Don't Move is a nightmarish Netflix thriller movie, but it didn't leave me crippled with fright like I hoped it would

Even though I'm not a scary fan, Netflix's caller high-concept thriller Don't Move was a movie I couldn't hold to see. The two nail-biting trailers were capable to person maine paralyzed pinch fear, but pinch nan legendary Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi producing this scary thriller, I was consenting to beryllium frightened stiff conscionable this once.

Raimi was 1 of nan producers down Don't Move and he's nary alien to creating breathless thrillers. Funny enough, Raimi produced nan aggravated Don't Breathe in 2016, which follows 3 location intruders who get trapped wrong a unsighted man's house. Don't Breathe literally had maine connected nan separator of my spot pinch its heart-pounding terror, but Don't Move failed to do nan 1 point I hoped for: person maine crippled pinch fright. But this doesn't extremity it from being a punchy slayer thriller pinch galore pulse-raising moments that some scary and non-horror fans will bask this Halloween Week and beyond.

In Don't Move, Raimi turns his attraction to nan constituent of activity – aliases alternatively nan limitations of it – arsenic it deals pinch nan horrifying effects of paralysis. At nan commencement of nan film, we meet grieving mother Iris (Kelsey Asbille) who is considering termination aft nan nonaccomplishment of her young son. Just arsenic Iris stands connected nan separator of a cliff, a alien (Finn Wittrock) convinces her not to jump by sharing his ain communicative of a awesome nonaccomplishment he's suffered. However, it's each a deception to lure her successful earlier he injects her pinch a supplier that will paralyze her successful 20 minutes. This soon kicks disconnected a hopeless conflict for endurance arsenic her assemblage starts to wholly unopen down while nan slayer is chasing her successful nan distant woods.

A spine-chilling thriller

Directors Adam Schindler and Brian Netto person immoderate nifty tricks up their sleeves erstwhile it comes to high-stakes thrills that support nan assemblage engaged passim nan brisk 85-minute runtime. Iris' nightmare sees her conflict an ants' nest, ferocious rapids, a noisy lawnmower, and a blazing occurrence arsenic she tries to awesome for thief from strangers utilizing only her eyes – it's nan only portion of her assemblage that she tin move erstwhile nan sedative takes effect.

Asbille puts connected a believable capacity successful displaying these aggravated emotions without physically showing them arsenic she goes from a female paralyzed pinch condolences to virtually being paralyzed. While nan rules of what her assemblage tin and can't do does consciousness wobbly astatine times, it's still an immersive scary communicative afloat of suspense. As for Wittrock, he puts connected a scene-stealing capacity arsenic maniacal serial slayer 'Richard,' who has ne'er been acrophobic to pat into his darker broadside acknowledgment to his roles successful Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story and Ratched.

While location are immoderate hard-hitting moments of violence, Don't Move doesn't spell down arsenic nan best Netflix movie aliases nan best scary movie. However, it surely lives up to Schindler's remark he made successful my exclusive question and reply pinch nan Don't Move directors that "this movie is going to astonishment people". Don't Move is an engaging and snappy Netflix movie that's cleanable for immoderate casual play viewing aliases immoderate well-made pre-Halloween entertainment. It's disposable to watch correct now connected nan best streaming service, truthful you don't moreover person to move to nan cinema to watch it.

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