Christopher LandonScreenwriter: Jillian Jacobs, Chris RoachLogline: A widowed mother (Meghann Fahy), on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she meets her handsome date. But their chemistry begins to curdle as she begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.

SXSW: Meghann Fahy stars in the punchy, ridiculous thriller, 'Drop' from Christopher Landon, about a woman on the worst first date of her life.

It also adds a measured yet sincere performance from Meghann Fahy as a woman who finds herself being threatened over airdrop (a function where a nearby stranger can connect to your phone to share images and texts) with messages telling her that she must kill her date or her son dies.

With Landon’s visually striking Hitchcock-ian direction, screenwriters Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach provide a fun tech-driven update on the urban legend that spawned 1979’s When a Stranger Calls (and its fun 2006 remake) as the drops come from inside the house.

Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar play a pair on a first date gone very wrong in Blumhouse’s latest thriller, “Drop,” which had its world premiere at Austin’s Paramount Theater on March 9 at the SXSW TV & Film Festival.

A new thriller is dropping into theaters next month. The fittingly titled Drop, from the horror powerhouse Blumhouse Productions, comes from a director who has released a couple of very fun scary movies with neat premises and stars an actress in one of her biggest roles since her breakout appearance on one of TV's most acclaimed prestige series.

Who knew that a movie about getting mysterious airdrops could be this good! The Chris Landon directed film brings us Violet (Meghann Fahy), a widow going on a first date in a long while. Her date Henry (Brandon Sklenar) is a photographer and also happens to be the most patient man of all time as Violet slowly turns their charming date into a game of “how many times is this woman walking away from the table?

Drop” stopped by the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival to talk about movie theatre pet peeves and weird photos they’ve received on their phones. Nicholas Ducassi is an audience editor for Entertainment and Arts at the Los Angeles Times.

The 'White Lotus' star plays a single mother whose attempt to get back into dating goes awry in Christopher Landon's feature, which also stars Brandon Sklenar.