This Halloween, Don't Move delivers chills straight to Netflix screens, unfolding a spine-tingling story about survival and fear. Directed by Brian Netto and Adam Schindler, the film features Kelsey Asbille, who has appeared in Yellowstone.
The lead character here is Iris, a grief-stricken mother who is unwittingly drawn into a killing fight for survival after her nervous system starts shutting down in the grip of a paralyzing agent. Set against the eerie background of a forest, Iris is fighting to last longer than a ruthless killer.
With only 20 minutes until her body fully gives in to paralysis, this is a fight for her life. Co-produced by horror legend Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead), Don't Move combines suspense with emotional depth, according to Raimi, who called the script a "nonstop page-turner" that brings both tension and unexpected emotion to the viewer's experience, Tudum writes.
Release date of Don't Move
Don't Move premiered on October 25, 2024, just in time to bring Halloween thrills to horror fans around the world. The film is exclusively available on Netflix, bringing suspense and terror together for fans looking for a perfect seasonal scare.
As a Netflix exclusive streamer, Don't Move follows the footsteps of the maker's previous horror content originals that have become a testament to its future through strategic and timely releases that keep audiences fresh with chills and psychological thrills even after one have stopped viewing.
Co-produced by Brian Netto and Adam Schindler, who collaborated earlier on 50 States of Fright, this latest piece of work is intended to sink its audience into real-time tension narrowly approaching the precise duration that Iris, the protagonist runs against a countdown to avoid paralysis.
This live-action element, says Finn Wittrock, deep-throws Don't Move viewers into Iris's chilling struggle as Netflix phrases it.
Who’s in the cast of Don't Move?
Don't Move has an interesting cast led by Kelsey Asbille and Finn Wittrock. Asbille's performance as Iris demands that she express the intense emotions in her through minimal movement. According to Variety's Peter Debruge, that is no easy acting task.
Asbille described the experience as "fun to figure out," noting how the script's stages of paralysis restricted her usual body language, pushing her to rely on subtle expressions to convey terror and desperation per Tudum.
She is joined by Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story alum) who plays the eerie, unnamed antagonist, a role he described as a thrill, watching Asbille's performance from the unique perspective of her pursuer.
Co-director Schindler noted that even the lead players were remarkably cooperative in their work; what was visible on-screen was the tension that came from a collaboration that lends itself rather well to what makes up the suspense in this particular film.
Joining this cast, which promises to keep viewers engaged, are the stripped-down yet high-tension performers Moray Treadwell and Daniel Francis. Each actor contributes uniquely to enhance the film's level of tension.
What is Don't Move on Netflix about?
The plot of Don't Move is as creepy as it is compelling. It starts off with Iris, a mourning woman who leaves the town seeking solitude in the depths of the wild and lands in a far more dangerous one.
After casually acquainting herself with some stranger, she is injected with a paralyzing drug that delays a count where she has only minutes to escape before her body becomes immobile. At the same time, Iris tries to escape her relentless pursuer, played by Wittrock, whose twisted motives are gradually revealed.
As a known craftsman in making classic horror with a high level of tension, Sam Raimi praised the film's screenplay as it was able to attract audiences' interest even at those times when the protagonist was restrained physically.
He's afraid that the stillness is too oppressive, but Netto and Schindler "paint themselves into a corner" in every frame, Tudum said. The visceral experience of claustrophobic tension comes from the journey with Iris into a disturbing setting of the isolated forest and the ticking clock of impending paralysis.
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