Drop review – Meghann Fahy stars in scary smartphone thriller
Having reluctantly left her young son in the care of her sister, Violet (Meghann Fahy) arrives at an upmarket restaurant for a first date with a charming photographer named Henry (Brandon Sklenar). But from the outset something is off. Violet is bombarded by a series of increasingly threatening 'digi-drops' (an AirDrop, or wireless file transfer, to all intents and purposes). The messages warn of harm to her son unless she does exactly what she is told – and her instructions include committing a murder. There's a 50ft radius in which to send or receive a digi-drop, so the sender must be in the restaurant. But since every punter in the place is glued to their phones, that doesn't narrow it down much. Violet must use her well-honed survival instincts to make it through to the dessert course. It's enjoyable stuff: a taut and crisply edited balance between humour and horror.
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