Upon leaving the hospital with her sister Jessica ( Sarah Paulson) after an ultrasound, Malorie witnesses a woman in the hallway voluntarily smashing her own head repeatedly against a window. News reports of mysterious mass suicides in Europe and Asia are ubiquitous, but waved off. The movie begins with Malorie Hayes ( Sandra Bullock) and her two children, aptly named Boy and Girl, donned in blindfolds, hurriedly boarding a rowboat and embarking upon a long journey down the river.įive years earlier, Malorie is pregnant. When seen by human eyes, these creatures cause a sudden, immediate desire to commit suicide. In the not-too-distant future, a post-apocalyptic event is spurred by the sudden existence of supernatural, unseen entities on Earth. Maybe I’ll do my own blindfold challenge! Yeah. After watching this movie, I’ll get more context on that. I heard that people crashed cars during “blindfold challenges”, so that sounds fun.

I watched and enjoyed The Mist and, obviously, this is similar. If I ever get around to the book, I probably won’t remember any of the movie anymore anyway. I like reading the book first on anything, but it’s taking me six months to read 300-page books these days so I decided to just cut my losses and suck it up.

Tom from bird box