Love Is the Monster vs Shadows
Love Is the Monster has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.6/10 for Shadows). Love Is the Monster is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 42m. Shadows is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Is the Monster
Shadows| Love Is the Monster | Shadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Thriller | Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alex Noyer | Carlo Lavagna |
| Main cast | Kristina Tonteri-Young, Leonardo Nam, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Tatu Sinisalo, Sheila McCarthy | Lola Petticrew, Mia Threapleton, Saskia Reeves |
Synopsis
Love Is the Monster
A couple, Ana and Justin, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other couples from other parts of the world to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. But the idyllic setting soon takes a turn...
Shadows
Alma and Alex, two adolescent sisters, are survivors of a catastrophic event. They live deep in the woods with their Mother, a strict, over-protective woman who has sheltered them from ominous presences, the Shadows, which live in the daylight and infest the world beyond the river, a border for Alma and Alex. When they follow Mother, out for hunting, Alma and Alex start a series of events which will make them discover the truth about the…
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