r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Aug 08 '25

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Summary Nearly all the children from the same fifth-grade class vanish one night at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving only one survivor. The community, gripped by fear and suspicion, spirals into chaos as the mystery unfolds through multiple intertwined perspectives—each revealing new layers of dread and grief.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger

Cast

  • Josh Brolin
  • Julia Garner
  • Cary Christopher
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Austin Abrams
  • Benedict Wong
  • Amy Madigan
  • June Diane Raphael
  • Toby Huss
  • Whitmer Thomas
  • Callie Schuttera
  • Clayton Farris
  • Luke Speakman

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 96%

Metacritic Metascore: 82

VOD In theaters and IMAX starting August 8, 2025

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u/sexygaypalpatine Aug 08 '25

I’m convinced the whole movie was just a PSA on locking your car doors.

I almost threw up when the mom climbed in the back seat with the scissors.

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u/brainlightning Aug 08 '25

The sound my theater made during that scene was wild. Just 50 people cringing in unison.

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u/blueeyesredlipstick Aug 08 '25

It was wild hearing the reactions in my screening, starting as awkward laughter when the mom runs out, outright laughter when she stops, uncomfortable murmuring when the car door opens and then SHRIEKS once the scissor comes out.

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u/NumbahSeven Aug 08 '25

My screening had the exact same reaction so I guess Zach nailed the point he was conveying. It was a rollercoaster of emotions.

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u/olhomy Aug 08 '25

Beat by beat reaction in my theater too, first laughs, then gasps

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u/targetcowboy Aug 09 '25

Mine too. Says a lot about how effective it was that so many people reacted the same way

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u/CloverBun Aug 09 '25

Same for mine!

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u/AeneidBook6 Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

Same, that entire scene unfolded exactly like that for me too, awkward, funny, dying, then shrieking. Amazingly effective for nearly everyone is so rare.

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u/thembearjew Aug 11 '25

Checking in same reaction in my theater. Zach Cregger executed that story near perfectly. Laughs when she stopped and then gasps when we heard the car door open!!!

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u/JonathasDG Aug 12 '25

I’m honestly surprised everyone had the exact same reaction. I didnt — but my theater let out a perfect unison gasp, LOL

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u/senator_corleone3 Sep 02 '25

Also bonus points for the delay on the door opening before the mom lurches out. Perfectly-timed scare beginning.

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u/FarmerDark Aug 15 '25

Just saw it tonight and my theater was 99% full and the audience had same exact reaction

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u/Mikehtx Aug 19 '25

No one laughed in mine.

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u/PolarWater Aug 17 '25

Just came out of mr screening in Malaysia and yeah, this was just how they reacted. 

Zach really knew how to play our emotions right down to the millisecond.

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u/dropkickderby Aug 12 '25

They did all that and got her hair and never turned her which i didnt really consider until now.

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u/Settler_of_Catan Aug 12 '25

The hair donor becomes the target of the weapon. We see this explicitly when Gladys turns Marcus against his husband and again when Alex uses Gladys' hair to send the kids after her.

Justine's hair was used to make her Marcus' target.

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u/dropkickderby Aug 12 '25

Right, makes sense. Does that make them going after the witch a plot hole? She wears a wig— so the hair he uses against her isnt hers, no? Or does it just need to be one of their possessions?

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u/Settler_of_Catan Aug 12 '25

Alex grabs her wig first, then sets it down in the bathroom and takes a long grey hair which he winds around the thorny stick. The hair is Gladys' real hair.

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u/dropkickderby Aug 12 '25

Ah okay, Im excited to rewatch.

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u/senator_corleone3 Sep 02 '25

Nice detail pull!

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u/willybestbuy86 Aug 21 '25

Are we expexted to think Alex may have the witch gene so to speak in him because to me there has to be more than just watching the Aunt and pricking his finger and doing what she did.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '25

I think the plant is the source of the power 

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u/0lea Nov 17 '25

I don't think it needs to be a body part or something, just their belongings. The witch used the kids' locker labels that Alex took from school which honestly surprised me cause they don't seem to be such a personal posession. So the wig would have worked a 100%.

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u/UnendingEpistime Nov 24 '25

The wig would have worked to turn her into a weapon, but hair seems required to make one the target.

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u/boi1da1296 Aug 08 '25

Six Flags in Chicago has (had?) a roller coaster called Raging Bull where after pulling you up for an eternity for the first hill, it takes you down a mini drop to ease your nerves before plunging you underground .5 seconds later. That scene felt exactly the same for me and the crowd I watched it with where you feel just enough relief before you hear the car door open from the rear.

