Guillermo del Toro Raves Over New Hulu Thriller: “I couldn’t think of a more perfect movie”

Chad Collins |

Sep 27, 2023

This past weekend, Brian Duffield’s (Underwater, Spontaneous) No One Will Save You arrived on Hulu, sending the internet into a tizzy. Now this was an alien invasion movie worth getting excited for, and from my own personal perspective, it’s the most relentless creature feature I’ve seen since 2018’s A Quiet Place. Your friends have loved it, your mom has probably loved it, and even Master of Horror Stephen King has called it “Brilliant, daring, involving, scary.”Now, Oscar winner and horror favorite Guillermo del Toro has also taken to Twitter rave about the film.

He not only “had a blast with the film,” but also described it as the “perfect movie for your weekend.” Check out what Guillermo del Toro had to say below:

Had a blast with the score and the film! https://t.co/E1yxzmMjb3
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 23, 2023

NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU is fun, fun, FUN. It is also smart and with great moments, staged in a classic, solid way. It avoids the pitfalls and maximizes its resources. I couldn't think of a more perfect movie for your weekend. Fulfills all the promise of SPONTANEOUS. pic.twitter.com/PNzsn2dyUa
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 23, 2023

Beyond simply raving, lover of cinema Guillermo del Toro has also expounded on No One Will Save You’s noteworthy lack of dialogue, comparing it to the likes of All is Lost and The Thief, among others. He contends that No One Will Save You pulls off the concept incredibly well.

Check it out below:

Regarding NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU, No-dialogue (sound era) movies are hard to pull off. Off the top of my head, I can think of THE THIEF (1952), ALL IS LOST (2013), LE DERNIER COMBAT (1983) and a handful of others (Chomet, Tati, etc) QUEST FOR FIRE and THE BEAR to some extent.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 23, 2023

Now, you must be thinking; surely that’s it? Wrong. That is not and never has been it for one of the genre’s greatest champions. Not only is Guillermo del Toro’s work legendary, but he remains more committed than most when it comes to elevating and championing voices in the genre. A few days after release, del Toro crafted a must-read thread on the use of Catholic dogma found within No One Will Save You, highlighting how Duffield expertly manages to pull it off.

Check that out here:

1) A little thread. There is an essential principle in Catholic dogma (thus you may choose to refute it or embrace it) that serves as a narrative backbone: Grace and salvation emerge from pain and suffering. It is in this passage that you find salvation. https://t.co/vLB2UdpWhe
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 24, 2023

2) NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU. You will save yourself through this. You can find it in the Book of Job- In Jonah in the whale and in fact in many other religions. The world- the essence of it- is a paradoxical composite of destruction and creation.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 24, 2023

3) Any human-scale attempt at suppressing one side, results in strife. Because the universe doesn't play nice. Period. I think the key is the moment of "communion" through the eucharist of the alien identity pod. It is profound.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 24, 2023

4) I would like to expand upon this (as a lapsed institutional Catholic) but I finished my coffee and have my weekend chores to finish. The film is about soul repairation, yes- but then it telescopes to other levels. Watch it. Maybe we'll chat some more.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 24, 2023

5) BTW this narrative strand is essential to Hitchcock- and operates as the backbone of many a fairy tale and parable. That is what NOWSY is for me: a parable. A REALLY fun parable. Sunday school was never this fun.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) September 24, 2023

He notes how “The film is about soul reparation, yes- but then it telescopes to other levels” while comparing the subtext’s use to the classic work of Alfred Hitchcock. He concludes his thread by noting that “Sunday school was never this fun.” As a Sunday school graduate myself, I couldn’t agree more.

What do you think? Have you had a chance to check out No One Will Save You yet? Let me know over on Twitter @Chadiscollins!

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