Whistle

"Don't blow it."

Director: Corin Hardy Year: 2025 Runtime: 100 min IMDb: ⭐ 4.5

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Synopsis

A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.

During a high school basketball game, star athlete Mason "Horse" Raymore is haunted by visions of a burned man before mysteriously bursting into flames and dying. Months later, transfer student Chrys Willet inherits Mason's old locker and finds a skull-shaped whistle. When provoked by Mason's former teammate Dean, both he and Chrys are sent to detention by Mr. Craven, along with her cousin Rel, Dean's girlfriend Grace, and Ellie, a smart girl with diabetes. After detention, Craven confiscates the whistle and blows it out of curiosity, while Rel later sneaks back to steal it. Unbeknownst to Rel, Craven - who is constantly smoking - is soon killed by a grotesque apparition of himself that forcefully crushes his lungs. Later, the detained students also blow the whistle, whose sound causes them to be haunted by their own apparitions. The next morning, Craven's death is reported as extreme stage lung cancer, which baffles those who knew him since he exhibited none of the symptoms from the day prior. Chrys and Ellie later learn from Mason's occult-collecting grandmother, Ivy, that the whistle is an Aztec death whistle inscribed with the phrase "summon your death". Anyone who hears it becomes stalked and is eventually killed by a manifestation of their destined demise. Despite their attempts to warn the others, Grace dies after rapidly aging into an old woman, and Dean is later killed in a manner resembling a car crash. When Chrys, Ellie, and Rel visit Ivy on her deathbed, she reveals that the curse can be avoided by marking another person with their blood, while their respective demise is nearby, and transferring it to them before dying. Rel abducts violent youth pastor and drug dealer Noah at the church, and attempts to mark him with his blood, but Chrys and Ellie intervene, refusing to sacrifice someone else. Rel relents, but is soon killed by his apparition, which tears him apart like a junkyard shredder. Chrys and Ellie discover the curse can also be escaped by briefly dying and being revived, and Ellie has the medical supplies and equipment at hand having kept such in her car for emergencies. While attempting to stop their hearts and resuscitate each other, Noah escapes and confronts them, but after touching Ellie's blood, he inadvertently transfers the curse to him and he is killed by his own apparition. Three months later, Chrys and Ellie are now together and believe the curse has ended, until new student Asha Nelson opens her locker and discovers the whistle inside. In a mid-credits sequence, Asha is called to the stage at a school assembly in the auditorium to play the school anthem on her violin to kick off the spring semester but instead pulls out the whistle. Chrys and Ellie try to scream for her to stop, but she blows the whistle anyway and dooms everyone in the auditorium.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

✅ Takes place on or around a holiday 1 yes / 0 no (100%)
✅ Features holiday symbols and decorations 1 yes / 0 no (100%)
✅ Features a traditional holiday activity 1 yes / 0 no (100%)
☠️ Features an iconic holiday character —
☠️ Someone is killed in a festive or holiday-specific way —

Holiday Cheer Level: 3

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

an animal is sad

spoiler A parakeet is briefly shown in a too small cage but we don’t see anything happen to him.

there are spiders

spoiler Dead, scientific specimen, seen for 5 or so seconds @39:50

an animal is abandoned

spoiler We briefly see a budgie in a cage and don’t find out its fate but we do see its mistress die later.

someone is stalked

spoiler Each characters death stalks them.

there's addiction

Yes

alcohol abuse

Yes

someone uses drugs

spoiler Lead character is a recovering drug addict and has nearly OD’d once and another character deals while using.

someone is drugged

spoiler Someone sells drugs to minors.

someone is restrained

Yes

someone is beaten up by a bully

Yes

there's pedophilia

spoiler One character is described as a "creep" and it is strongly implied he abuses his position of authority over children.

someone's mouth is covered

Yes

someone is held under water

spoiler When they build an ice bath, someone is held under by a supernatural entity.

there's eye mutilation

spoiler Many eyes are mutilated, as part of VFX

there's excessive gore

spoiler There is a scene where someone dies by car accident in their room and when someone is in a warehouse their body explodes. A lot of blood and up close visions of injury.

there's torture

spoiler The deaths are torturous.

heads get squashed

Yes

there's Achilles Tendon injury

Yes

someone breaks a bone

spoiler Many and very graphically

hands are damaged

Yes

someone dislocates something

spoiler The entity moves in such a way that it looks like its limbs are dislocating.

someone has a seizure

spoiler Near the end of the movie, it’s implied to be fatal (stopped by supernatural means though)- no specified cause, but the character is diabetic so it could potentially be a diabetic seizure

Someone becomes unconscious

Yes

there's finger/toe mutilation

Yes

there's amputation

Yes

there's body horror

Yes

someone is crushed to death

Yes

somebody is choked

spoiler Choking sounds

someone asphyxiates

spoiler There is drowning and ODing

someone struggles to breathe

Yes

someone is burned alive

Yes

a kid dies

spoiler Teenagers die.

a minor is sexualized

spoiler High schoolers are referenced to be sexually active.

a major character dies

Yes

someone dies

Yes

someone sacrifices themselves

spoiler She tries but isn’t successful.

someone overdoses

spoiler Before the events of the film, the lead character OD’s and nearly dies. She has a vision of herself with a needle sticking out of her arm onscreen.

a parent dies

spoiler Before the events of the film, a character’s father dies. It’s discussed but not shown.

a family member dies

Yes

there are jump scares

Yes

there are clowns

spoiler Very briefly as a Halloween costume in a haunted maze.

there are shower scenes

Yes

someone vomits

spoiler No. the teacher opens his mouth and black liquid comes out but he isn’t vomiting, it’s after he talks to the janitor

There's audio gore

Yes

there's farting

Yes

an LGBT+ person is outed

spoiler Some characters question another characters sexuality but not in a derogatory way and no character is outed against his or her will.

a priceless artifact is destroyed

spoiler Spoilers**** the whistle is destroyed multiple times

needles/syringes are used

Yes

someone has cancer

Yes

someone has a heart attack

spoiler Defibrillator, no specific heart attacks

there's a hospital scene

Yes

someone dies by suicide

spoiler Only briefly before she is revived.

Someone attempts suicide

spoiler Kind of. A character tried to temporarily kills herself.

someone self harms

spoiler Only to try and stop the entity but a character cuts himself.

a mentally ill person is violent

Yes

someone says "I'll kill myself"

spoiler It is used in a conversation

reality is unstable or unhinged

Yes

there's a claustrophobic scene

Yes

there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization

Yes

someone has an anxiety attack

Yes

someone has a mental illness

Yes

someone has a meltdown

Yes

someone suffers from PTSD

Yes

there's flashing lights or images

spoiler Some minor lens flares in the beginning 50:00-56:00 Carnival scene: flashing lights on rides, fireworks, strobing effects in corn maze 1:25:00-1:30:00 Muzzle flash, shower of sparks, electricity flickering in and out

there are sudden loud noises

Yes

there's screaming

Yes

there's underwater scenes

Yes

there is obscene language/gestures

Yes

shaky cam is used

Yes

someone is watched without knowing

Yes

an LGBT person dies

Yes

religion is discussed

spoiler Not in detail

there is sexual content

spoiler Only some light discussions

someone has a chronic illness

spoiler A character is diabetic

someone is terminally ill

Yes

the ending is sad

Yes

there's end credits scenes?

spoiler One mid credit scene.

a person is hit by a car

Yes

a car crashes

Yes

a car honks or tires screech

Yes

there's gun violence

Yes

there's blood/gore

Yes

someone drowns

Yes

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