This New Horror Film Can Be Streamed, and It Might Make or Break Your Relationship.

Consider this a challenge for those in enduring partnerships who appreciate scary movies: Get comfortable with your significant other and watch Together. This critically acclaimed 2025 movie just made its streaming debut via Hulu. On the surface, it might appear like conventional physical horror, but beneath Together exists a profound meditation about the ways we decide to love one another.

A Debut Feature Delving into Partnership Complexities

Together marks the debut feature-length film for director Michael Shanks. It features Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Tim and Millie, an unmarried couple that have been together for ten years. Having wed in reality in 2017, the actors contribute a unique chemistry to their roles, masterfully depicting both the good and bad of a enduring union.

The story commences when the couple move from the urban environment to the rural area for professional reasons. A commonly used story element, admittedly, but that’s mostly where the conventions end. Together becomes as much a examination of mental states of the pair’s relationship as it is a body horror flick.

A Supernatural Catalyst

While hiking near their country house, a storm hits, and Millie and Tim tumble into an underground cave. After a night spent there and managing to escape, a strange force takes hold of the pair. This force compels a paranormal intimacy between them that goes well past simple connection.

The entire film is a methodically building horror experience, weaving in bits of fever-dream horrors, gross (but tastefully done) body horror, and surprisingly comedic interactions (sometimes during something grotesque). Michael Shanks weaves these elements together seamlessly and delivers them in a slowly mounting sense of impending doom.

Layered Performances

A significant portion of Together is solely the two lead actors, and they skillfully illustrate countless layers to the partnership at the film's core. Her self-assurance and sense of connection is suffering due to a distance. Her unspoken irritation of Tim for his reluctance to chase only his struggling artistic pursuits inexorably rises.

Conversely, Tim experiences isolation and cut off by Millie, who’s the impetus they’ve relocated rural and distant from his social circle. He dreads the concept of totally forfeiting his sense of self in his partner. This fear is intensified by the circumstance he lacks a driver's license and is dependent on Millie for getting around.

The film's most intelligent aspect in Together avoids making either of his characters the clear bad guy.

Tim and Millie grapple with the kind of problems that come with any relationship a decade in. Fundamentally, they have affection for one another. They still laugh together, comfort one another, and open up at times. But below this facade, there’s an persistent undercurrent of doubt about their future together.

Thematic Depth

While the otherworldly presence in Together represent these fears of unhealthy attachment and fully committing to a partner, the symbolism does not come across as clumsy or self-important. Instead, these visceral horror elements offer a ideal counterpart to the relationship narrative. Both the horror and the drama serve the other symbiotically.

A Debated Finale

Together’s conclusion, which remains unspoiled, has created disagreement on the movie's final takeaway about codependent relationships. It has been said that those not in relationships have interpreted the film as a strong argument for remaining unattached. Conversely, some couples having disagreements found that the film ultimately assisted them reconcile.

Regardless of your relationship status, your own reaction could act as a revealing measure of how you view relationships. Will the finale plant anxiety and horror, or a uplifting feeling of optimism? Will you recognize your own traits in one of the characters and yell at the screen, or simply glance toward your other half and state, “We could get through that together”?

Regardless of the outcome, Together is an test you can undertake today.

Together is available to watch on the streaming service Hulu now.