‘Whistle’ Review – Likeable Characters and Great Deaths Offset A Familiar Cursed Object Film

‘Whistle’ Review – Likeable Characters and Great Deaths Offset A Familiar Cursed Object Film

February 5, 2026 Bloody Disgusting

The cursed object is a well worn trope in horror movies, which means familiarity is an immediate obstacle for screenwriter Owen Egerton to overcome in his new supernatural slasher film, Whistle.

Directed by The Nun’s Corin Hardy, the film finds a group of high school teens trying to survive Death as it stalks and kills them. This is the result...