Dawning vs Zalava
Dawning has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.8/10 for Zalava). Zalava is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dawning
Zalava| Dawning | Zalava | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2021 |
| Length | – | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror | Drama, Horror |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Patrik Syversen | Arsalan Amiri |
| Main cast | Silje Storstein, Thorbjørn Harr, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Marte Magnusdotter Solem | Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Fereydoun Hamedi, Shahoo Rostami |
Synopsis
Dawning
Three sisters who have withdrawn to their family’s vacation home in the wake of the youngest sister’s second suicide attempt. When news reaches them that their abusive mother has passed, the two elder sisters decide not to tell the youngest, to spare her the burden. Things begin to unravel when a mysterious man shows up on the property
Zalava
In 1978, the inhabitants of Zalava, a small village in Iran, claim that there is a demon among them. While investigating the strange case, Massoud, a young police sergeant, crosses paths with an exorcist.