They will literally make a movie about anything these days, especially horror thrillers. Take “Drop,” which is essentially about the technology to allow airdrops on a mobile phone and the way that was briefly abused in society, especially on subways and personal spaces where people would invade you with a dick pic in a sudden airdrop (a phenomenon that feels at least three years old now if not more. That technology and the idea of first-date nerve-wracking jitters are thrown together in filmmaker Christopher Landon’s “Drop.”
In the movie, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) is a single mom going out on her first date in ages. She meets a nice guy (“1923” star Brandon Sklenar), but during their date, an unnamed, unseen troll starts pinging her personal memes that escalate from annoying to homicidal. And so, while she tries to figure out what’s going on within the restaurant they’re at, everyone becomes a suspect.
Christopher Landon is already known for thrillers like “Happy Death Day” and “Freaky,” so he’s right at home in this playful, keep-you-guessing intensity genre. “Drop” is jointly produced by blockbuster genre houses Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy, the breakout star of “White Lotus” and “The Perfect Couple,” plays Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, who arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry (“It Ends with Us” star Brandon Sklenar) is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.
She is instructed to tell nobody and follow instructions, or the hooded figure she sees on her home security cameras will kill Violet’s young son and babysitting sister. Violet must do exactly as directed, or everyone she loves will die. Her unseen tormentor’s final directive? Kill Henry.
The film also stars Violett Beane (“Truth or Dare”) and newcomer Jacob Robinson as Violet’s sister and son, with Reed Diamond (“Moneyball”), Gabrielle Ryan (“Power Book IV: Force”), Jeffery Self (“Mack & Rita”), Ed Weeks (“The Mindy Project”) and Travis Nelson (“The Lake) as the restaurant’s staff and diners.
Landon is also the writer-director of last year’s “We Have a Ghost,” and the zeitgeist-rattling Blumhouse hits “Freaky,” “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” and the “Happy Death Day” films. The film is written by Jillian Jacobs & Chris Roach, writers of Blumhouse’s “Truth or Dare” and “Fantasy Island.”
“Drop” had its premiere at SXSW and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on April 11, 2025. Watch the new trailer below.
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