This low-budget thriller turned out to be an unexpected hit and won 3 awards. The director of the film was Federico Alvarez who actually made a reboot of the iconic horror film, The Evil Dead several years ago. The plot of Don’t Breathe violates the laws of the genre: it doesn’t invoke any empathy toward the characters that are in the tight space. Why would we be empathetic toward them if they stole money from a lonely Iraq war veteran?

The film is also full of very ordinary movie elements such as a hero-like nerd, a scared girl, and a mysteriously terrifying house. But all the drawbacks are compensated by the great acting chops of Stephen Lang that could save just about any film. In addition, the events in the film were pretty dynamic.