Sam Raimi's SEND HELP (2026)
"No help is coming. You got to make it on your own." Topline: Sam Raimi's (gender-swapped) SWEPT AWAY, with all of the twisted and maniacally funny rich vs middle class satirical, gloopy-violent, darkly comedic connotations that implies (this is to say I would like to think Wertmuller would smile watching this far more than Guy Ritchie's version). What makes Send Help more than just a crackling good popcorn thriller is that there is a confluence of three things: 1) a filmmaker with a good script that he can take even further with his own exacting and electrified attention to detail - he is one of those gifted filmmakers, Edgar Wright is often like this and Stephen Chow used to be as well, where the camera and editing make jokes and create dynamics (I have to wonder how those extreme close ups of the tuna fish and the nostrils come off in 3D); 2) stars who are so perfectly cast it should be too much but they both go further than we might expect (Adams has shown her c...
