Don't Breathe

Name: Don't Breathe
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Crime
Released: August 26, 2016
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Daniel Zovatto, Dylan Minnette, Emma Bercovici, Franciska Töröcsik, Jane Levy

2016

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Movie Details & Credits

Screen Gems | Release Date: August 26, 2016 | R

Starring: Daniel Zovatto, Dylan Minnette, Emma Bercovici, Franciska Töröcsik, Jane Levy, Stephen Lang

Summary: A trio of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. They’re wrong.

Director: Fede Alvarez

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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34	#34 Most Discussed Movie of 2016
41	#41 Most Shared Movie of 2016

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Brad Wheeler

Aug 25, 2016

A home invasion story that is as artfully terrifying as "Home Alone" was entertainingly hilarious. Read full review

Christian Holub

Aug 25, 2016

Thought-provoking but rather lacking in the second-by-second scares genre fans tend to expect. Read full review

Justin Chang

Aug 25, 2016

[Alvarez is] a master at orchestrating tension in close quarters, at painting his characters into a corner one minute and dangling them out a window the next. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Aug 25, 2016

Like a lot of films of this breed, Don’t Breathe gets a little less interesting as it proceeds to its inevitable conclusion, replacing tension with shock value, but it works so well up to that point that your heart will likely be beating too fast to care. Read full review

Britt Hayes

Aug 25, 2016

Alvarez has crafted an intense, relentless and confident thriller that only occasionally fails. Read full review

Pat Padua

Aug 25, 2016

Despite the violence, the real horror of Don’t Breathe may be the sense of futility that all its characters feel, whether they can see or not. Read full review

Marten Carlson

Aug 12, 2016

There is an unpredictability to the film that is, at times, refreshing. This unpredictability turns into meandering, however, leading to narrative incoherence at many points. Read full review

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Thegodfatherson

Aug 26, 2016

Don't Breathe is a knockout. It is a gruelling film that features an excellent Stephen Lang and is very well directed by Fede Alverez. Alvarez (Evil Dead) crafts a horror experience that is one for the ages. Extremely well written and shot, it is a prime example of one of the best horrorDon't Breathe is a knockout. It is a gruelling film that features an excellent Stephen Lang and is very well directed by Fede Alverez. Alvarez (Evil Dead) crafts a horror experience that is one for the ages. Extremely well written and shot, it is a prime example of one of the best horror films ever made. This one will go down as a classic.… Expand

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COOLQUINN17

Oct 7, 2016

Horror movies these days are a hit and a miss. Don't Breathe is definitely one of the hits. It's a movie where it teaches you not to **** with blind people, cause you may never know what they can do.

So the story for Don't Breathe is three robbers are planning to steal from a blind man.Horror movies these days are a hit and a miss. Don't Breathe is definitely one of the hits. It's a movie where it teaches you not to **** with blind people, cause you may never know what they can do.

So the story for Don't Breathe is three robbers are planning to steal from a blind man. When they sneak inside at night, they discover that the blind man is not helpless as he seems. The plot is very brilliant. A blind man going around and trying to kill the robbers by listening very carefully to their moves is something that has never been done before.

The cast does a really good job portraying their characters but the one that stole the show was Stephen Lang's portrayal of the blind man. He was right for the role and had some pretty bad ass moments. (i won't spoil it).

The directing and writing were well paced. It wasn't very rushy and they took their time to make sure the story makes sense. I thought that the film was a little bit too short and it could of been a little bit longer. I also thought that at times, it can get a little predictable.

Overall, Don't Breathe is one of the best modern horror movies ever made and i definitely would recommend it to horror movie fans.… Expand

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Movie3

Jul 15, 2018

Suspense done right! This intense wallop of a home-invasion gone wrong just takes the shocks and thrills up to 11!

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potatoman222

Jul 21, 2017

Don't Breathe, apesar dos pesares, é um dos melhores longas do gênero suspense lançados nos últimos anos. Sua direção precisa e roteiro competente criam a tenção perfeita que o telespectador estava esperando ver.

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BrianMcCritic

Aug 26, 2016

This film will have you tied up in knots with tension. For most of the film you can't help but be locked in on our main characters as they try and escape this house. There is a twist towards the end that didn't work for me which lowered the score. B+

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Benkoko11

Feb 23, 2017

Don't Breathe's greatest accomplishment; making a blind war vet into a kidnapping and murdering rapist (yes, he is a rapist) is also its rather egregious fault. Its scary alright.

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geezii

Mar 16, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OMFG, how is this really bad movie have decent ratings, I never felt the need to make a MC account as the ratings have always been good but this is just way too high! this is seriously one of the worst movies I've seen in a LONG time, and I could care less about the twist scene (that I saw coming a mile away why else would he have been pissed that girl died) that has everyone pissed. its just full of plot hole after plot hole with 4 of the most unbelievable characters I've ever seen. I mean the whole night long the house has gun shot after gun shot coming from it but the cops only show up when the alarm goes off, I mean I know Detroit is bad but cops responding to gunshots still happens it just takes an hour or 2. that plot hole is one of MANY, more include bringing a gun because you are afraid of a blind guy, sleep gas not doing a damn thing, that fall not breaking a single bone in that girls body same goes for the nerd and his fall tho he did seem he might have a broken rib or something, dude randomly knows which way to go in a pitch black basement, the basement hatch has cracks in it why couldn't they see that someone was clearly standing right in front of it, did old man even have time to get to the hatch from where we last saw him why did they not hear him walk above them across the house why would he just assume that's where they went leaving every possible other exit free for the taking while following them down would keep all the other ways free and still secure that one, the amount of luck that blind man has is absurd, that or he has echolocation like he is daredevil or something... I mean how does a blind man even abduct someone, clearly that girls fault she got kidnapped. oh and imagine that only one to live is cliche white girl that no one cares anything about or even believe can possibly exist in reality.… Expand

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