US EditionMovie Review - Send Help (2026)
Sam Raimi’s horror-comedy follows two co-workers stranded on an island where workplace roles reverse, highlighting power and entitlement themes in a survival setting.
- On February 03, 2026, Sam Raimi's horror-comedy Send Help opened in cinemas across the UAE, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien.
- Following the founder's death, Bradley Preston, founder's son and new CEO, intends to let Linda Liddle, Planning & Strategy employee for seven years, go despite her promised promotion.
- After the plane crash, Linda quickly sets up camp and secures food and water, then manipulates Bradley and hides her murders while guarding the forbidden house on the deserted island.
- Critics place Send Help among recent class-stranding films, with Linda ultimately killing Bradley and appearing in a future interview, while her island stay remains undiscovered.
- Casting choices reveal that filmmakers framed Linda's arc around power corrupting her, and producer Zainab Azizi said Raimi softened darker drafts to keep her somewhat redeemable.
12 Articles
12 Articles
Film reviews: ‘Send Help’ and ‘Private Life’
‘Send Help’Directed by Sam Raimi (R)★★★“The most purely enjoyable Sam Raimi film in years,” Send Help is a horror-comedy that has “the potential to be timeless,” said Alison Foreman in IndieWire. A “rigorously committed” Rachel McAdams stars as a corporate underling who becomes marooned on a deserted island with her company’s new CEO shortly after the pampered young exec, played by Dylan O’Brien, denied her a promotion. Because O’Brien’s Brady i…
‘Send Help’ Review – Rachel McAdams Shifts The Balance Of Power With Buckets Of Blood In Hilariously Graphic Horror-Comedy From Sam Raimi
As I watched Sam Raimi’s new movie, Send Help, I was reminded of something that William Golding said in his 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies, and for more than one reason: “His mind was crowded with memories, memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.” It appears that Wilbur …
She Is the Captain Now: “Send Help,” “Iron Lung,” and “Arco”
Sam Raimi's latest is the ultimate “revenge on a horrible boss” comedy, one far nastier than Horrible Bosses itself, and like 9 to 5's empowered kidnappers, Rachel McAdams' marginalized, fed-up office drone is eminently worth cheering. Ma-a-aybe not when holding a knife dangerously close to her paralyzed employer's privates, but … . Oh, who am I kidding? Especially then.
Sam Raimi on 'Send Help,' Whether Linda Beats Ash in a Fight
Send Help is a dark comedic spin on the classic psychological cat-and-mouse thrillers featuring gruesome power shifts, buckets of blood (and snot), edge-of-your-seat terror, and many ‘good for her’ moments. The film follows Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams), a brilliant and highly motivated but undervalued strategist at a consulting firm. Nepo baby Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien) just got a CEO bump up after the untimely passing of his father (hail…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources are Center, 40% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
