Don’t Blink is a 2010 American psychological horror film written and directed by Travis Oates. It stars Mena Suvari, Brian Austin Green, Joanne Kelly, and Zack Ward, who also produced.
The concept grew out of Oates’ desire to write a horror film with no villain, no blood, and no deaths. As an avowed fan of Hitchcock, Oates incorporated homage into the film. The snow was unplanned and was worked into the script during production. Also known as The Last Stop
Winning first place at the 2010 Splatterfest Weekend of Mayhem short film competition, Joe Grisaffi’s Don’t Look in the Attic was created in a mere 54 hours. Very much like the 48 Hour Film Project, teams were given a character, a line of dialogue and a murder weapon. Grisaffi commented: “Ours were: A taxi cab driver, “This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship” and a saw”.
In 2010, Vincent D’Onofrio’s Don’t Go in the Woods depicted an American rock band being offed in various ways. In an interview with Edward Douglas of Shock till you drop, D’Onofrio spoke of how he had wanted to “make an absurd slasher musical”. Anyone watching this $100,000 oddity will wonder why the director and cast bothered to make anything…
The aforementioned 1973 TV movie Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark was remade in 2011 with a budget of $25 million by Guillermo De Toro and a cast of famous names such as Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce but this special effects-laden effort failed to capture the charm of its cheap inspiration and so garnered mixed reviews and audience indifference.
Don’t Move is an intense Evil Dead-influenced 2013 British short directed by Anthony Melton and written by David Scullion. Don’t Move is the 8th slice in Bloody Cuts’ anthology of short horror films, made by a young team of UK filmmakers on low budgets.
Don’t Look is a 2014 US production about five friends who leave NYC for a weekend they’ll never forget.
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The July 29th release of Blue Underground’s The Complete Blind Dead Saga Box Set includes the tagline: “Don’t move… Don’t breathe… Don’t let them hear your heart beating…”
Don’t Look in the Basement 2 is a 2014 American horror film directed by Anthony Brownrigg (Red Victoria), the son of S.F. Brownrigg who directed Don’t Look in the Basement in 1973…
The Hallow (2015) was advertised with the tagline ‘Don’t let them in’.
Aquarium of the Dead (2016) was promoted with the tagline ‘Don’t touch the glass’.
Distiller is a 2016 American horror film about a ghost hunter who traps the spirits of the dead in liquor bottles before he mysteriously disappears. The movie’s tagline is ‘Don’t drink alone’.
In 2016, Evil Dead director and co-writer Rodo Sayagues unleashed a classic home invasion horror movie with teen burglars vs. a blind Iraq war vet simply titled Don’t Breathe.
The Bye Bye Man is a 2016 movie about a supernatural serial killer being advertised with the repeated phrase: ‘Don’t think it. Don’t say it.’ Many critics the phrase in their negative reviews.
Don’t F-ck in the Woods is a 2016 American horror film about a group of young people that go camping and end up being stalked by a creature.
Don’t Knock Twice (2016) is about a mother who is desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter but becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
Don’t Hang Up is a 2016 British movie (that looks American) about two teens who spend their time making prank calls that they upload online to receive millions of views. As their online celebrity begins to rise, the boys escalate their pranks to a dangerous level. However, one evening, they receive a prank call of their own…
Don’t Look is a 2018 American slasher horror film about five New York City millennials enjoying a Thanksgiving weekend in the countryside. However, something threatens to shatter their peaceful getaway and they are targeted for murder…
Don’t Open Your Eyes is a 2018 American horror film written, edited and directed by Dmitry Yun. When an apathetic home hospice nurse learns he shares a sinister connection with the mysterious old woman in his care, it forces him to confront a darkness he could never have imagined…
The Shed (2019) was promoted with the tagline ‘Don’t go there.’
Don’t Click is a 2020 Canadian horror film about two young men who wake up to find themselves in a dungeon with an evil entity.
Don’t Let Them In is a 2020 British home invasion horror film about masked intruders seeking revenge against a reformed child killer.
Don’t Listen is a 2020 Spanish horror film about a family renovating an old house when tragic events occur. The grieving father enlists the assistance of a paranormal expert and his daughter while locals refer to “the house of voices”.
Don’t Look Back is a 2020 American supernatural horror film that revolves around a young woman overcoming her traumatic past; she is among several witnesses who see a man fatally assaulted and don’t intervene, they find themselves targeted by someone, or something, out for revenge…
Don’t Run is a 2020 supernatural horror movie about a monster that terrorised a meek teenage boy.
Don’t Speak is a 2020 British science fiction horror film written, co-produced and directed by Scott Jeffrey (Cupid; Clown Doll; The Bad Nun; writer of The House on Elm Lake; Unhinged; Fox Trap) about a family trapped by a monster in an isolated countryside cottage. Also known as Silent Place.
British infection horror Among the Living (2021) was promoted with the tagline ‘Don’t run. Don’t scream. Don’t bleed’
Don’t Breathe 2 is a 2021-released American horror-thriller featuring the hard-fighting blind man first seen in the 2016 home invasion hit.
Don’t Let Her In is a 2021 American horror film written and directed by Ted Nicolaou (Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys; Subspecies franchise; TerrorVision) about a young couple who rent out their loft to a female artist who turns out to be deadly.
Don’t Say Its Name is a 2021 Canadian horror film about a supernatural entity that is stalking tribal lands threatened by coal mining.
Don’t F-ck in the Woods 2 is a 2022 American supernatural horror film about camp counsellors being menaced by a vicious creature. The movie is a sequel to Don’t F-ck in the Woods (2016).
Don’t Log Off is a 2022 techno-fear thriller film about a teenage girl who goes missing during her surprise birthday Zoom party.
Don’t Look at the Demon is a 2022 Malaysian horror film about a team of paranormal investigators probing disturbances at a house with a dark past.
Don’t Peek is a 2022 film about a young woman who discovers a scary video game character intent on crossing into the real world. It is an adaptation of the 2020 short film of the same name written and directed by Julian Terry (shorts: They Hear It; Whisper; The Nurse).
Don’t Watch! is a 2023 French horror film about an influencer and her friends being stalked at an isolated country house.
Sound of Silence is a 2023 Italian horror film about a young woman who returns to her family home and has to face off against an evil entity. It was promoted with the tagline ‘Don’t let them hear you.’
Mister Sleep is a 2024 horror film about a deranged killer who takes retribution on a group of insomnia patients who he believes stole his memories. It was promoted with the tagline ‘Don’t close your eyes’.
Adrian J Smith, MOVIES & MANIA
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NB. Don’t Walk in the Park has been cited by some sources as an alternate title for Mario Bava’s Kill Baby, Kill (1966) but we have been unable to verify this. Meanwhile, Don’t Open the Door is listed in John Stanley’s Creature Features book an alternate release title for The Orphan (1977) and Don’t Go in the Bedroom is apparently another title for Jose Larraz’s Scream – and Die! (1974) but at the time of writing, we cannot corroborate these release titles.
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