Discover for a month our experience with Shadowz and whether it is worth using the streaming platform focused on the horror genre
Shadowz defines itself as “the first screaming platform”, that is, the first streaming platform focused on horror films and their variants. Shadowz arrived this summer with the desire to make fans of the genre scream and he put the best cards on the table attract attention with a catalogue, perhaps not very large, but which promises to expand and give us films of every genre.
In His arrival gave us 150 titles and is currently approaching 200 titles.so we have a good rate of expansion of his catalog since his arrival and so on gives us new titles every week. It must be added that the platform is enjoying real success in France with 40,000 subscribers and 300,000 registered users and is now expanding in our country to expand the genre in our country and give it a special place among many streaming platforms.
The platform also comes as a channel for Amazon Prime Video so we can quickly have all its contents on our Fire TV If we take the streaming platform separately for now we will not be able to use it on our device since being a channel it does not have an application to use it on Fire TV. Of course this is a minor detail, since from our cell phones we can send the image from the app. It should also be noted that the mobile application it allows us to download the content we want so we can watch it offline and reduce downtime between summer trips that you never know how they will end.
Terror on all our screens
From his catalog there are many films for the most passionate, from Carpenter classics like They are alive or 1997: Rescue in New Yorktwo films that also demonstrate that what the platform offers us is not just horror. We also have works by Cronenberg or the “damned” Cannibalistic holocaust by Rugero Deodato and has stood out since his arrival in Spain the first exclusive of The amusement park a George A. Romero film that was thought to be lost and will surely surprise the followers of one of the masters of horror cinema.
But if you want to delve even deeper into the genre The platform offers truly terrifying gems that will surely surprise you. and leave you with little desire to sleep. For example, For stronger stomachs there is the duology of Nekromantic films from ’87 and ’91 very controversial due to its content and was banned in many countries. Another provocative director who couldn’t be missing is Gaspar Noé, whose the platform offers us its jewel Irreversible in two versions, the original version and the “global investment”a new way of seeing the film in a new order.
If you are not looking for more explicit violence and prefer to have fun, the platform also has room for these viewers with cult films like Zombie Feast (Shaun of the Dead) by Edgar Wright or the mythical Dead Evil II that blood mixed with gusto and unbridled fun. The platform also comes with several short films that have their own distinction to recognize them quickly between the platform catalog and where it stands out Swallowing the Universe nonsense about harmony, chaos and the end of the world. Other short films to consider are Intestines of a man wearing his insides on the outside and Hybrids which might remind you of a chapter Love, death and robots.
The catalog has not been left alone with this shower of jewels ever since We also have original productions and two new ones will arrive every month to the platform that ranges from documentaries such as King on the screen on film adaptations of Stephen King or Living with Chucky on the saga of The evil doll. But among its exclusive productions it also includes films such as Dashcam by Rob Savage, known for his previous works Guest, 12 hour shift about some nurses who engage in black business with David Arquette or another similar phenomenon Scare me with Aya Cash (Stormfront The boys).
Navigating between horror and fantasy
To underline the simplicity of the platform in its different versions, with a very intuitive search system that frames audiovisual projects very well. On the one hand We have the catalog where we can enter to look for more general things or delve into three very specific genres, fantasy, horror and thriller, and we can also go directly to the short films. Within each of them we can add other characteristics such as country or tags.
Tags are one of the most convenient ways to search for something specific, and range from the ability to search by specific decades to subgenres and formats. very specific: found footage, ozploitation, psychological horror, slasher, vampires…. We can also create our own list where we can add our future visions and thus better orient ourselves on what we have not yet seen on the platform.
On the one hand, several factors that can be considered negative must also be taken into consideration Many films are not dubbed, but their entire catalog is subtitled in Spanish, at least the films we have been able to see in this period. Shadowz should therefore not be an obstacle for consumers who are looking for more concrete things and understand the complexity of dubbing by accepting subtitles.
On the other hand we have Its price, 4.99 per month or 49 euros per year, may be little for lovers of the genre and it is worth it.but for those looking for something more general, Shadowz falls far behind in competing with the others. A fact that it doesn’t really need, given that it plays in a completely different league from the rest of the platforms and what it offers us satisfies both the newer ones and those who are looking for more specific and difficult to see things.
Without a doubt Shadowz is one of the most recommended platforms for horror lovers and new cinema enthusiasts looking for new experiences. cinematic films that leave you breathless. Furthermore, the platform offers a 7-day trial period which can be made the most of to browse its catalog and see what strikes you most.