With Send Help arriving in United States theaters this weekend, there are a few things that audiences might want to know about the Rachel McAdams horror movie beforehand.
Send Help is being released in United States theaters this weekend by 20th Century Studios. Directed by Sam Raimi, the movie stars McAdams and Dylan O’Brien.
“Send Help is a survival horror thriller about two colleagues who become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash,” the official synopsis reads. “On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it’s a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.”
What should Send Help audiences know about the movie beforehand?
Some audiences walking into Send Help may only know Raimi through his blockbuster superhero movies like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, while others may not be familiar with him at all. Raimi, however, is a horror guy through and through, having made such classics like 1981’s The Evil Dead, 1987’s Evil Dead II, 1992’s Army of Darkness, 2009’s Drag Me to Hell, and more.
Raimi’s horror movies aren’t just casual, ‘Here’s a jump scare that’s really just a loud noise, there’s a CGI ghost, now let’s pack it up and go home,’ either. He loves practical effects, he loves blood, he loves monsters, and he loves getting weird. Raimi’s horror work may not be for casual horror fans who aren’t particularly fond of gore.
The trailers for Send Help don’t necessarily suggest any of this; while intriguing, they paint the movie as a tense survival thriller more than it does a horrifying experience. Critics are saying, however, that this is Raimi diving fully back into horror mode, meaning you can expect there to be a lot more blood than the marketing (let’s not forget 20th Century Studios is owned by Disney, meaning this is technically a Disney movie) might have you believe.
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