Send Help (2026)

Send Help feels like Sam Raimi having fun with a premise that could have been a straightforward survival thriller. Two coworkers survive a plane crash and end up stranded on a remote island with all of their professional resentment still intact. That's a great starting point for a dark battle of wills, and Raimi adds just enough horror and twisted humor to make the situation unpredictable.

What impressed me most was the tension. I expected the movie to be entertaining, but I didn't expect to spend so much time sitting on edge. The story keeps shifting the relationship between the characters, and each new decision makes it harder to know how they're going to get out of the situation. I liked that the danger didn't come only from the island itself. The people trying to survive are part of the problem.

Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien are strong leads. They make the conflict believable enough that even the more exaggerated moments have something to build on. I could see why these two would drive each other crazy under normal circumstances, much less when they're stranded together.

The film also has moments that are unmistakably Raimi. There are gross little details, strange bursts of humor and some violence that pushes further than a conventional thriller might. The way the film uses discomfort and sound makes certain scenes surprisingly difficult to watch. When it needs a laugh, it finds one without making the whole experience harmless.

I especially appreciated that the movie doesn't settle into one predictable tone. There are moments when you're worried about survival, others when you're almost laughing at the situation, and some when the violence becomes genuinely nasty. That mix could have fallen apart, but I thought Raimi kept it under control.

Send Help isn't simply a horror movie or simply a comedy. It's an entertaining thriller with both elements working together. I enjoyed the performances, the escalating tension and the slightly wicked personality of the filmmaking. This is the kind of movie that deserves a theatrical viewing, and I'd happily recommend it.

Send Help made me much more nervous than I expected. I thought it would be a survival thriller about two coworkers stuck together on an island, and I figured there would be some arguing and scary moments. There was all of that, but it was also incredibly tense. I found myself sitting with my hands clenched, waiting to see what terrible thing was going to happen next.

The two main characters are really good together. You can tell they have issues before the plane crashes, and being stuck alone doesn't magically turn them into best friends. I liked watching the power shift between them as they tried to survive. Some of their arguments were funny, but other moments made me worried about what one of them might do.

Sam Raimi definitely knows how to make a scene uncomfortable. There are some really gross things in this movie, and a few moments made me cover my eyes and ears at the same time. Sometimes it wasn't even the amount of blood. It was a noise or a close-up that made me cringe. I tried peeking at the screen once or twice and immediately regretted it.

The island setting gave the whole movie another kind of tension. Being trapped somewhere with no obvious way home is scary enough, and then you add the fact that these two people don't entirely trust one another. I liked that the story kept giving me reasons to worry beyond the physical dangers of surviving outdoors.

There is dark humor, too. I don't think I was always relaxed enough to laugh out loud, but I appreciated that the movie wasn't relentlessly miserable. It let the situations become absurd without forgetting that the characters were still in danger.

I thought the acting, story and filmmaking were all strong. There were things I didn't want to look at, and plenty of moments when I felt anxious, but it was entertaining from beginning to end. I can understand someone wanting to avoid the graphic material. For me, though, the tension was part of a genuinely good movie. I'm glad we saw it in the theater.