This New Horror Film Is Now Streaming, and It Has the Power to Test Your Romantic Bond.

Here's a test for long-term couples who enjoy the horror genre: Get comfortable with your partner and view Together. The independent film success of 2025 recently had its online premiere on Hulu. On the surface, it may seem like typical physical horror, but beneath Together lies a intense meditation about the ways we decide to love our partners.

A Directorial Debut Investigating The Nuances of Love

Together represents the first full-length movie for filmmaker Michael Shanks. It stars the real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Millie and Tim, a pair who are not married that have remained a couple for over ten years. Married in reality in 2017, the two stars bring a special spark to their roles, masterfully depicting both the joys and frustrations of a long-term relationship.

The story commences when Millie and Tim move from the big city to the countryside for Millie’s job. A commonly used story element, admittedly, but that’s primarily where the cliches conclude. Together becomes as much a examination of mental states of the partnership as it is a film about physical terror.

An Otherworldly Trigger

While walking near their country house, a storm hits, and the two discover an hole in the earth. After being trapped overnight there and eventually escaping, a strange force starts to affect the couple. This force compels a supernatural closeness between them that goes well past simple connection.

The whole movie is a slow burn fright fest, weaving in bits of dreamlike terrors, gross (but tastefully done) body horror, and surprisingly comedic interactions (sometimes during something grotesque). Shanks orchestrates these parts seamlessly and wraps them up in a gradually swelling sense of impending doom.

Layered Performances

A significant portion of Together is exclusively Brie and Franco, and they skillfully illustrate numerous complexities to the dynamic between Tim and Millie. Her self-assurance and feeling of intimacy is suffering due to a distance. Her underlying frustration of Tim for his hesitance to pursue anything but his struggling artistic pursuits inexorably rises.

In contrast, Tim's character experiences isolation and isolated by Millie, who’s the impetus they’ve relocated rural and distant from his social circle. He dreads the idea of completely losing his individual identity in another person. This fear is amplified by the fact he can’t drive and needs Millie for getting around.

The film's most intelligent aspect is that he avoids making either of his characters the obvious villain.

The couple face the kind of problems that arise in long-term unions a decade in. Deep down, they have affection for one another. They still laugh together, provide solace, and open up at times. But under the surface, there’s an inescapable current of uncertainty about their relationship.

Thematic Depth

While the supernatural forces in Together represent these anxieties of excessive reliance and totally devoting oneself to another person, the allegory avoids being hamfisted or self-important. Instead, these ickier, creepier moments offer a brilliant analogue to the interpersonal storytelling. Both the horror and the drama work together in a mutually beneficial way.

A Controversial Conclusion

Together’s final act, which remains unspoiled, has sparked debate on the story's concluding statement about codependent relationships. Accounts suggest that those not in relationships have seen the movie as a strong argument for staying single. Conversely, some couples who were in conflict found that the film ultimately assisted them resolve their issues.

Whether you’re single or coupled up, your own reaction could function as a revealing measure of how you think about commitment. Will the conclusion plant anxiety and horror, or a uplifting feeling of optimism? Will you recognize your own traits in Tim or Millie and feel frustration, or simply look at your significant other and state, “I’d do that for you”?

No matter your reaction, Together is an test you can undertake today.

Together is streaming on Hulu at present.