Drop review – Meghann Fahy stars in scary smartphone thriller
If you thought the techno-horrors of the modern dating landscape were largely confined to dick-pic purveyors on the apps, director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) has news for you. This assured thriller sees a widowed single mum and abuse survivor dipping her toe back into the relationship circuit, only to find herself terrorised by quirky memes. It's scarier than it sounds.
Having reluctantly left her young son in the care of her sister, Violet (Meghann Fahy) arrives at an upmarket restaurant for a first date with a charming photographer named Henry (Brandon Sklenar). But from the outset something is off. Violet is bombarded by a series of increasingly threatening 'digi-drops' (an AirDrop, or wireless file transfer, to all intents and purposes). The messages warn of harm to her son unless she does exactly what she is told – and her instructions include committing a murder. There's a 50ft radius in which to send or receive a digi-drop, so the sender must be in the restaurant. But since every punter in the place is glued to their phones, that doesn't narrow it down much. Violet must use her well-honed survival instincts to make it through to the dessert course. It's enjoyable stuff: a taut and crisply edited balance between humour and horror.
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