The best horror movie of 2025 to date is out this Wednesday! (And just screened at Fantasia, which is where I saw it.) Newcomer writer-director Michael Shanks proves with Together that he's not just somebody to not just watch but someone to attach yourselves to as if glued by some sort of demonic force. Tackling the story of an inseparable couple named Millie and her sexy but useless cuck-boy Tim (played by real-world couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco) who literally become inseparable thanks to some weird-shit-in-the-woods hoodoo that they do, Together is exctly what it promises to be on the package -- but what a package! (Don't make the Dave Franco's penis joke, don't make the Dave Franco's penis joke....)
In all seriousness I refused to watch the trailer for this but I had susseed out what the general story would be anyway thanks to 1) its title and 2) the images on the posters -- and as any of you who've ever read anything of mine know, it's not because I'm thrillingly clever. It's one of those stories that is so obvious now that it's been made you can't believe it hadn't been made already. (Final scene of Society notwithstanding.) But Shanks -- with copius thanks to the wonderful chemistry between his stars -- delivers a film that exploits our expectations while also delivering on them to a gratuitous (complimentary) and gore-iffic tee. The shocks come in how far the three of them are willing to go with it all, and Together goes all the way, baby. Two days before a movie comes out is probably early to call something a classic but Together has all of the makings. I will watch this fifty times if the world can refrain from ending first.
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