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

Here's a challenge for those in enduring partnerships who are fans of horror films: Get comfortable with your significant other and watch Together. This 2025 indie hit recently had its streaming debut on the Hulu service. On the surface, it could look like standard body horror, but inside Together resides a deep examination about the ways we decide to love one another.

A Directorial Debut Delving into The Nuances of Love

Together marks the first full-length movie for filmmaker Michael Shanks. It features the real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Tim and Millie, an unmarried couple that have been together for ten years. Married in actuality in 2017, the two stars contribute a unique chemistry to their characters, masterfully depicting both the joys and frustrations of a committed partnership.

The story starts when Millie and Tim relocate from the big city to the countryside for professional reasons. A somewhat stereotypical story element, sure, but that’s largely where the tropes cease. Together evolves into as much a psychological exploration of the pair’s relationship as it is a film about physical terror.

A Supernatural Catalyst

While walking near their new home, a tempest descends, and the two fall into an subterranean cavern. After being trapped overnight there and managing to escape, a supernatural entity takes hold of the couple. This force compels a otherworldly bond between them that goes well past emotional intimacy.

The entire film is a methodically building horror experience, weaving in elements of dreamlike terrors, gross (but tastefully done) physical transformations, and genuinely funny interactions (sometimes amidst something disturbing). The director skillfully blends these components seamlessly and delivers them in a gradually swelling aura of dread.

Layered Performances

A great deal of Together is only Brie and Franco, and they deftly portray countless layers to the partnership at the film's core. Millie’s confidence and sense of connection is deteriorating due to a lack of intimacy. Her underlying frustration of Tim for his unwillingness to pursue anything but his struggling artistic pursuits inexorably rises.

Conversely, Tim feels trapped and separated by Millie, who’s the reason they’ve relocated rural and distant from his network of friends. He fears the idea of utterly sacrificing his individual identity in his partner. This fear is amplified by the reality he does not operate a vehicle and needs Millie for mobility.

Shanks’ smartest move is that he refrains from painting one partner or the other the definite antagonist.

The couple face the sort of issues that come with most partnerships a decade in. Deep down, they continue to care for one another. They find humor with each other, comfort one another, and share intimately at times. But beneath it all, there’s an persistent undercurrent of doubt about their relationship.

Symbolism and Metaphor

While the supernatural forces in Together represent these concerns of unhealthy attachment and giving oneself over to a partner, the symbolism does not come across as overly obvious or pretentious. Instead, these more disturbing, unsettling scenes present a brilliant analogue to the interpersonal storytelling. Both the supernatural and the personal work together in harmony.

A Controversial Conclusion

Together’s final act, which won’t be spoiled here, has created disagreement on the movie's final takeaway about codependent relationships. Reports indicate that unattached audience members have seen the movie as a strong argument for remaining unattached. Conversely, a few pairs experiencing tension found that the film actually helped them reconcile.

Whether you’re single or coupled up, your own response could act as a great barometer of how you think about commitment. Will the conclusion plant feelings of uneasiness and dread, or a heartwarming sense of hope? Will you identify in either protagonist and feel frustration, or simply glance toward your significant other and state, “I’d do that for you”?

Whatever the case may be, Together is an test you can embark on right now.

Together is available to watch on Hulu as of this moment.