Open your eyes and you're dead... Drop whatever you're doing, fire up Netflix to catch the "must-see" movie of the season, *Bird Box*. Sandra Bullock turns in a masterful performance as Malorie, the mother of two small children facing a terrifying world where a look can kill.

The world changes suddenly when a rash of deaths begin spreading after viewing a shapeless form that affects the mind. All across the globe, millions of people succumb to this ever-encroaching terror. Bullock's character and a small band of survivors learn to fashion blindfolds for as a means of protection.

This film brings back everyone's childhood memories of lying in your room at night and being afraid of the dark. I still vividly remember as a child, watching the huge stuffed snake on the dresser, coiled as if ready to strike. In bed, I would pull the covers up over my head yet still couldn't resist taking a peek every now and then. In the twilight, the eyes began to blink and I swore it seemed like that reptilian beast to slowly slither up the foot of my bed...

You actually begin to feel as if you're going through the experience with them, which makes it all the more creepy.

What’s scary about all this is it's so easy to imagine being in their places. No spoilers here, however as the death count increases, we're taken along a frightening journey with a surprising twist at the end. Once I started watching, I couldn't stop. Can Malorie survive with her two children in tow? Have you seen Bird Box?