<Li> Sergej Onopko as Trevor </Li> <P> Fede Álvarez noted that making the film was, in some ways, a reaction to his debut film Evil Dead, specifically the criticisms that the film had too much blood, focused too much on shocking the audience, and was a remake . In response, Alvarez decided to make Don't Breathe, an original story that contained less blood and focused more on suspense over shocking audiences . He wanted to avoid making a film dealing with the supernatural, as he felt that was too trendy . Choosing to make the antagonist blind was a result of deliberately taking abilities away from him; Alvarez explained, "Sometimes you naturally give them powers and make them more menacing than a normal person, so we thought what if we do the other way around and take his eyes out and make him a blind person ." Alvarez has called the movie "exercise in reversal" noting that the film deliberately subverts tropes such as the fact that the house in question is a "nice house on a scary street" as opposed to the opposite, or that the movie is a home invasion story told from the point of view of the invaders . </P> <P> On May 1, 2015, Daniel Zovatto joined the cast . On May 22, 2015, Dylan Minnette was cast in the film, and on June 18, 2015, Jane Levy and Stephen Lang joined the cast . Principal photography began on June 29, 2015 . Though the film is set in Detroit, it was primarily shot in Hungary; only a few views of Detroit were filmed there . Alvarez estimated that the film cost roughly half as much as Evil Dead, and welcomed the change, as it allowed for less studio interference . </P> <P> The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2016, and was theatrically released on August 26, 2016, by Screen Gems . </P>

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