career crisis, has recurring dreams in which a shadow man wearing a fedora forcibly removes a deformed baby from her womb. Searching online, she discovers a world of night sufferers like herself, visited by watchers while they sleep. Her husband Scott believes that her experiences are hallucinations born from a subconscious still coping with his previous infidelity and a fear of childbirth. She seeks help and determines she is suffering from sleep paralysis. Troublingly, she also sees the "Hat Man" while awake, as a distorted blur in the background of a photograph, or a flicker in the corner of an eye. Rachel believes she may be being stalked by a malevolent supernatural entity.
More details
author | Adam Tomlinson |
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director | Joshua Fraiman |
editor | Andrew Cymek |
genre | drama horror thriller |
keywords | addict arrest astral projecting baby being stalked bleed childbirth childhood home deform door lock fedora group therapy hallucination infidelity isolated kill lock morning pregnant woman question recovering addict recurring dream search shadow shadow man shadow people sleep paralysis speak stalk subconscious suffer wake wake up weekend getaway womb |
musicBy | Adrian Ellis |
producer | Andrew Cymek Brigitte Kingsley Tasso Lakas |
publisher | Tombstone Distribution |
theme | supernatural urban |