A slick, body-horror relationship nightmare that plays like a nasty breakup movie with a gruesome supernatural twist. It’s more effective as a concept-driven, darkly funny allegory about codependency and identity than as pure terror, but the mix of romance, cringe humor, and flesh-crawling imagery makes it an easy… Read more
39% ★★☆☆☆ (867,527)
Together
Where to watch: Hulu
Movie · Horror · Romance · R
2025 · 1h 42m · ★ 39% (867.5K)
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Director: Michael Shanks
Starring: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman
Overview
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.
Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman, Mia Morrissey, Karl Richmond, Jack Kenny, Francesca Waters, Aljin Abella, Sarah Lang, Rob Brown, Ellora Iris, Charlie Lees, MJ Dorning, Tom Considine, Melanie Beddie, Flynn Wandin, Nancy Finn, Mark Robinson, Michael Shanks, Sunny S. Walia
Where to watch
Hulu
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Verdict
A slick, body-horror relationship nightmare that plays like a nasty breakup movie with a gruesome supernatural twist. It’s more effective as a concept-driven, darkly funny allegory about codependency and identity than as pure terror, but the mix of romance, cringe humor, and flesh-crawling imagery makes it an easy recommendation for genre fans.
Best for
Viewers who like relationship dramas filtered through horror
Fans of body horror with a satirical or absurd streak
People who enjoy messy, codependent couple dynamics
Audiences looking for a crowd-pleasing festival-style genre movie
Skip if
You want straightforward scares without relationship melodrama
You dislike body horror or bodily transformation imagery
You prefer subtle, slow-burn psychological horror over high-concept grotesquerie
You’re not in the mood for dark comedy mixed with romance
Overview
Together takes a very familiar relationship crisis and pushes it into grotesque, literal territory. The result is a horror movie that understands how intimacy can feel suffocating, funny, and terrifying all at once. Its strongest idea is simple: when a couple is already fraying, the supernatural doesn’t need to invent the damage, only amplify it.
Worth noting
The film leans into body horror with a knowingly outrageous streak, and that gives it a playful edge even when the imagery gets nasty. Dave Franco and Alison Brie make the central dynamic feel lived-in enough that the escalating weirdness has something human to cling to. It’s less interested in deep emotional realism than in turning co-dependence into a physical nightmare.
Bottom line
As a genre piece, it lands best when it trusts its premise and its tonal balance between cringe comedy and flesh-crawling discomfort. It may not satisfy viewers looking for a purely frightening or especially profound horror film, but it’s sharp, memorable, and built for audiences who like their romance poisoned by mutation and dread.
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