After an initial trailer that neatly set-up with the premise of Fede Alvarez‘s Evil Dead follow-up Don’t Breathe — despite possibly spoiling the treat of going unaware into the film’s mad conceit — a new red band (aka NSFW) trailer has been unleashed. While it is rather expertly constructed, playing with the recent trend of cutting trailers in a musical, momentous manner, it reveals quite a lot of new imagery and plot beats. In other words, I’d advise staying away from this trailer if you plan to see the film when it opens in a few weeks.
The bare bones conceit of the film is as follows: three friends need money — including Evil Dead’s Jane Levy, who wants to leave her hometown behind — and decide to rob a blind man’s (Stephen Lang) house. Once inside, they realize that, “just because he’s blind, don’t make him a saint, bro.” Bang. You’re ready for the movie.
Co-written by Alvarez with Evil Dead scribe Rodo Sayagues, Don’t Breathe looks to be a twisted, white-knuckled, one-location, “Hitchcock on crack” thriller that could scratch a serious horror itch that’s been festering this summer, one that was rubbed only by The Shallows and Lights Out. It is lensed by Pedro Luque, who shot the short film Panic Attack! which was said to open the door for Alvarez to make his vision of Evil Dead.
See the red band trailer below.
A trio of reckless thieves breaks into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. They’re wrong.
Don’t Breathe opens August 26th.