In this episode of 30 Screams or Less, we review Passenger, a 2026 supernatural horror film directed by Andrzej Oravdal and starring Jacob C. Pio, Lulu Belle, and Joseph Lopez. The story follows Tyler and Maddie, a young couple traveling the country in their van who discover that a gruesome highway accident may have left them with an unwanted passenger — a demonic presence determined to claim them both. Pasted text
We break down Passenger's creepy use of background scares, its surprisingly original van-life horror concept, the Passenger itself, some brutal practical effects, and one of the movie's coolest sequences involving a projector in the middle of the woods. Unfortunately, we also have plenty to say about the predictable jump scares, questionable character logic, and pacing that somehow makes a 97-minute horror movie feel considerably longer. Pasted text Pasted text
Does Passenger do enough with its supernatural road-trip premise to make the journey worthwhile, or does this horror movie spend a little too much time idling?
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