Don't Breathe

When three unlikable characters break into a blind veteran's home under the pretense that he is hiding some serious amounts of money, you have an idea of what to expect.

Don't Breathe was not what I expected!

From the director of the Evil Dead remake/relaunch (which I was seriously impressed with recently) I should have been expecting much darker than I had originally thought. Each character in the film has a darker underside that only becomes evident as the film progresses.  There were moments of real tension where I found myself also holding my breath just in case.  There are a couple of plot twists to shift your love of the main characters and my most hated trope of the jump scare was put to good effect and rarely used.

This is one of the rare horror films at the moment that actually does what it intends, is more focused on its characters rather than fancy effects and no story.  4 people trapped in a house together does not give much hope of enough content to fill 90 ,mins, but Don't Breathe packs the run time to the max.
I am definitely looking forward to Fede Alverez's next outings