See how Sam Raimi’s survival horror-comedy almost ended.

Send Help alternate ending reveals tense confrontation with Rachel McAdams (exclusive)

See how Sam Raimi's survival horror-comedy almost ended.

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March 23, 2026 5:00 p.m. ET

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**Warning: This article contains spoilers from *Send Help*.**

With the home release of *Send Help*, Sam Raimi's survival horror-comedy with Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien, 20th Century Studios reveals an alternate ending that almost made the cut.

McAdams returns as Linda Liddle in **'s exclusive look at the deleted scene, which will be available on digital retail platforms starting Tuesday. The once-put upon office worker is basking in the glow of her victory: One year after slaying her horrible boss, Bradley Preston (O'Brien), after getting stranded on a remote island together, she's now a celebrity for turning her story into a self-help career.

The original ending sees Linda riding off into the sunset of her newfound fame, but the alternate conclusion features a rather tense confrontation between her and Franklin, a senior executive at her old job, played by Dennis Haysbert.

Rachel McAdams as Linda Liddle in 'Send Help' alternate ending.

20th Century Studios

Franklin attempts to not-so-subtly blackmail Linda by sharing that he knows Bradley's fiancée, Zuri (Edyll Ismail), charted a boat to go find him and that said boat was found washed up on the shores of a private island. He also learned the owner of the house on that island filed a break-in report.

Franklin plays right into Linda's hand as yet another male in power who drastically underestimates her.

Sam Raimi pranked Dylan O'Brien into thinking he had to eat real bugs for 'Send Help'

Dylan O'Brien and Rachel McAdams are enemy co-workers stranded on an island in 'Send Help' first look

*Send Help* and the film's bonus materials will be available on Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango Home, and other digital retailers starting tomorrow. A physical release will follow on 4K Ultra HD and DVD April 21, featuring over two hours of bonus content.

Dylan O'Brien and Rachel McAdams in 'Send Help'.

Brook Rushton/20th Century Studios

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Raimi, who directed McAdams first in *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* for Marvel Studios, previously told EW the precise scene that convinced him to work with the *Mean Girls* and *Spotlight* actress again: the battle between her character, Dr. Christine Palmer, and a swarm of specters.

"I had to say things to her like, 'Do you mind [if] there's gonna be a ghost attack sequence, and you're assaulted by these ghosts?'" Raimi said. "I expected a little chagrin, but she said, 'Okay, what do we do?'...She put so much gusto into it and authenticity that she made the ghost scene work," he continues. "I had great animators to help, but she made that work as well as her character stuff. I thought, *I'm gonna work with this person again*."

Watch the alternate ending in the video above.

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