There are people watching Fall who don’t like the heebie-jeebies they get standing at the top of a single flight of stairs. Afflicting approximately 3-6% of people, it’s one of the most common phobias in the world. LESSON #1: EXPLOITING MORTAL FEARS– As a trigger to get the blood pumping, acrophobia is an easy target. True to its name, Fall’s plot exploits mortal fears and gets creative with the desperate measures people reach to keep kicking and screaming with life. The film’s characters and camera explore its peculiarity and scale. By ascending a 2,000 foot antenna in the desert (masterfully so in its own perfect teaser trailer), Mann and his co-writer Jonathan Frank have picked a unique and uncomplicated setting. Long has the subgenre of survival thrillers flourished in this area. Sometimes, the simplest premises are all you need, and Scott Mann’s thriller Fall has that going for it in spades.