First Trailer for Fede Alvarez's "Don't Breathe" (Video)

Moviegoers had better get in touch with their senses — Sony’s new thriller “Don’t Breathe” is about to leave them in the dark.

Fede Alvarez, director of the 2013 “Evil Dead” reboot, returns with a tense and terrifying conceit: Three strangers who are down on their luck in a dodgy neighborhood get wind that there is a wealthy old recluse (Stephen Lang) living in the area — and he’s “blind as a bat.”

The group break into and enter his home one night looking for cash — until the homeowner turns the tables on them, to chilling effects.

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“We all do strange things in the dark,” Alvarez told TheWrap in Los Angeles on Thursday.

You can see how strange when the film hits theaters August 26. On Thursday, however, Alvarez and Sony had a more visceral preview experience planned.

Journalists were called to the headquarters of Countdown Live in Downtown Los Angeles, where the trailer was screened followed by an escape room adventure.

Members of the press were guided by characters loosely based on those in the film inside the popular attraction — bolted in a dark room and forced to solve puzzles to crack a safe full of cash.

The catch? A hostile blind homeowner, not unlike Lang’s character, terrorized our group — locking us in a hidden storage closet. I made it out with no cash, but survived to post this trailer.

“Don’t Breathe” was produced by Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures and will be released domestically by Sony’s TriStar division. It stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto and Lang.

13 Horror Movies to Stream on Netflix for Friday the 13th (Photos)

Friday the 13th is a big day for horror, big enough that there's a long-running slasher movie franchise called "Friday the 13th." So to help you celebrate the right way -- by watching a horror movie -- we've selected 13 scary flicks that are readily available for streaming on Netflix.
"The Platform" (2020)

The Spanish horror flick from director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia was one of Netflix's most popular releases in 2020, set within a "Vertical Self-Management Center" where prisoners are fed by a descending platform and left to figure out for themselves how to divide it up.
Netflix
"Unfriended" (2014)

Leo Gabriadze's innovative cyberbullying parable tells its story about a group of high-schoolers being haunted by their dead friend almost entirely through one character's MacBook screen.
Universal
"Creep" (2014)

Patrick Brice's found footage horror film follows a man who begins to suspect he's in danger after he responds to a cryptic Craigslist job listing.
The Orchard
"Bird Box" (2018)

How do you battle an evil that you cannot even look at? Sandra Bullock and her family must navigate the world blindfolded in this Netflix original.
Netflix
"Gerald's Game" (2017)

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Carla Gugino's Jessie faces frightening visions and dark secrets, all while handcuffed to the bed.
Netflix
"The Green Inferno" (2013)

Horror master Eli Roth features a group of students who are determined to save a cannibalistic Amazon tribe being squeezed by loggers. Turns out they need the saving themselves.
Universal
"The Ritual" (2018)

Four friends embark on a hiking trip where things end very badly.
Netflix
"The Forest" (2016)

"Game of Thrones" star Natalie Dormer plays a young woman searching for her twin sister, who disappeared in Japan's infamous Suicide Forest.
Gramercy Pictures
"Sinister 2" (2015)

A single mother and her two sons move into a rural house with blood splattered all over the walls. What could be scary about that?
Blumhouse
"Hush" (2016)

A young woman must fight for her life when a masked killer appears in her window. The twist? She's is deaf and mute.
Blumhouse
"Insidious" (2010)

Haunted house? Check. Creepy child? Check. This is the film that kicked off the frightening franchise.
Film District
"Fear Street" (2021)

R.L. Stine fans can dig into a trilogy of films inspired by the "Goosebumps" author's other beloved book series, "Fear Street." Netflix released three films inspired by the novels, with the first set in 1994, the second in 1978 and the third in 1666.
Netflix
"The Conjuring" (2013)

James Wan's 2013 haunted house movie stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren, the paranormal investigators whose work inspired the "Amityville Horror" franchise.
Warner Bros.

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