No One Will Gets Out Alive Review: Netflix’s Horror Film With Surprising End That Amaze You

Starring: Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca, David Figlioli

Director: Santiago Menghini

Streaming Platform: Netflix

Ratings: 4/5 (four star) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

The review of No One Will Gets Out Alive, the new horror available on Netflix that mixes elements of pre-Columbian mythology with those of the classic ghost story. Based on the bestseller of the same name written by Adam Nevill, the film directed by Santiago Menghini is another of those horror genre products that, during the spooky season, enrich the Netflix catalog. As we will see in this review by Nobody Will Get Out Alive, the story of a young illegal immigrant who finds herself a prisoner in the house where she rented a room, also offers interesting food for thought, as well as a good dose of chills, a pity, however, for the lack of depth of the supernatural and horror element of the story: we found the idea of ​​exploiting the mythology and religion of pre-Columbian Mexico to create the horror frame in which the story is articulated very intriguing, but we would have preferred that the screenplay focus more precisely on this cultural reality. The imagery from which the filmby Menghini (which differs from that of the novel) kicks off would be perfect for a story of this type, arrived at the end of the vision, however, we are left with the unsatisfied curiosity to find out more about the world that inspires it. We are left with an interesting story, with a series of visually very fascinating images and some particularly successful sequences, inserted in what seemed to us a context without foundations.

No One Will Gets Out Alive Review:  The Story

Ambar (Cristina Rodlo) is a Mexican immigrant who arrives in the United States to rebuild a life after her mother’s death. In the new country, a distant uncle awaits her, but does not seem particularly willing to help her, a job in a factory where undocumented illegal immigrants are exploited and a room in a large house where girls like her, poor and with a future, find accommodation. uncertain ahead. The prospects for Ambar are not the brightest, especially if strange things begin to happen in the building where she lives: voices of women screaming for help, strange dreams that haunt her and ghostly shadows lurking in the darkest corners. As we will soon discover, something absolutely terrifying is hiding in the foundations: a mysterious box found by the father of the owners of the house, an archaeologist, deep in the Central American jungle. Within it an ancient power that feeds on the pain of its victims, and that makes them eternally prisoner.

The story of No One Will Gets Out Alive seems to start from the premises of the most classic of the ghost stories, a house – populated by the spirits of those who died there – that hides dark secrets. The “ghosts” we encounter throughout the film reminded us of those from another Netflix horror genre product, Hill House: we often find them in the background of the action, they appear and disappear with the movement of the characters and populate a house that is almost an entity in its own right. The scenes in which the protagonist finds herself interacting with the various presences are among the most successful in the film, especially when dreams and reality mix, bringing Ambar’s past – and what happened to her mother – into the present. The care in creating an imaginary that strikes the viewer is evident, even the interpretations of the characters, in particular of course that of Cristina Rodlo, are very convincing, and are able to drag us into a horror story that makes little use of jump scare. but instead tries to build the tension slowly, taking advantage of a location that to define disturbing is an understatement and a photograph that enhances the cold colors, and consequently the hostility of the reality that surrounds us.

The Review and Analysis

No One Will Gets Out Alive offers various food for thought, in particular related to the life that awaits illegal immigrants who leave their country, persecuted by the memory of what they left behind and prisoners of a new life without prospects. In this case, horror becomes the perfect tool to explore these themes, as we said at the beginning, however, the supernatural context in which Ambar’s story moves is not explored as it deserves: who is the creature hiding in the box? Is it a divinity – as we seem to understand – to which certain pre-Columbian peoples offered victims in sacrifice? The construction of the various supernatural and horrific elements – inspired by the mythology of pre-Columbian Mexico – is all too vague until the end, leaving us with the.

No One Will Gets Out Alive Review: The Final Verdict

No One Will Gets Out Alive, underlining how it is a horror film at times very interesting, which offers, in addition to a good dose of thrills, also interesting food for thought. Too bad for the scarce depth of the supernatural context.

• The story is intriguing and offers interesting food for thought.
• Some sequences – thrilling – are very well constructed.
• The protagonist of Cristina Rodlo is at times particularly intense.