Sam Raimi’s Send Help hits career-best 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

Sam Raimi’s new horror thriller Send Help opened in cinemas Jan. 30 and has earned strong early reception: MovieWeb reports the film sits at a 93% Tomatometer and an 89% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

MovieWeb notes the 89% audience rating equals Raimi’s highest-ever audience score (for Evil Dead II) and tops the 82% audience score for Spider-Man 2; MovieWeb also lists the first Spider-Man at 67% and Spider-Man 3 at 51%.

The article calls 93% on the Tomatometer a career-best for Raimi, who previously made A Simple Plan, Drag Me to Hell and Darkman. Send Help stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien and follows a mouthy corporate boss who survives a plane crash with the company strategist he’d just insulted.

In MovieWeb’s review, writer Mark Keizer praised the “beautifully modulated performances” from McAdams and O’Brien and described Send Help as a “delicious two-hander that keeps you guessing” up to its twist ending. MovieWeb also reports Raimi told Empire the film would be “outrageous,” with themes of power dynamics turned on their head and notably bloody, violent moments.

Send Help is credited as written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, produced by Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi, and runs 113 minutes; its early critical and audience scores are those reported above.

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