Critics are loving this alien invasion movie that drops on Disney Plus this Friday

Kaitlyn Dever as Brynn in No One Will Save You
(Image credit: Hulu)

New sci-fi horror movie No One Will Save You is getting rave reviews ahead of its Disney Plus premiere on Friday, September 22. Starring Booksmart's Kaitlyn Dever, the film sees an isolated young woman tasked with surviving the night when her home comes under the attack of evil extraterrestrials.

In the run up to its release, which will be on Hulu in the US, a bunch of critics were treated to an early screening of the Brian Duffield-directed film – and their reactions suggest it's not one to be missed. Not that we're all that surprised, mind, considering Duffield previously worked on stellar genre flicks such as The Babysitter, Spontaneous, and Underwater...

"NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU is one of my favorite movies of the year, full stop," Fangoria's Scott Wampler tweeted. "Freaky set pieces, genuine Amblin vibes, a very unexpected ending and...a few other surprises best left for you to discover. Someone finally made the "mean gray aliens" movie I've always wanted. Loved it."

"NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU: fun as hell with a crowd. Dunno if I'm 100% sold on the ending, but I'm a sucker for UFO/abduction stuff, and this plays the hits well enough that I can't complain," another early viewer said. "Fans of old-school grey aliens, please take note."

"No One Will Save You is a surprising, no-holds-barred alien invasion movie with a dynamite lead performance by Kaitlyn Dever. It's small but never feels that way thanks to the VFX, and the story keeps you guessing till the very end. Thrilling. Fascinating. F'd up," gushed Gizmodo and io9's Germain Lussier.

"Just watched No One Will Save You and it was amazing. Classic sci-fi horror that is tense and terrifying. Love a good alien invasion story. Definitely one of the biggest surprises this year," said another.

Someone else who loved the movie described it as having echoes of Signs, A Quiet Place, and Nope, and wasted no time rating it a ten out of ten.

"It may be a streamer feature but don't be fooled: NOWSY's disarmingly expansive & commands your attention," said one more.

"No One Will Save You is a brilliant film for reasons I do not want to talk about for fear of spoilers. It feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone," Screen Rant's Tessa Smith added. "Terrifying at times, with a little bit of heart snuck in. Kaitlyn Dever once again proves she is phenomenal."

For more, check out our list of the best sci-fi movies of all time, or our breakdown of the most exciting upcoming horror movies heading our way in 2023 and beyond.

Amy West

I am an Entertainment Writer here at 12DOVE, covering all things TV and film across our Total Film and SFX sections. Elsewhere, my words have been published by the likes of Digital Spy, SciFiNow, PinkNews, FANDOM, Radio Times, and Total Film magazine.

Read more
Pulse
The 32 greatest sci-fi horror movies
Megan Fox in Subservience
Netflix's new #1 movie is a sci-fi thriller that stars Megan Fox as an AI robot - and it has a pretty divisive Rotten Tomatoes score
Best sci-fi movies on Netflix: Adam Sandler as Jakub Procházka wearing a space suit during the film, Spaceman.
The 10 best sci-fi movies on Netflix to watch right now
I Saw the TV Glow
2024's best horror movie won't scare you in a traditional sense, but that's exactly why it's so hauntingly powerful
Archive
32 underrated sci-fi movies
Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher in Companion
First reactions for The Boys and Yellowjackets stars' new horror movie are calling it "absolutely bonkers" and "genuinely brilliant"
Latest in Sci-Fi Movies
Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and Ke Huy Quan in The Electric State
$320 million in the hole, the Russo brothers' new Netflix movie debuts to their worst Rotten Tomatoes score even though it's one of the most expensive films ever made
Zoe Saldaña in Avatar
James Cameron had "too many great ideas" for Avatar: The Way of Water, so the cut content became Avatar 3 which "will actually be a little bit longer" than its 3-hour predecessor
Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17
Director Bong Joon Ho explains his new sci-fi film Mickey 17's surprise end title card: "It's a coming-of-age-story"
Claire Danes as Juliet and Miriam Margolyes as Nurse in the movie Romeo + Juliet.
The 33 greatest movies based on Shakespeare
Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette in Mickey 17
Although the Mickey 17 cast were at first baffled by the unique way Parasite director Bong Joon Ho works, now they want it no other way
Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt in The Electric State
The Electric State review: "Although this may be their most visually stunning movie yet, it looks like the Russos are yet to find their footing outside of the MCU"
Latest in News
Kingmakers
Kingmakers is a strategy game about taking on medieval armies with a gun, but its devs thought the giant mech was too much
The Witcher 3 lead says "not many games" were trying to match the RPG back in 2015, and that meant "there was a risk" to making it in the first place
The Blood of Dawnwalker
The Witcher 3 dev says his new vampire RPG Blood of Dawnwalker wants to challenge genre conventions, but only if "we're changing them to actually achieve some goal"
Daredevil recap: The Defenders
Marvel fans are discussing which of the Netflix series characters would have survived the Blip
A misty, forested mountainside in Prologue: Go Wayback!
PUBG creator's wilderness survival game actually draws inspiration from an unexpected place - a whole raft of zombie games like DayZ, Project Zomboid, and Left 4 Dead
The Blood of Dawnwalker: A screenshot of the vampire Brencis holding up a crown during the trailer for the upcoming game.
The Witcher 3 devs created a Jekyll & Hyde-style character for their new vampire RPG "because nobody yet has done that"