Send Help Review: This Giggle-Inducing Nastiness Is Exactly What I Want From Sam Raimi

Dylan O'Brien and Rachel McAdams across a makeshift table together in Send Help.

One of the things that I respect most about Sam Raimi as a director is the impressive genre variety that can be found in his filmography. He got his start by making one of the most legendary horror titles of all time in 1981’s The Evil Dead, but he has refused to be pigeonholed, and be it a thriller, a western, a baseball drama or superhero blockbuster, “a Raimi movie” cannot be specifically defined (beyond elements of his signature style, of course).

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(Image credit: 20th Century Studios)

Release Date: January 30, 2026
Directed By: Sam Raimi
Written By: Damian Shannon & Mark Swift
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Dennis Haysbert, Edyll Ismail, and Chris Pang
Rating: R for strong/bloody violence and language
Runtime: 113 minutes