This New Horror Film Has Debuted on Streaming, and It Could Strengthen or Shatter Your Relationship.

Here's a challenge for partners in committed relationships who appreciate the horror genre: Sit down with your loved one and watch Together. This critically acclaimed 2025 movie has now made its streaming debut on the Hulu service. At first glance, it may seem like conventional body horror, but beneath Together lies a profound contemplation about our choices in loving our partners.

An Introductory Film Investigating Partnership Complexities

Together is the debut feature-length film for filmmaker Michael Shanks. It showcases Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Millie and Tim, a pair who are not married that have been together for over ten years. Having wed in reality in 2017, Franco and Brie infuse a particular energy to their characters, skillfully embodying both the strengths and weaknesses of a long-term relationship.

The story commences when the couple transition from the metropolis to the countryside for her career. A familiar plot device, sure, but that’s mostly where the tropes conclude. Together transforms into as much a examination of mental states of the couple's dynamic as it is a body horror flick.

An Otherworldly Trigger

While hiking near their rural residence, a storm hits, and the two fall into an hole in the earth. After being trapped overnight there and eventually escaping, a strange force starts to affect the duo. This force induces a paranormal intimacy between them that goes exceeding typical partnership.

The whole movie is a gradually intensifying fright fest, interspersing elements of hallucinatory nightmares, disturbing (but not excessively graphic) biological grotesqueries, and surprisingly comedic dialogue (sometimes in the middle of something grotesque). Shanks weaves these elements together seamlessly and wraps them up in a consistently growing sense of impending doom.

Nuanced Portrayals

A large part of Together is solely Brie and Franco, and they skillfully illustrate manifold depths to the partnership at the film's core. Millie's sense of self and sense of connection is waning due to a lack of intimacy. Her underlying frustration of Tim for his hesitance to chase only his struggling artistic pursuits slowly bubbles to the surface.

Conversely, Tim feels trapped and cut off by Millie, who’s the cause they’ve relocated rural and far away from his network of friends. He fears the concept of totally forfeiting his individual identity in his partner. This fear is further exacerbated by the fact he can’t drive and is dependent on Millie for getting around.

Shanks’ smartest move in Together refrains from painting either of his characters the definite antagonist.

The couple confront the sort of issues that come with long-term unions a decade in. At their core, they have affection for each other. They still laugh together, offer support, and open up at times. But beneath it all, there’s an inescapable current of uncertainty about their relationship.

Thematic Depth

While the paranormal elements in Together act as a metaphor for these fears of excessive reliance and totally devoting oneself to another person, the metaphor never feels hamfisted or pretentious. Instead, these ickier, creepier moments provide a brilliant analogue to the relationship narrative. Both the horror and the drama enhance each other symbiotically.

A Debated Finale

Together’s final act, which won’t be spoiled here, has sparked debate on the story's concluding statement about enmeshed dynamics. Reports indicate that those not in relationships have interpreted the film as a strong argument for staying single. On the other hand, a few pairs who were in conflict found that the film actually helped them resolve their issues.

Regardless of your relationship status, your own interpretation could act as a revealing measure of how you perceive partnership. Will the finale sow feelings of uneasiness and dread, or a heartwarming sense of hope? Will you identify in Tim or Millie and scream at your TV, or simply glance toward your significant other and utter, “I understand that choice”?

No matter your reaction, Together is an experiment you can experience at this very moment.

Together is streaming on Hulu's platform now.