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Passenger (2026) Blu-ray Review: Paramount's Overlooked Horror Hit

Paramount dumped André Øvredal’s Passenger into theaters back in May with almost zero marketing pushing it, mostly because they were banking on bigger summer tentpoles to carry the box office. That usually means a studio knows they have a stink bomb on their hands, but Passenger isn't a bad movie at all. It’s actually a mean, incredibly lean 94-minute ghost story that knows exactly what it wants to do and doesn't waste time trying to be anything else. If you missed its brief theatrical run, this disc is easily the best way to catch up on one of the most underappreciated horror flicks of the year. The setup is pretty simple. Tyler (Jacob Scipio) and Maddie (Lou Llobell) are a young couple six weeks into their grand "van life" adventure. They traded in their cramped New York lives to live out of a customized camper van, driving across the country and posting about it. But right from the opening stretch, you can tell the romanticized illusion of road life is already we...