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We’re back onto body horror territory with this one and honestly, the concept of losing your individuality does frighten the bejesus out of me a lot more than the visual image. I do have my issues with the execution but let’s leave that for later. First of all, this one is going to get creepy so consider, very strongly, if this is a film you want to get into or that you can live without. It’s going to be tame by horror standards but rather icky for casual audiences. Please keep a safe distance of other moviegoers throughout the film.

(Credit: NEON)

Together (2025) was written and directed by Michael Shanks. The thirty-something couple of Millie (Alison Brie) and Tim (Dave Franco) are an odd couple that seem to be stuck together without entering marriage. Millie has just managed to land a teaching job in the country and Tim is still trying to make it as a musician. As they moved to an isolated house in the woods, Millie is hoping this will be what their relationship needs while Tim is still considering a gig back in the city where all their friends are. But the forest has a few secrets and a dark history of missing couples that have never been found.

In a casual hike, Millie and Tim end up finding an underground cave with the ruins of a chapel that appears to hide a rather horrible effect for couples who enter it. Soon Tim and Millie will discover they can’t keep their distance from each other and worse, the lightest touch seems to stick them together. This does not seem to be an isolated incident but one that seems to be bound to bind them.

It does work, but the execution is a bit hesitant. The film waits just right up to the last moments to enter full blown horror territory. Otherwise, it would seem we’re just dealing with a couple that’s experiencing communication and commitment issues. Even the language and the signs all seem to raise red flags. So as much as it reads like a drama, we’re all know where it’s going. It’s really not a big surprise ending.

Lightly recommended for the body horror audiences with a big reservation. Although we all know what’s coming and it does take its sweet time to get there, I don’t consider it a slow burn because it does seem to follow the romance plot playbook up to the switch into full horror genre for the last quarter of the runtime. Perhaps something to keep in your watchlist, but not at the top.

That will do for now.