Sam Raimi’s long-awaited return to horror has finally gathered its leading stars, and it looks like the Evil Dead director isn’t pulling any punches. Deadline reports that both Dylan O’Brien and Rachel McAdams have both joined Send Help, which Raimi is set to direct and produce for 20th Century Studios.
For what sounds like a horror version of Six Days Seven Nights, Send Help is a “survival horror thriller about two colleagues who become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it’s a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.” The film is also set to star Chris Pang, though other details about the film are slim.
Raimi’s most recent directing effort was a stint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, helming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the closest the family-friendly franchise has ever strayed to proper horror. That film also starred McAdams, though this will be Raimi’s first proper horror film since Drag Me to Hell in 2009, and is written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.
Send Help will be McAdams’ first film since 2023’s Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, and her first proper horror film since Wes Craven’s Red Eye, co-starring Cillian Murphy. O’Brien, however, dipped his toe into terrifying waters much more recently with Max’s Caddo Lake, a thriller also starring The Starling Girl’s Eliza Scanlen and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. Zainab Azizi will also produce the film alongside Raimi.
Send Help has not yet set a release date. Stay tuned to FANGORIA for more news.
