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

We present a test for partners in committed relationships who appreciate scary movies: Sit down with your significant other and view Together. This critically acclaimed 2025 movie just made its launch on a streaming platform via Hulu. Outwardly, it could look like standard body horror, but beneath Together exists a deep meditation about our choices in loving one another.

An Introductory Film Investigating Partnership Complexities

Together marks the debut feature-length film for director Michael Shanks. It stars the real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a couple named Tim and Millie, a pair who are not married that have been together for ten years. United in marriage in reality in 2017, Franco and Brie infuse a special spark to their roles, masterfully depicting both the joys and frustrations of a committed partnership.

The plot starts when Millie and Tim relocate from the urban environment to the rural area for professional reasons. A commonly used plot device, admittedly, but that’s largely where the conventions cease. Together evolves into as much a psychological exploration of the partnership as it is a film about physical terror.

A Supernatural Catalyst

While walking near their new home, a storm hits, and Millie and Tim discover an hole in the earth. After being trapped overnight there and managing to escape, a supernatural entity takes hold of the pair. This force creates a paranormal intimacy between them that goes well past typical partnership.

The entire film is a slow burn fright fest, interspersing bits of hallucinatory nightmares, disturbing (but tastefully done) physical transformations, and surprisingly comedic dialogue (sometimes during something disturbing). Shanks skillfully blends these components neatly and delivers them in a consistently growing atmosphere of fear.

Nuanced Portrayals

A great deal of Together is only the performances of its stars, and they masterfully render manifold depths to the partnership at the film's core. Millie's sense of self and sense of connection is deteriorating due to a distance. Her unspoken irritation of Tim for his unwillingness to pursue anything but his floundering music career slowly bubbles to the surface.

Conversely, Tim experiences isolation and isolated by Millie, who’s the reason they’ve moved to the country and removed from his social circle. He fears the idea of utterly sacrificing his individual identity in another person. This fear is further exacerbated by the circumstance he can’t drive and is dependent on Millie for transportation.

The film's most intelligent aspect in Together never makes Tim or Millie the clear bad guy.

The couple face the type of challenges that are inherent in long-term unions after ten years. Fundamentally, they still love each other. They share moments of joy, offer support, and share intimately at times. But beneath it all, there’s an persistent feeling of questioning about their bond.

Allegory and Meaning

While the supernatural forces in Together symbolize these concerns of codependency and totally devoting oneself to another person, the metaphor does not come across as overly obvious or heavy-handed. Instead, these more disturbing, unsettling scenes provide a brilliant analogue to the relationship narrative. Both the frights and the fights work together in a mutually beneficial way.

A Divisive Ending

Together’s conclusion, which won’t be spoiled here, has created disagreement on the movie's final takeaway about unhealthy partnerships. Reports indicate that those not in relationships have interpreted the film as a compelling reason for staying single. Conversely, a few pairs who were in conflict found that the film ended up guiding them to resolve their issues.

Whether you’re single or coupled up, your own response could potentially serve as a telling indicator of how you think about commitment. Will the conclusion plant feelings of uneasiness and dread, or a uplifting feeling of optimism? Will you see yourself in Tim or Millie and scream at your TV, or simply look at your partner and utter, “I understand that choice”?

Whatever the case may be, Together is an test you can experience at this very moment.

Together is streaming on Hulu now.