Among the Shadows (I) (2019) User Reviews (48)

The worst movie... possibly, ever?

[SamJamie · 1/10 · 31 August 2021]

A Brussels secret detective who comes from a long descent of werewolves uses her inherent abilities to unwind the conspiracy following her uncle's death.

Now we've all seen bad movies. But this film fails on every level of competency, I wouldn't even consider it a film at all. It's pitifully strung together with poor editing, sloppily moved along with endless stock footage. Every scene with Lohan has been poorly edited into the film either with a green screen or one of those suspiciously high-quality Skype calls we see so often in films. A scene near the end even uses leftover B-roll footage on the very green screen she's sat in front of for the whole movie.

The sad thing is this is Lohan's first movie in over 5 years, I just ask myself why this? I want a comeback from her as much as the next person but this film failed on every level imaginable.

Keeping it real and short and sweet

[clivejamesrd · 1/10 · 5 November 2019]

Half a star! Add this movie to you "Must Miss This Hot Mess" list. Unless you just dying to see Lindsay Lohan. In that case you will be a very happy unit.

JUST A DISJOINTED MESS

[bdbj77 · 1/10 · 3 May 2020]

This will be in the bin at Dollar Tree soon, and will be marked 50% off.

ZERO STARS for a Werewolf Movie with Zero Werewolves

[knightox · 14 February 2020]

This quote "movie" literally is a huge 💩!!! Lindsay Lohan has definitely sunk to a new low by attaching herself to it even though she's not the main character. None of the actors seem to know how to act. Given the plot maybe they just weren't that enthusiastic about the whole thing and just didn't try? It was pitiful! It wasn't just a bad werewolf film, it was simply a HORRIBLE movie! I couldn't find any redeeming qualities about it. Please Do Not watch this unless you like punishing yourself. Spoiler Alert: 🚨 There are NO werewolves in this. Just a few scummy people with small, plastic fangs and glowing eyes, jumping up and down every once in a while. ZERO STARS

Should Never Have Seen Daylight!!!!!

[Moviereeeels12 · 1/10 · 15 August 2020]

Absolute trash! Art work on the case is totally misleading and the best part of the film , Lohan is an 'and' to the feature, very poor production values, terrible acting and a unnecessary overcomplicated weak plot. It has a quite high budget that i can only assume the heads enjoyed themselves with expenses as it certainly doesn't show in the film production. If you like your low budget weak film that can be picked up for under a $1 this is a must for you. In a word to sum up this film ..... excrement

Like if Underworld got bought out by a dollar store and went into politics...

[spinalremains80 · 1/10 · 9 March 2019]

I was absolutely prepared for this movie to suck. In fact I sorta like bad movies but man this is just WOW. FIRST, let me just say Lindsey is better off in roles like Machete because First Ladies aren't her forte. Its weird that all her scenes seem to have been done in a studio somewhere. She's always in green screen and never in the same shot with anyone else. (Guess they blew the budget on that Akita) Second, we are treated to one man doing his best Shrek impersonation but as a detective. It's odd and I don't like it. He looks like he smells. Also, later there's a sex scene that was so awkward I almost excused myself and gave my phone some privacy. I'd just take my word and skip this fiasco. Good luck out there.

I hope she got a paycheck after this she is gunna need it!

[rebornblr-06371 · 2/10 · 16 March 2019]

I am actually a fan of B movies but this was an F movie it was just all out BAD. But if u plan on watching a terrible movie to make fun of this one will do the trick.

A Disjointed Mess

[skpn123 · 3/10 · 11 March 2019]

Well I couldn't make any sense of this jumble of dark scenes with no coherence. I watched to the end of the movie hoping it would improve as the acting is not terrible - no such luck and it ends on a cliffhanger......

Werewolf of Brexit

[nogodnomasters · 3/10 · 16 March 2019]

The film takes place in 2022 after the breakup of the European Union. There is now a European Federation, sometimes called the United States of Europe. Richard Sherman (Kristoffel Verdonck) is running for re-election after his appointment. That is all the introduction we get. There is no character development outside of a flashback. And as the story progresses we discover there is a world of werewolves and vampires, something they could have mentioned.

Richard Sherman is a werewolf. His wife (Lindsay Lohan) is a vampire and as far as I can tell the only vampire in the film. Harry Goldstone (John Flanders), Sherman's campaign manager is killed in the first scene by a silver bullet. He was a werewolf too. His niece Kristy Wolfie (Charlotte Beckett) is a PI and on the case, unraveling a poorly constructed story. Kristy also loves her vices. We see her having sex, drinking, stealing a watch off a corpse, and eating a fat man.

