Release date: February 6, 2026 (USA)
Director: Corin Hardy
Running time: 1h 37m
Producers: David Gross, Macdara Kelleher, Whitney Brown, John Keville
MPAA rating: R
Distributed by: Elevation Pictures
Ancient Death Whistle…. Sign me up 😀
Once again Shudder comes to the big screen with a worthy theatrical release – Whistle!
It’s a fine to weak 7 good movie which had several elements I enjoyed watching this feature. Yea the story could of had a better wrap up but that’s the fun with these smaller indie movies. You’re not sure what direction they’ll take.
Bring ear plugs if you’re wanting to preserve your hearing or care about that :P. The movie gets incredibly loud. Concepts of death and the loose rules established were fun. Loved that Nick Frost was apart of this title :D. Gave me homage feelings to Shaun of the Dead :D.
Currently, the movie is sitting at a 6/10 on RT & IMDb. Why this is getting less attention than Primate baffles me, but I’ve only heard from others how awful Primate was, with some exceptions to its sound design. Whistle does have a pool utilized, but they also have an actual world established. Shout-outs to the fair scenes, as those maze designs and costumes were very cool. Sky Yang’s character, Rel, had Nightwing vibes, which was very cool!
Otherwise, the story is based around this Whistle that once heard or blown on. Death will be called and seek you. I won’t spoil the causes, and all but again the deaths were a lot of fun, a majority of the time. Which is where it gets that weaker 7 rating for me personally.
So what about yourselves? Going to check out Whistle? Already seen it? Love to hear your thoughts down below in the comments.
Greatly appreciate you for coming by Popped for your movie “Reviews”, stay tuned for more awesome movies coming up in the month of February. Hoping good things from GOAT. Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die and maybe some other random surprises along the way.
Until next time though fellow moviegoers – Happy Movie Going 😀
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