Overview
- The Warner Bros./New Line release, opening Friday, follows an ex-con housekeeper fighting a Satanic elite inside a Manhattan high-rise called the Virgil.
- Zazie Beetz leads a cast with Myha'la, Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham, Tom Felton, and Paterson Joseph under director Kirill Sokolov in his English-language debut.
- Critics praise practical gore, fight choreography, and Beetz’s physical performance, with several outlets likening the film to Ready or Not, Kill Bill, The Raid, and Sam Raimi’s splatstick.
- Early scores hovered in the mid-70s to about 80% on Rotten Tomatoes this week, with some reviews calling the worldbuilding thin and the influences overly obvious.
- Produced by Andy and Barbara Muschietti through their new Nocturna label, the film signals a push to back bold genre stylists and could shape what projects the banner greenlights next.