We have seen wolf/vampire stories before. All were done better. I am not sure why they had to create a future world. The acting wasn't there.

Guide: F-word. Sex. Nudity (Charlotte Beckett or double)

This was Horrible!

[firballblaze-69689 · 1/10 · 16 March 2019]

Lack of everything! No originality, Not even a fragment of decent writing, directing, producing, and most of all acting. Do not waste your time! You would be more amused watching paint dry.

unacceptable

[eddiecolazzo · 1/10 · 18 June 2019]

Yes I have felt embarrassed to watch it...so disgraceful acting, story, editing, clue.....it is a mystery how the could have done such a awful "movie"..... shame of you......change your job making movies and acting is not for yous.....accept it.

Actor aren't even in the same scene together

[mamise3 · 1/10 · 20 February 2021]

I was giving this movie a shot because it's nothing else was on regular cable until Lindsey and the other female actor were in a "scene together", but they weren't actually in the scene together at all. It was so odd, and almost a joke. They pieces the conversation together. It was laughable. Don't waste any of your time. Honestly, I'm shocked someone released this movie.

Total GARBAGE, and that is flattery!

[LoremIpsum321 · 1/10 · 7 March 2019]

A crime, revenge thriller about pseudo political power play, some conspiracies, and of course: Werewolfs and vampires in the United States of Europe! Well, one could think this might sound good in a silly but fun way. Sadly, such a possible illusion vanishes into thin air as soon as the first scenes are over and you know you have a real stinker at hand. This so called film doesn't know what it wants to be and ultimately ends up as a complete disaster. The story in an incoherent mess, the dialogues resemble juvenile babbling at best, the so called action scenes are to 100 percent lame and terribly edited, plus each and every actor is unable to perform above elementary school play level. Lohan's career appears to be have flushed down the toilet for good now. Not a big loss, though.

The probably only positive thing to say is the locations have a certain flair. But that's really all there is. Not enough to have kept me awake, so I saw the first half and the "ending". At least it was a good nap.

Budget:$12,000,000 (estimated) as IMDb states? Only if a scheme was involved to rob tax payers money via accessing government film funds à la Uwe Boll.

Avant garde horror?

[gdalesmith · 2/10 · 18 November 2020]

Maybe this was an attempt to establish a new category of vampire/werewolf flicks. Apparently the lead character is a combination of both (how that came to be would make a fine movie by itself). Then add lots of bizarre blends and colorization to short clips or even entire scenes, long strings of monotone dialog, and lethargic reactions by people in imminent danger - like those poor joggers. The anticipated result will be an offbeat but thought-provoking experience for viewers, something like when canvas artists replace realism with surreal imagery to stir imaginations.

Or maybe this movie really is nothing more than a horrifying train wreck.

I forced myself to watch the whole thing

[chuckwes-38773 · 21 March 2019]

I'm amazed that they found actors who were so awful they almost made Lindsay Lohan look good(ish). Then again, what should I expect from a direct to video on demand release? However, the tactics of bad acting didn't make her appear any better, making the fact that she can't act more prominent. At least her role was minimal. What's with the dirty lens filter? That's just weird and out of place. They don't transform like other werewolves I've seen, which I guess is alright, but I couldn't tell the difference between vampire and wolf. Detective Kristy Wolfe is a vampire, isn't she? Wait. What? She's a werewolf, too? I guess I should've known that based on her last name. This film is so low budget that they couldn't afford to run to Party City for a few werewolf masks. Seriously, had they not said they were werewolves, I would've continued to think they were vampires. I cannot express the horror I felt watching Among the Shadows, and not because it was scary. This has to be the worst movie I've ever tortured myself with, and it gives me great pleasure to give this movie 0 out of 5 Stars.

What could they possibly have spent $12,000,000 on?

[quislingmcconnell · 1/10 · 6 March 2019]

First I should mention that I got to see this with two friends for free - if you search in the right spot and add "Lifetime movie" to the title you will find that someone has already pirated this piece of dross onto the internet.

This will never become a cult classic since it's not "awful but funny", it's just plain awful. The plot is impossible to follow, the actors are amateurish and some are downright impossible to understand, the lighting is abominable, werewolves and vampires come and go for no discernible reason, there's no continuity between scenes and . . . well I could go on but why bother.

And then there's this, what is the need of a smoke machine for an interior scene?

