This New Horror Film Can Be Streamed, and It Could Strengthen or Shatter Your Partnership.

Consider this a challenge for those in enduring partnerships who enjoy horror films: Sit down with your partner and view Together. The independent film success of 2025 recently had its streaming debut via Hulu. On the surface, it might appear like typical biological terror, but within Together resides a deep examination about the ways we decide to love one another.

A Directorial Debut Exploring The Nuances of Love

Together is the debut feature-length film for filmmaker 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 stayed together for over ten years. Having wed in reality in 2017, Franco and Brie bring a special spark to their characters, masterfully depicting both the joys and frustrations of a enduring union.

The story commences when the couple move from the urban environment to the country for her career. A commonly used narrative setup, of course, but that’s largely where the tropes conclude. Together evolves into as much a psychological exploration of the couple's dynamic as it is a film about physical terror.

An Otherworldly Trigger

While trekking near their rural residence, a violent storm occurs, and the protagonists discover an hole in the earth. After spending the night there and managing to escape, a mysterious influence begins influencing the duo. This force compels a paranormal intimacy between them that goes far beyond typical partnership.

The whole movie is a methodically building of scares, blending moments of dreamlike terrors, disturbing (but not excessively graphic) body horror, and genuinely funny interactions (sometimes during something horrific). Shanks skillfully blends these components expertly and delivers them in a gradually swelling atmosphere of fear.

Layered Performances

A large part of Together is solely Brie and Franco, and they masterfully render manifold depths to the dynamic between Tim and Millie. Her self-assurance and emotional bond is deteriorating due to a distance. Her underlying frustration of Tim for his unwillingness to focus on anything other than his floundering music career slowly bubbles to the surface.

Tim, on the other hand senses confinement and separated by Millie, who’s the cause they’ve left the city and distant from his network of friends. He fears the notion of utterly sacrificing his individual identity in his partner. This fear is intensified by the fact he lacks a driver's license and needs Millie for mobility.

The director's cleverest decision is that he avoids making either of his characters the obvious villain.

Both characters confront the type of challenges that arise in long-term unions after ten years. At their core, they still love one another. They share moments of joy, offer support, and share intimately at times. But below this facade, there’s an unavoidable undercurrent of doubt about their bond.

Symbolism and Metaphor

While the supernatural forces in Together represent these fears of codependency and totally devoting oneself to a partner, the metaphor avoids being overly obvious or heavy-handed. Instead, these ickier, creepier moments present a ideal counterpart to the relationship narrative. Both the frights and the fights work together symbiotically.

A Divisive Ending

Together’s final act, which remains unspoiled, has sparked debate on the story's concluding statement about unhealthy partnerships. Reports indicate that those not in relationships have interpreted the film as a strong argument for avoiding commitment. Meanwhile, certain partners who were in conflict found that the film ultimately assisted them make up.

If you are alone or with a partner, your own interpretation could act as a revealing measure of how you think about commitment. Will the conclusion sow a sense of discomfort and fear, or a uplifting feeling of optimism? Will you see yourself in Tim or Millie and yell at the screen, or simply turn to your significant other and state, “I’d do that for you”?

Regardless of the outcome, Together is an exploration you can experience today.

Together is streaming on Hulu's platform as of this moment.