Ukusuka kwisandla se USam Raimi, Abathunywa marca Ukufika kweHollywood kwi-blockbuster duo Pang, ireferensi ye-cinema eyoyikekayo yaseAsia. Aba bazalwana befilimu, ababonakala benza yonke into kunye, baqala ukwaziwa ukusuka Iliso, ifilimu eyoyikisayo kunye nentandabuzo ejikeleze iliso elingaqhelekanga elitshintshiweyo.
En Abathunywa, usapho olungasebenziyo lugqiba ekubeni luhambe luyokuqala ubomi obutsha, kwindlu ekude nebi kumbindi wendawo yasemaphandleni eyinkangala. Apho, utata wayedlala UDylan McDermott Uya kuzama ukuphila ubomi bomlimi otyala oojongilanga, kwaye abuyisele ubudlelwane bakhe nentombi yakhe eneminyaka eli-16 ubudala, uJess (Kristen Stewart, umlinganiswa ophambili we Ngokuhlwa).
Isityalo sikajongilanga siyachuma, ubukhulu becala sibulela umsebenzi we John, umntu wasekhaya ongaphangeliyo usapho luyaqesha kwaye yonke into ibonakala ihamba kakuhle. Nangona kunjalo, uJess uqalisa ukubona imiqondiso ebonwa nguye kuphelaNgaphandle kobhuti wakhe oneminyaka emi-3, ongekakwazi kuthetha. Ngenxa yobunzima bakhe bexesha elidlulileyo, abazali bakhe abayi kukholwa nelizwi, zide zibe ziziganeko ezingaqhelekanga.
Nokuba iofisi ye Ubuhlungu, okanye imiboniso, okanye ukunqwala Iintaka, de Ihitchcock, gcina Abathunywa yesiphelo esiqikelelwayo ngokupheleleyo kunye nobuphakathi kunye nokungabikho kokutsha. Ukuba ungumthandi wohlobo, mhlawumbi uya kunika ifilimu ithuba, kodwa ndilindele ukuba ibali lika abathunywa, Sele uyibonile amaxesha angama-500.