"Send Help stars Rachel McAdams as Linda Liddle, a frumpy corporate worker who's degraded and mocked by her boss, Bradley Preston (Dylan O'Brien). As the sole survivors of a private plane crash, they must work together to survive. "But ultimately," the plot description reads, "it is an unsettling and darkly humorous battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.""
""Darkly humorous" is the comfort zone for the director of Drag Me to Hell and the Evil Dead trilogy, but it's actually been 16 years since Sam Raimi directed a horror movie. Raimi's only projects since Drag Me to Hell in 2009 have been the family-friendly Oz the Great and Powerful in 2013, and 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. That MCU adventure showed off some of Raimi's flair, but it only flirted with horror."
"20th Century Studios Send Help looks like Raimi through and through, a social satire that slowly devolves into something darker and grislier. It may be a simple two-hander compared to an epic like Multiverse of Madness, but this could be an opportunity for Raimi to return to his twisted roots. A generation of fans may know Raimi best for his work on the 2000s Spider-Man trilogy, but horror will always be his home. Send Help is being released into the risky January dry spell, but"
Sam Raimi returns to horror with Send Help, a darkly humorous survival thriller featuring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as sole survivors of a private plane crash. The film follows Linda Liddle, a ridiculed corporate worker, and her mocking boss Bradley Preston as they must cooperate to survive while a battle of wills and wits emerges. Raimi's film blends social satire with escalating grit and gore, offering a stripped-down two-hander that recalls his horror roots. Raimi's recent projects have included Oz the Great and Powerful and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which showed his flair but only flirted with horror. Send Help releases in the risky January window.
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