A couple are given a camera and a set of instructions which they must follow or else someone will die.
Direction
Bertino squeezes genuine panic from a $5 premise.
Practical Effects
That clown mask will live rent-free in your nightmares.
Director
Bryan Bertino
Todd Stashwick
Tom
Alexandra Lydon
Beth
Audrey Marie Anderson
Emmy
Barak Hardley
Leonard
Colby French
Gary
Lee Garlington
Leonard's Mom
Spencer List
Jacob Henry
Emily Alyn Lind
Abby
Alyvia Alyn Lind
Megan
Earnestine Phillips
Bakery Woman
Danny Vasquez
Leonard's Friend #1
Mel Cowan
Leonard's Friend #2
Yelyna De Leon
Woman at Rollerway
David Michie
Man at Rollerway
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bryan Bertino wrote and directed The Strangers (2008), and this shares its cruel randomness—home invasion trauma is clearly his brand.
The 81-minute runtime was likely mandate, not choice; Blumhouse-era horror learned that under-90 minutes maximizes profit-per-screening. Art suffers, wallets rejoice.
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