Send Help

Wickedly lovable with the potential to be timeless, “Send Help” is controlled delirium microwaved on high heat.

A vicious, relentless dark comedy, the film takes the well-worn “unlikely duo forced to work together” premise and strips it down to the bone—then starts gnawing.

Send Help is a brilliant, startlingly gory dark comedy. Sam Raimi still has that old magic.

It’s a perfect bit of shlock.

This is an immensely effective tropical island-set chamber drama in which two characters see their gender and labor relations start to reverse in ways that eventually reveal surprising ambiguities.

Even though it gives away one twist/gag too easily and tends to pummel us in the finale, I have no notes. This is a damned funny riff on “Survivor” and the very idea that the dainty McAdams might have a little “Misery” era Kath Bates in her.

It’s a time-honoured and perfectly enjoyable setup, and the first act, when the new reality dawns on clueless Bradley, is watchable. But the plot twists are derivative and the action then becomes dependent on weird stabs of grisliness that are not convincing or consistent with the characterisation.

Wildly entertaining role reversal movie. Every single scene was inventive and perfectly crafted. Signature shots abound with extreme close-ups, gross out sight gags and surprising twists around every corner. One of the most satisfying narrative arcs I've ever had the pleasure of watching. An instant classic and arguably Sam Raimi's best movie ever.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Sam Raimi turns a very predictable story into an entertaining two-hour flick. He injects many of his signature quirks such as the dark comedy, visceral horror, gruesome gore, and a kinetic filmmaking style which elevate the film.Rachel McAdams delivers a terrific, layered performance as the lead. She begins as someone awkward and cringy but gradually evolving into someone genuinely menacing and unhinged. The highlight of the film is the tension between her character and Dylan O’Brien’s.Despite all this, the film feels somewhat tame and isn’t among Raimi’s most memorable works. Still, it’s enjoyable enough that you’ll leave feeling you had a good time.

Great premise, that goes right off the rails into some cocaine bear Sharknado crap.. how do you take a great idea and just **** all over it... ?

And extremely predictable, boring film with an incredibly dumb ending. If you wanna see good horror from 2026, watch We Bury the Dead, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and/or Obsession.