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Together 2025 Movie Review Trailer Poster

 Body horror is in. "Together" is a squishy, fleshy, scream-inducing body horror film that premiered at Sundance under the festival's "Midnight" banner, which means it's basically allowed to be the opposite of most Sundance films. It's the rare festival horror film that could end up in big theaters, like "The Substance." It's not that it's that good; it's more of an over-the-top, acid-trip, roller-coaster of madness where if it looks weird, you'll go crazy. Still, it's funny (in a slightly pretentious way), stars two very good actors (Dave Franco and Alison Brie, a real-life married couple) playing a couple with as many problems as real-life couples, and it works as a totally unhinged, but not absurd, thriller built around a Big Idea. When it ended, I thought: This is the kind of movie David Cronenberg would have made if he were less of a Canadian genius and more of a junk-food sensationalist. Director: Michael Shanks Writer...