Today, on The Goggler Podcast, Bahir and Uma watch and review Christopher Landon’s new Blumhouse thriller, Drop.
First dates are nerve-wracking enough. Going on a first date while an unnamed, unseen troll pings you personal memes that escalate from annoying to homicidal? Blood-chilling. Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.She is instructed to tell nobody and follow instructions or the hooded figure she sees on her home security cameras will kill Violet’s young son and babysitting sister. Violet must do exactly as directed or everyone she loves will die. Her unseen tormentor’s final directive? Kill Henry. Drop was directed by Christopher Landon and stars Meghann Fahy,. Brendan Sklenar, Violet Beane, Jacob Robinson, and Reed Diamond.