Don’t Breathe: Movie Review

I caught “Don’t Breathe” last March at the world premiere during SXSW. You can read my reviews from the festival here. I recently had the chance to see it again and my initial feelings are exactly the same.  This is a very solid thriller.  Although it is being marketed as a horror film, I feel it is definitely much more than that.  Below is my micro-review from SXSW.

Director Fede Alvarez follows up his 2013 remake of “Evil Dead”, with the wildly entertaining thriller, “Don’t Breathe”.  When three teens break into the home of an old blind man (Stephen Lang), they soon realize that he is not as helpless as they assumed. Soon the tables are turned and he is now hunting them.

“Don’t Breathe” is exceptionally well executed. Everything from the look of the home and neighborhood to the casting is perfect.  It is however the direction by Alvarez that is the real star here. The camera work is just fantastic.  There are some similar elements to Wes Craven’s “The People Under the Stairs”, but this is a completely different film with a different tone.  It is a must see for horror-thriller fans.

By: Marc Ferman