Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar, stars of the new thriller (not horror, they say), “Drop” stopped by the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival to talk about movie theatre pet peeves and weird photos they’ve received on their phones.

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.

Of course, stars Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar, as well as director Christopher Landon, all have some IRL AirDrop stories of their own—just not as nightmarish, hopefully? You’ve heard of bad first dates,

If you think you've had a bad first date, Christopher Landon's "Drop" is here to take your worst nightmare and multiply it by a thousand. It also adds a measured yet sincere performance from Meghann Fahy as a woman who finds herself being threatened over airdrop (a function where a nearby stranger can connect to your phone to share images and texts) with messages telling her that she must kill her date or her son dies.