Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.
There's a brand-new film which has taken no time at all to climb to Netflix's prestigious 'No. 1' spot - but it's clear the hype is far from universal.
The horror-thriller premiered on the streamer last week (25 October), and it's since left viewers utterly divided over the 'vile' storyline that left them 'seriously stressed out'.
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Starring the likes of Yellowstone's Kelsey Asbille and American Horror Story star Finn Wittrock, the film follows a woman named Iris (Asbille) who is grieving for her young son, Mateo, who tragically died during a family hiking trip.
After visiting the site of his death, the inconsolable Iris considers jumping off a cliff but, out of nowhere, a man named Richard (Wittrock) appears.
The pair chat for a bit and Iris changes her mind about taking her own life, following Richard to where they parked their cars.
It's here that he attacks Iris, and later injects her with a paralytic agent in order to spend 'all weekend' together - rendering the grieving mother completely helpless in 20 minutes.
Over the course of the film, Iris has to run, fight, and hide before her body completely shuts down altogether.
The film in question is none other than Don't Move and you can watch the official Netflix trailer here:
Some people clearly couldn't get enough of it, with one X user writing: "Don’t Move on Netflix is very good.
"A woman escapes from a serial killer in the woods - but he’s injected her with a chemical that slowly shuts her body down. A high concept cat and mouse thriller, really well done."
"Don't Move on Netflix is a solid horror thriller with a fun premise that doesn't try to overshoot with unchecked ambition," praised a second. "It's lean and doesn't overstay its welcome or lose steam by the third act. It gets you in and out and runs with its premise as far as it needs to."
A third urged: "Brooooo if you like thriller horror movies watch Don’t Move on Netflix asap."
"Don’t Move is seriously stressing me out," confessed a fourth. "So far so good. Love Kelsey Asbille."
Others, however, were far more critical of the film and rushed to social media to call out the 'vile' storyline.
"Don’t move on Netflix was stupid," slammed one X user while a second hit out: "Gave that new Netflix film, Don’t Move, a watch. I didn’t like it. All she does is breathe loudly for an hour and a half. It was predictable, boring, and frustrating.
"I almost turned it off twice lol. It was not good, imo."
A third blasted: "Decided to turn on Don’t Move which is #1 on Netflix currently and the concept of this is beyond f*cked up.. this woman is literally about to unalive herself and the guy who talks her out of it just drugged her to where she can’t move as she’s getting into her car.. the f*ck?!"
And a final X user echoed: "Watching Don’t Move on Netflix and the perpetrator sees the woman is already grieving her child and actively suicidal and chooses to make her day worse by attempting to kidnap, drugging, and chasing her in the woods…
"How vile is that? Who wrote this?"
Don't Move is currently available to stream on Netflix.
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Topics: Netflix, TV And Film, Thriller, Social Media, Twitter
Rhiannon Ingle