Push is a 2024 American horror-thriller film written and directed by David Charbonier and Justin Powell. It stars Alicia Sanz and Raúl Castillo.
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Premise
Natalie, a pregnant realtor, is tasked with selling a mansion that's been vacant for many years due to a murder that took place there. A potential client attends the open house, but he proves to be a threat to Natalie and her unborn baby.
Production
Directors David Charbonier and Justin Powell had written the script even before their directorial debut The Boy Behind the Door, with the inspiration coming from Charbonier doing his job as a real estate photographer and ending up alone in a secluded house, leading him to call Powell saying "This is really weird. Someone could just come here and kill me. This feels like there’s some of an idea here." When developing it into a script, originally titled Open House, the duo decided to center it around a strong female character.
Release
Push was released in Spain on October 3, 2024 at the Sitges Film Festival. Shudder acquired its distribution rights in March 2025 ahead of its first American screening at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, and the film was released in the United States on July 11, 2025.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of 26 critics' reviews are positive.
Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, praising Daniel Katz's "rich cinematography" and ultimately labeling it "a lean, mean home invasion thriller that plays like a breathless chase in a briskly paced 90-minute runtime." Nick Bythrow of Screen Rant gave a mostly positive review, praising the tension and Sanz's "captivating lead performance", but concluding that it "failed to stick the landing by the end." In a less enthusiastic review, Lena Wilson of IGN called the film "a classic case of style over substance".
