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“Meet Linda Liddle... She's from strategy and planning. She's the boss now.”

7.1
2026
1h 53m
HorrorThrillerComedy
Director: Sam Raimi

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Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.

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Screaming in the Sun

There is a specific, malicious glee that Sam Raimi brings to cinema—a sense that the director is a mischievous child holding a magnifying glass over an anthill, waiting for the smoke to rise. After a decade spent navigating the expansive, CGI-laden multiverses of superhero blockbusters, Raimi has returned to the sandbox, or rather, the sandbar. *Send Help* (2026) is a gleefully nasty, sun-bleached chamber piece that proves you don’t need a budget of two hundred million dollars to terrify an audience; you just need two people who despise each other and a sharp rock.

Isolation in paradise

The premise is deceptively simple, echoing the survivalist geometry of *Cast Away* by way of the psychosexual torture of *Misery*. When a corporate jet goes down in the Pacific, the only survivors are Linda (Rachel McAdams), a hyper-competent but invisible middle manager, and Bradley (Dylan O’Brien), her charismatic but utterly useless boss. What follows isn't a story of cooperation against the elements, but a disintegration of the social contract. Raimi understands that the scariest thing isn't the shark in the water; it's the realization that the person sitting next to you by the fire is measuring your femur for broth.

Visually, the film is a masterclass in "daylight horror." Cinematographer Bill Pope abandons the shadows usually required for fear, instead opting for a suffocating, high-contrast brightness. The island is beautiful, saturated in postcard blues and greens that feel increasingly hostile as the runtime ticks on. Raimi’s camera is as kinetic as ever—whipping through the palm trees, diving into the surf, and zooming in on beads of sweat with operatic intensity. The environment feels less like a location and more like a gladiatorial arena, where the relentless sun acts as an active antagonist, bleaching the humanity right out of the characters.

The shifting power dynamic

At the heart of this tropical pressure cooker are two razor-sharp performances. Dylan O’Brien leans into a weaponized incompetence that is both hilarious and deeply unsettling; he plays Bradley not as a mustache-twirling villain, but as a man whose entire existence is propped up by the labor of others. But this is McAdams’ movie. As Linda, she undergoes a transformation that is terrifying to behold. She doesn't just survive; she ascends. The script cleverly strips away the HR-approved veneer of the modern workplace to reveal the primal dominance hierarchy underneath. When Linda cauterizes a wound or sharpens a bamboo spear, we aren't seeing heroism—we are seeing a lifetime of suppressed corporate rage finally finding a physical outlet.

Survival turns to savagery

*Send Help* succeeds because it refuses to soften its edges. It is a film about the violent reclamation of power, executed with the slapstick cruelty that only Raimi can deliver. It sits comfortably alongside his best work, reminding us that horror is often most effective when it is intimate, personal, and drenched in sunshine. This isn't just a survival thriller; it is a primal scream from the middle management of the soul, and it is absolutely deafening.

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Official Clip 'Bringing Home The Bacon'

Official Clip 'You're So Fired'

Official Clip 'Positive Attitude'

Official Clip 'Someone Who Can Charm A Room'

Featurettes (38)

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Screaming, laughing, crying...

From Blood to Boar Mucus! Dylan O'Brien and Rachel McAdams on Send Help's Practical Effects | BAFTA

Dylan O'Brien masterclass coming soon

Bradley? A pet? Absolutely not.

That oh so familiar scent...

Justice for Caddo Lake Guy

The cast and filmmakers don't need any help dazzling the carpet at the UK Premiere of SEND HELP.

Dylan O’Brien brings boss energy to the red carpet in London for the UK Premiere of SEND HELP

Rachel McAdams hits the red carpet in London for the UK Premiere of SEND HELP!

Cheers to the cast & filmmakers of SEND HELP in London for the UK Premiere!

Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien arrive in London for the UK Premiere of SEND HELP

How long can you last on a deserted island? 🤝 Favorite memory from set?

Out Of Office

Don't bring up the chicken thing

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DELICIOUS

From director Sam Raimi and starring Rachel McAdams & Dylan O’Brien.

From director Sam Raimi and starring Rachel McAdams & Dylan O’Brien.

From director Sam Raimi and starring Rachel McAdams & Dylan O’Brien.

Featurette - Tips For Surviving The Office

Rachel McAdams is the main character

Dylan O’Brien, Rachel McAdams, and Sam Raimi come to the rescue at special SEND HELP screening

Dylan O’Brien, Rachel McAdams, and Sam Raimi surprise audiences at special SEND HELP screening

Rachel McAdams is ✨THAT✨ girl

Dylan O’Brien & Tyler Posey reunite at the SEND HELP World Premiere in Hollywood!

Rachel McAdams. Dylan O’Brien.

The stars and filmmakers of SEND HELP.

The stars and filmmakers of SEND HELP.

Dylan O’Brien and Tyler Posey reunite at the SEND HELP World Premiere!

The most twisted fun at last night's SEND HELP World Premiere.

Tyler Posey absolutely levels the rage room at the World Premiere of Send Help.

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Rachel McAdams being Rachel McAdams at her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony

This is for the assistants!

This one’s for the assistants!

Special Look

Four Favorites with Rachel McAdams

Behind the Scenes (3)

Meet Bradley

Meet Linda

"The Sam Raimi Experience"

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