CinemaBlend In Fede Alvarezâs Donât Breathe, a home invasion goes just about as badly as a home invasion can possibly go. Stephen Langâs Norman Nordstrom seems like an easy target â a blind man living alone on a vacated street and sitting on millions of dollars â but what the characters discover is that Norman is not only an armed and terrifying physical threat, but also a psychotic who thinks he is totally justified in keeping a woman locked up in basement. All plans get turned on their head with twist after twist, and it ultimately becomes more of a fight for survival than a robbery for the anti-heroes.