It went unnoticed at the cinema: It’s one of the best thrillers of 2025 and it’s sweeping Prime Video – Cinema News

Among the suspense and horror releases in theaters in 2025, Drop: Anonymous Threat is one of the best (and most tense) films of the year, but it went unnoticed on the big screen. Now, the film has arrived on streaming and is gaining recognition.

Drop: Anonymous Threat is on the rise, being successful on Prime Video catalog in Brazil. According to FlixPatrol, it became the most watched on streaming and remains one of the most popular productions on the platform. At the cinema, the film grossed US$ 28.7 million worldwide (on a budget of 11 million dollars).

What is the story of Drop: Anonymous Threat?

In Drop: Anonymous Threat, single mother and widow Violet (Meghann Fahy) finally takes the risk and makes her first date with the boy she has been chatting with online, the charming Henry. During dinner at a luxurious restaurant, Violet begins receiving threatening messages from an unknown number. Demanding that she play a game or her children will suffer the consequences, Violet must follow the required instructions without being able to mention what is happening to anyone, including her romantic partner.

In streaming: Drop: Anonymous Menace is one of the most tense films of 2025

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Starring Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar, Drop is directed by Christopher Landon, known to horror fans for Happy Birthday to Death and Freaky. The film was well received by critics, with an 83% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 3.4/5 star rating from QuandoCinema users.

With obvious influences from Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma and Wes Craven, Christopher Landon builds a thriller full of tension and twists that takes place almost entirely in just one setting, the luxurious restaurant, while the protagonist suffers threats from a mysterious number and we try to find out who is responsible.

“We live in a time where we’re dealing with a lot of movies that have huge production budgets and so many visual effects, and all this stuff being thrown in the audience’s face. For me, sometimes there’s something incredibly magical and fascinating about two people sitting at a table. The tension can still be enormous, even if the environment and the number of characters you interact with are minimal,” Landon told Bloody Disgusting.