This New Horror Film Can Be Streamed, and It Might Make or Break Your Partnership.

Consider this a test for partners in committed relationships who are fans of the horror genre: Sit down with your partner and watch Together. The independent film success of 2025 has now made its online premiere on Hulu. Outwardly, it could look like conventional body horror, but beneath Together exists a intense meditation about our choices in loving each other.

A Debut Feature Investigating Relationship Dynamics

Together represents the first full-length movie for director Michael Shanks. It showcases Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Millie and Tim, a pair who are not married that have been together for ten years. Having wed in reality in 2017, the actors infuse a special spark to their characters, skillfully embodying both the joys and frustrations of a committed partnership.

The story begins when the couple transition from the urban environment to the rural area for her career. A somewhat stereotypical plot device, sure, but that’s mostly where the tropes end. Together transforms into as much a examination of mental states of the couple's dynamic as it is a film about physical terror.

An Otherworldly Trigger

While hiking near their rural residence, a violent storm occurs, and the protagonists tumble into an hole in the earth. After a night spent there and managing to escape, a supernatural entity begins influencing the pair. This force compels a supernatural closeness between them that goes exceeding simple connection.

The whole movie is a slow burn fright fest, interspersing moments of fever-dream horrors, unsettling (but never too gross) body horror, and authentically humorous interactions (sometimes in the middle of something horrific). The director weaves these elements together expertly and presents them in a slowly mounting sense of impending doom.

Nuanced Portrayals

A large part of Together is exclusively Brie and Franco, and they deftly portray countless layers to the characters’ relationship. Millie's sense of self and emotional bond is deteriorating due to a lack of intimacy. Her underlying frustration of Tim for his unwillingness to chase only his failing musical ambitions gradually emerges.

Conversely, Tim experiences isolation and isolated by Millie, who’s the reason they’ve moved to the country and far away from his social circle. He dreads the concept of completely losing his sense of self in his partner. This fear is amplified by the circumstance he lacks a driver's license and relies on Millie for transportation.

Shanks’ smartest move in this movie never makes one partner or the other the obvious villain.

The couple face the type of challenges that come with most partnerships over a long period. Fundamentally, they still love each other. They find humor with each other, provide solace, and open up at times. But below this facade, there’s an persistent feeling of questioning about their bond.

Thematic Depth

While the otherworldly presence in Together represent these concerns of unhealthy attachment and giving oneself over to a partner, the symbolism avoids being overly obvious or pretentious. Instead, these ickier, creepier moments offer a perfect parallel to the interpersonal storytelling. Both the supernatural and the personal enhance each other in a mutually beneficial way.

A Controversial Conclusion

Together’s ending, which is best experienced firsthand, has left audiences divided on the film’s ultimate message about codependent relationships. It has been said that unattached audience members have understood the narrative as a strong argument for remaining unattached. Conversely, some couples experiencing tension found that the film ultimately assisted them reconcile.

Whether you’re single or coupled up, your own interpretation could potentially serve as a revealing measure of how you view relationships. Will the ending inspire a sense of discomfort and fear, or a positive outlook on love? Will you recognize your own traits in Tim or Millie and scream at your TV, or simply look at your significant other and state, “I’d do that for you”?

No matter your reaction, Together is an exploration you can embark on at this very moment.

Together is currently playing on Hulu's platform at present.