Director: Fede Alvarez
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 88 Minutes
Main Cast: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Emma Bercovici, Franciska Töröcsik
Plot: Three young friends put their skills and resources together to burgle houses. They find themselves targetting one house in particular when they learn of a sizeable fortune kept within, but their plans change for the worst when they learn the owner of the house is a blind veteran.
My Thoughts: This is the kind of horror movie I actively avoid, but whilst reading other blog posts and comments recently I’ve seen so many people mention Don’t Breathe and how good it was, and after wussing out on Netflix’s Haunting of Hill House (I can’t do it guys, I tried) I put on my big girl pants on got on with it! Who knew Clay Jenson was such a naughty boy eh?
Jokes aside, it’s a really decent movie. Scared the pants off me, and even pulled my husband’s attention away from his wargames – a high honour, I’ll have you know. It’s got a few cheap jumpscares in, but most of the scary moments are just in the atmosphere and wondering when the CREEPY BLIND GUY IS GOING TO TURN UP AGAIN. I would never make it as a criminal…
Best Part: This was originally going to be my worst part. When the girl is hiding in the closet sending a text message to Clay Jenson. WHY. DON’T DO THAT. I started flapping my arms about trying to convince her to put her phone down, and lo and behold, once she hit send on that message, MY PHONE WENT OFF. It’s a good job it’s a well-loved and battered phone in the first place because it ended up on the floor.
Worst Part: The turkey baster. Turkey. Baster. Christmas dinner is ruined for me now.
Fun Trivia: Stephen Lang wore contact lenses that greatly restricted his vision, particularly in low light. The other actors, in the scene taking place in the dark, wore lenses that made them look like they had dilated pupils but also greatly restricted their vision.
My Rating: My husband gave me a look of disgust when I suggested using turkey basters as the rating, so Don’t Breathe gets 4 out of 5 ‘quiet’ signs…that means keep your phones on silent!
Often Off Topic 
NGL, I thought you were going to go for turkey basters as the rating tool too. lol That part shocked me. I did not see that coming at all. I’m glad you liked this!
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I should have stuck to my guns shouldn’t I!
It was so well done, that part. You kind of get an inkling of what direction the movie is heading in, whilst wishing you’re wrong…
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Great review Allie hahaha. That turkey baster… just ick. Glad you liked this, also thought it was a good one.
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I’m never, ever going to look at one the same way again!
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Nice! I’ll have to check this one out. I watched all of Hill House and didn’t find it that scary–I was surprised because so many reviews were saying that people were terrified and vomiting–it wasn’t any worse than The Shining!
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Oh you’ll have no problems with this one! I just couldn’t handle the suspense in Hill House – I was watching it without looking at the screen!
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It was really good–ultimately more about family and relationships than anything else!
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This is a great horror movie! As you wrote, the atmosphere is amazing, the action is cool, the actors all do a great job… I also wrote about it when I saw it!
https://vengonofuoridallefottutepareti.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/dont-breathe-wow-english/
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I normally don’t like horror films either but I greatly enjoyed this film. For me, I saw this as more of a thriller which I think helped. The atmosphere was so tense and well done. Literally had me on the edge of my seat.
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Oh definitely! There’s such a fine line between Horror and Thriller, too.
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This is a really good movie! A shame you won’t see Hill House though, but yeah it’s so scary!
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I’m dying to know what happens to be honest because I could tell there was such a good story there!
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