“Even if you think you don’t like horror films (and I put myself firmly in that category), I’m here to tell you that you’ll love Drop,” says Helen.
“Coming in at a beautifully tight 95 minutes (another reason, particularly for the fidgety girls, to get excited) it stars The White Lotus’s Meghann Fahy in her first big leading role (another big tick). She is a breath of fresh air as Violet, a single mother and widow who’s going on her first date with a man she’s been talking to for months.
“When Henry (Brandon Sklenar) arrives, Violet gets an ominous airdrop notification from someone in the restaurant. At first, she thinks it’s a joke, but the messages keep coming until she’s given the ultimatum: kill Henry or your child will be murdered.
“It’s a compelling take on a bad date – and how so many of us must give the veneer of keeping it together while underneath everything is imploding – and the trauma that can sit on us.
“My notes from the film read: ’Oh god, I never want to go on a first date again.’ So, I say delete Hinge and book tickets to see this incredibly entertaining yet quite stressful film with a heroine to root for, instead.” Drop is in cinemas from 11 April
