After seeing Together, I think I can confidently proclaim that we have entered a golden era for body horror movies. Following acclaimed, grotesque recent releases like the Oscar-winning The Substance and Shudder’s The Ugly Stepsister, writer and director Michael Shanks’ insane new horror movie about a mysterious force threatening to bond a struggling couple’s flesh together reinforces my faith in a subgenre I have always been cautiously curious about.
Said couple from the 2025 movie release is played by real-life husband and wife Dave Franco and Alison Brie, who also produce Together, but actually previously collaborated on another horror flick from several years ago that I had always been curious to check out. It turned out to be yet another example of a movie that I regret not giving a chance sooner, and one I would recommend to any horror fan who enjoys Franco and Brie’s work in Together – which we reviewed well – but, mostly, for different reasons. Allow me to explain, WITHOUT SPOILERS…