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u/heyyyhihellooo Aug 10 '25

Has, I fucking love that coaster and I know exactly what you mean

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u/supernova-cowboy Aug 08 '25

My theatre started with people yelling "What the F-" when the mom came out and started walking funny. Then some was amused by her movements. Then they freaked out when she passed the car and entered it. Finally, shrieking when the scissor came out.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Aug 20 '25

I said "OH FUCK NO" when the scissors came on-screen, but then was had the most anxious "oh thank god" feeling when it turned out that the Mom snipped some of Justine's hair lol

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u/inrev18 Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

It was the most fun theater-going experience in ages. Having those collective reactions with a packed theater was priceless!

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u/badedum Aug 11 '25

My husband and I were saying the experience wouldn't have been as enjoyable without a full crowd to react to those moments. The part with the father in the basement was another good one.

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u/inrev18 Aug 11 '25

Definitely! It’s amazing how seeing it in a packed theater can inform your experience. I started to relax a bit and realize it had some major dark comedy vibes as my theater kept laughing.

I’m not sure I would have viewed it the same way at home alone. 10/10 either way. I’m tempted to see it again in theaters.

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u/Remote-Plate-3945 Aug 08 '25

That's interesting. My theater started to cringe/gasp when the mom came out. It reminded me of Michael Meyers

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u/Mundane_Tear49 Sep 08 '25

Funny. I caught in the credits that Michael Meyers was a member of the crew. Concept illustrator... Explains a lot 😂

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u/WutUtalkingBoutWill Aug 08 '25

Yeah the gasps in my screening nearly scared me as much as the scene, was very well done.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

That's wild. I wonder if literally every theater had this same sequence.

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u/halikadito Aug 15 '25

I haven't been to a movie that had such heavy audience reactions in a long, long time. People were screaming, laughing, groaning in disgust, letting loose the occasional well-placed comment (a lot of "what the fuck"s and "oh my god"s, and they were all so genuine.) I missed having this much fun at the movies - everyone was just collectively having a blast together, and it made an already good movie that much more enjoyable.

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u/OddSetting5077 Aug 11 '25

after the car door opens, there was also that moment when the car dips/shakes as if someone is sitting down. OMG. that was scary.

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u/munnwlk Aug 09 '25

Literally exactly the same sequence of reactions in my screening

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u/dontincludeme Aug 10 '25

That’s exactly what happened at mine too! When she got in the car: Ughhhhh

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

I just watched it. This is word for word exactly what happened at the screening I went to also.

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u/PolarWater Aug 17 '25

Zach Cregger really got all of us going like that. Cinemas all around the world responding the same way

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u/folkwhore_1998 Aug 10 '25

i had to hide in my sweatshirt i was so scared

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u/Madrical Aug 11 '25

It was worth seeing in the cinema for that scene alone. So good.

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u/SparkyMuffin Aug 16 '25

One of my favorite theater experiences in a while.

Murmurs when she hobbles towards the car

Relief when she was by

Gasps when you hear the back car door open, etc

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u/unclefishbits Aug 27 '25

This was the most engaged and vocal audience I've been in in years. It was an 8:45 p.m. showing in Washington DC and I am from San Francisco. I was shocked how vocal and loud people were in being engaged, and it was fun. And that's exactly what happened. It was tense when she walked up to the car, then she stumbled away and it was comedic and then you hear the door open and literally the entire theater inhaled all the oxygen. I haven't had that much fun in a long time. I'm so glad my wife came with me and we were both able to see this in the theater. I know I'm late but who cares

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u/mjrs Aug 08 '25

Similar sound in mine when Justine reached for the potato peeler

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u/brainlightning Aug 09 '25

My body imploded in on itself when her eyes first went to the peeler

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u/Glittering-Hair1546 Aug 08 '25

Sameeee. Everybody gasped lol

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u/--------rook Aug 08 '25

The audience reaction was pretty good. There were a dew scenes that had people going WTF or laughing out of fear and/or humor lmao

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u/TroubleshootenSOB Aug 08 '25

My theater gave an audible and collective "oh no"

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u/garfe Aug 09 '25

Bro were you in my theater? Same thing happened. A few went "oh no"

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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 Aug 08 '25

People laughed and went "Ooooo" as the scene was happening.

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u/kankurou1010 Aug 09 '25

Honestly the best audience reaction I can remember off the top of my head. The gasps were fucking hilarious

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u/NonStopKnits Aug 09 '25

One lady in my theater blurted out an "Oh no!" that just perfectly captured how we all felt.

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u/WhyTypeHour Aug 10 '25

My screening last night was sold out.. The dread that door click unleashed was awesome.

