Drop starring Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar premiered at the SXSW film festival this weekend ahead of its April release, and first reactions are overwhelmingly positive. Meghann Fahy stars as Violet,

Christopher LandonScreenwriter: Jillian Jacobs, Chris RoachLogline: A widowed mother (Meghann Fahy), on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she meets her handsome date. But their chemistry begins to curdle as she begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.

SXSW: The latest from "Happy Death Day" director Christopher Landon drops us into a date from hell starring Meghann Fahy.

Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar play a pair on a first date gone very wrong in Blumhouse’s latest thriller, “ Drop ,” which had its world premiere at Austin’s Paramount Theater on March 9 at the SXSW TV & Film Festival. But the duo and the event couldn’t have gone more right.

With Landon’s visually striking Hitchcock-ian direction, screenwriters Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach provide a fun tech-driven update on the urban legend that spawned 1979’s When a Stranger Calls (and its fun 2006 remake) as the drops come from inside the house.

SXSW: Meghann Fahy stars in the punchy, ridiculous thriller, 'Drop' from Christopher Landon, about a woman on the worst first date of her life.

Who knew that a movie about getting mysterious airdrops could be this good! The Chris Landon directed film brings us Violet (Meghann Fahy), a widow going on a first date in a long while. Her date Henry (Brandon Sklenar) is a photographer and also happens to be the most patient man of all time as Violet slowly turns their charming date into a game of “how many times is this woman walking away from the table?

His latest, Drop, is a modern send-up to the Hitchcockian thriller. While you might scoff when you hear a new Blumhouse movie compared to the works of Hitchcock, especially one that relies so much on the concept of smartphones.