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Shudder is turning up the tension in 2025 with Push, a nerve-shredding home-invasion thriller from The Boy Behind the Door filmmakers David Charbonier and Justin Powell. Set during a seemingly routine open house, the film traps viewers inside a luxury home where nothing is as safe or silent as it seems.
With rave early buzz from Sitges and Cinequest festivals, the film promises a tightly wound 90-minute panic spiral, led by a vulnerable but fierce protagonist facing danger in more ways than one. Premiering July 11 on Shudder, this one's for fans of anxiety-packed horror with nowhere to hide.
The film is a compact, expertly paced 90‑minute thriller of claustrophobia and mounting dread. Early festival screenings at Sitges (2024) and Cinequest have praised its visceral, intimate atmosphere and relentless pacing.
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Ratcheting up the tension from its bedraggled trailer buzz, Push follows pregnant realtor Natalie Flores played by Alicia Sanz, who’s hosting an open house when a brutal intruder played by Raúl Castillo descends upon her world, triggering a fight for survival and emergency childbirth in the same breath.
Shudder’s Head of Programming, Sam Zimmerman, has applauded the film for elevating the home-invasion genre with its raw, surprise-filled approach, marking it a perfect fit for the streamer’s pulse-pounding collection.
His statement read:
“With Push, David and Justin continue to hone their spectacular skill for intimate, visceral suspense. After The Boy Behind the Door, we are thrilled to reteam with the dynamic duo on this frightening and surprising new spin on the home invasion genre.”
Early viewers have pointed out how its minimalist setup makes everything feel that much more intense. It all takes place inside one sleek, high-end house, but the silence? The echo of a footstep? The way the sound swells and dips with each moment? It turns the place into a trap. There’s no score to guide you out, just this creeping sense that something awful is always just around the corner.
Alicia Sanz completely holds the screen. Her performance as Natalie doesn’t lean on melodrama, it’s grounded and physical, showing the fear and fight that comes with being pushed to the edge. And Raúl Castillo? Terrifying because he’s so believable. No mask, no monologue. Just a man you desperately wish wasn’t real.
The story unfolds in real time, and you feel every second of it. The 90-minute runtime mirrors Natalie’s ordeal almost minute by minute. There’s no room to breathe, and that’s the point. The movie doesn’t go for spectacle it goes for closeness. And that makes it so much scarier.
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With its mix of primal terror, ticking-clock tension, and a fierce central performance, the film launches on July 11, 2025, promising a knockout addition to Shudder’s lineup, one that’ll stick in your bones long after the lights come back on.
Push is also available to watch on Prime Video.
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