There’s something bleakly sinister about a serial killer thriller that begins with the killer in question “saving” a woman from suicide so he can kill her himself. This is the perverted opening sequence don’t moveDirectors Brian Netto and Adam Schindler’s disgusting little genre opus that exploded on Netflix just in time for Halloween.

Located in a magnificent area of ​​remote forests, don’t move is all about the cat and mouse action between “Richard” the cat (Finn Wittrock) and Iris the mouse (Kelsey Asbille). In fact, Iris is a grieving mother who lost her child under tragic circumstances in this wilderness a few months ago, and “Richard” is just one of the many aliases assumed by a serial killer after he knocks Iris off a literal ledge. He injects her with a paralyzing agent. The approximately 80 minutes taught below are about a woman who is rapidly losing her body’s motor functions. Can she stay away or hide long enough to avoid becoming one of Richard’s disappearances?

Many of the pleasures don’t move it stems from the performances and how the characters navigate an idyllic but unforgiving landscape. Near-misses on rapids, tranquil lakes and rustic gas stations provide a gnarly backdrop for some basic genre thrills. And if you enjoyed these, you should love some of these too…