A new Sam Raimi serial killer thriller has taken Netflix by storm, amassing over 20 million viewers in just a week.
Competing for viewers’ attention on Netflix this week has been challenging, with new films such as Woman of the Hour, Sweet Bobby, as well as external films that have been recently added such as Fantastic Beasts, Sing, and John Wick: Chapter Four.
Despite that, the thriller has come out on top of the charts.
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The film, called Don't Move, has a fascinating premise, with a twist that has been deemed ‘insane’ by viewers.
Starring Kelsey Asbille and Finn Witrock, it follows a woman called Iris being stalked in the woods by the villainous Richard.
After meeting in the woods, Iris finds herself injected with a paralytic drug.
This drug is causing her body to slowly but surely paralyse, as she is now trapped in the forest with the man who dosed her, a serial killer.
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One ten-second trailer for the film alone had fans hyped, and now it’s out, many clearly feel it has lived up to that.
According to Netflix’s Tudum, there has been 20.2 million viewers worldwide, making it the top film in the world on Netflix this week.
Check out the trailer here:
Don't Move was produced by horror legend Sam Raimi, and directed by Brian Netto and Adam Schindler.
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It has received a score from critics of 71 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, though its IMDb score has been less kind, with a 5.9 out of ten.
Ben Travis of Empire said of the film: “Pacy thrills are doled out in a solid Sam Raimi-approved pulse-raiser with a few nifty ideas up its sleeve."
Benjamin Lee of The Guardian was more mixed on the movie, but did say: “Don’t Move doesn’t quite stick the landing as smoothly as one might hope with a few too many incredulous moments and some biffed one-liners, but there are enough heart-in-throat moments on the way there to separate this from most of the genre guff.”
Despite this though, not all critics were convinced.
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Robert Daniels said in their review for RogerEbert.com that Don’t Move 'suffers from bad VFX, a hyperactive score, and an inability to craft the kind of tense mood necessary for a thriller like this to work'.
Meagan Navarro of horror-focused website BloodyDisgusting.com said: “A thriller that never leaves the safety of its well-trodden path. Much like its paralysed lead, Don’t Move is inert.”
Regardless of which side you fall on, something about the film is clearly causing viewers to flock to it.
Topics: Film, Horror, Netflix, TV and Film
Michael Slavin