Since Lindsay Lohan is the only recognizable name in the cast(except maybe Charlotte Beckett), let's talk a bit about her performance:

• She delivers every line in a flat, gravely voice.
• Her eyes dart to the left and right as she reads her lines.
• I'm going to guess she blew off coming in every day after a while. In some scenes, it's obvious that they just put her in front of a green screen and spliced her in with actors who already filmed the scene without her.
• There are actually times when there's a body double who neither looks or sounds like Lohan reading her lines. BTW, this is not a bad thing since the anonymous person is a more convincing actress than Lohan.
• The only good thing is she's not in a whole lot of the film, at least for the 50 minutes or so that I managed to watch this.

Now let's talk about what's good about the film, or at least what didn't repulse me, and that would be the aforementioned Charlotte Beckett. She's pretty, she looks good in black, she's a passable actress who doesn't need to read her lines off of a large piece of markerboard. That's about it.

To sum it up, this will never be a cult favorite but it could be the final wooden stake in the heart of Lohan's career. On the other hand, that Saudi Arabian production of Lohan starring in an all female film about an American woman who comes to teach a harem about God knows what sounds intriguing (said no one, ever.)

And it earned both of those stars

[duggies70 · 2/10 · 17 November 2021]

Wow, was this written by Lindsay or a 3rd grader. All the beautiful locations and so much of it was shot in the dark. Not only that it was just stupid.

About as bad as they come

[DarianFisher · 1/10 · 15 April 2019]

This movie was absolutely horrific. Completely disjointed story line, horrible acting, badly edited, and I could go on and on. I probably fell asleep a few times trying to endure watching this bore of a movie.

I have seen many student and indie films which were shot and edited better and they had no budgets. Do yourselves a favor and don't waste your time watching this trainwreck.

Rubbish!!!

[AntonioAntonio91 · 1/10 · 8 November 2019]

Utter rubbish, unwatchable, very bad camera work, bad acting, unoriginal, boring. Lindsay Lohan has definitely dug a grave for her acting career with this movie, and with a few previous ones, but this one has cemented the grave.

Just no

[lesuperchef · 1/10 · 5 March 2019]

Horrible, awful!!!! didn't get to 10mins and had to switch off and I like bad movie.s this is just awful

Reviews So Bad I Just Had to Watch!

[Mehki_Girl · 1/10 · 18 September 2022]

Lindsey Lohan doesn't show until around the 12:00 mark. At first I was confused because I know she'd be looking old and a hot mess by now, but the first actress we see is pretty.

Then they have greenscreen, because Lindsey was never part of the script. She got hired for gas money after they had filmed, so they had to stitch her into scenes. Neither they nor her had the credit cards to do reshoots.

So Lindsey sits in front of a green screen (think the weather reports on the news) pretending to have a conversation about a murder or something. But 10 minutes in, you won't care, and which is more powerful. Vamps or Wolves?

I'm not kidding!

No1 the pretty actress actually tried to act and really get into this scene with some attempt at voice inflection eye contact, and facial expressions.

Lindsey, looking like a 55 with a lot of mileage on her, just says her lines of cue cards.

I wish I could use a laughing emoji right now.

Oh hell, and they act like they're pushing something to reach other. The sound effects were hilarious!

Anyway, that's when I have up. No idea how this grade Z movie ends.

Crap crap crap

[clinton-42465 · 1/10 · 24 September 2019]

Don't waste your time- I did it for you! The acting is atrocious.. the plot non existent

OMG!

[mariovesco · 1/10 · 8 February 2022]

I've just seen (or better attempted to) what undoubtedly is the worst pic I've ever seen in my long life of movie addict.

I am laughing in incredulity: seriously can't believe than any film maker (film maker??!!) could even conceive such a travesty of a movie.

Plot: sorry, come again Dialogues: pure cringe Acting: change job Photography: cheap and cheesy

And poor Lindsay, alas so far have you fallen.

It's bad but not 2/10 bad

[mangoamante · 4/10 · 3 October 2022]

Ok. It's bad. The acting isn't great. Lohan is notably bad. And it IS a disjointed mess. But the folks that rated it 1/10 stars, they must not have seen a truly terrible movie before. Sadly, this was trying to vibe like Underworld and that may have been part of its downfall. Half the time, you don't know how you got from one scene to the next, why the characters are doing what they're doing, who is a wolf vs a vamp, or what anyone is saying. Turning on the subtitles helps with that. And there is no transformations in the movie, so another viewer who said it's a werewolf movie with no werewolves is correct if you were wanting some traditional wolfing out.

Desperate

[sandracahill-87421 · 1/10 · 25 July 2020]

Bad camera angles, bad voice syncing, bad acting and a bad plotline, I would love a refund on the 5.99 I paid to rent this on sky. Very disappointing 🙁