"Dust Bunny" almost slipped right past me, even though it’s exactly the kind of movie I usually live for. Scrolling through HBO Max one night right after the "Euphoria" finale, I stumbled onto the title, paired with a poster featuring Mads Mikkelsen. Naturally, I assumed it was going to be another "weird hitman with a heart" indie that I’d half-watch while multitasking on my phone.
On paper, it sort of is that. The film features a professional killer, an 8-year-old girl, a quirky New York apartment building, and a pretty unhinged premise: The kid hires her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed, convinced it ate her family. But about 20 minutes in, I clocked the name Bryan Fuller in the credits, and everything snapped into focus.