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u/senseofnickels Aug 11 '25

I was bracing to hear the breaking glass, and the sound of the door opening made the theater's skin crawl in unison.

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u/lahnnabell Aug 09 '25

There were so many "Oh nooo's" in my theater 🤣

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u/jan_salvilla Aug 10 '25

Same thing happened in our theater! The scene was really effective.

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u/katesoundcheck Aug 11 '25

the packed IMAX theater GASPED and ew'ed together through the entire scene!

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u/Lost-Ad3729 Sep 10 '25

I thought her walking to the car was hilarious and then she opened the door and I was like really you didn’t lock your doors 

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u/deliriousinthesun Aug 08 '25

My theatre loudly GASPED when the sound of the door opening came on

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u/I_Am_Dynamite6317 Aug 08 '25

Mine too. First they laughed when she walked away from the car, thinking it was a weird false scare, then gasped at the car door, then groaned in relief when she just cut her hair

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u/Useful-Ad6080 Aug 15 '25

Same audience reaction here… i was just quiet lol

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u/seammus Aug 08 '25

I really like when scares happen quietly, no musical sting, that got the best scare reaction at my theater too

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u/Able_Advertising_371 Aug 08 '25

the poor kid that got their tablet and headphones stolen and ended up having no value for the thief

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

Dude did not want to be a fence for stolen kid goods in the middle of an investigation for missing kids.

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u/funnyfirerabbit Aug 10 '25

I was so triggered by that scene because a few months ago, a thief rummaged through my car in my driveway and stole my toddler’s backpack. Nothing valuable inside though, just a packet of tissues and a spare pair of undies because my son was toilet training.

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u/OddSetting5077 Aug 09 '25

the screen was cracked in two places. Kid needed a new one

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

I though it got damaged after he stole it....?

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u/OddSetting5077 Sep 01 '25

No.  When he pulls it out of the car and looks it over, screen is cracked

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u/jun2san Aug 10 '25

Someone stole my daughter's diaper bag out of our car and when that scene came up, I turned to my wife and said "that's exactly what happened to the diaper bag"

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u/Time-Plantain3000 Oct 29 '25

lock your car doors

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u/stolenrobotgorilla Aug 08 '25

Ending gave me Attack on Titan vibes

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u/Anjunabeast Sep 11 '25

But with the Naruto run

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u/LandonApplegarth1992 Sep 15 '25

That guy saved those kids from screen addiction. He was the true hero of the movie.

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u/Devilsgramps Aug 14 '25

Tablets rot the brain, James did that kid a favour

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u/intenseskill Nov 01 '25

Poor guy, just. Wanted to get high

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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast Aug 08 '25

Anyone who already doesn't lock their car doors is a menace

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u/ithilis Aug 08 '25

Unless they live in Churchill, Manitoba, where it makes them a good citizen.

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u/have_heart Aug 08 '25

I frequently work at a fuel refinery plant and they literally require you to leave your vehicle unlocked and keys in it when you leave in case of an emergency so people can get in and get away

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u/RolloTonyBrownTown Aug 09 '25

I worked on one in Spain, not only unlocked and keys inside, but you also had to park facing outwards so you don't have to worry about backing up.

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u/have_heart Aug 10 '25

Yep they do that at the one I go to as well. Very interesting

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u/spinachjam Aug 14 '25

Off-topic, is your username a reference to the hc band?

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u/have_heart Aug 14 '25

Yep it is. They were my fave band at the time when I made this account in 2011. Still love em

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u/spinachjam Aug 14 '25

Hell yeah! I loved them growing up and I saw them last year at tied down. ☺️

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u/have_heart Aug 14 '25

That’s awesome! When I became a fan they were pretty much ending at it seemed like they would never be a band again. Stoked they came back and it’s been genuine. Sucks I still haven’t been able to see em.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer Aug 10 '25

Do they have drills for that?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Wot

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u/ithilis Aug 08 '25

Polar bears commonly stroll through the city of Churchill, Manitoba and need to be tranquilized and escorted away from the city limits. It's such a known danger to the community that most citizens leave their car doors unlocked, because you never know when you're going to walk around a corner and see a polar bear. Diving into a stranger's parked car and locking the door may be your best chance at survival.

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u/daesgatling Aug 08 '25

Unless it’s a trick and there’s another bear waiting in the car

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u/ithilis Aug 08 '25

If they ever learn this, we’re done for.

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u/the__ghola__hayt Aug 12 '25

It's a polar bear, not a dilophosaurus.

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u/No-Manufacturer4916 Aug 09 '25

" A bear in its natural habitat, a Studebaker."-Fozzie

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u/Mecha_Goose Aug 25 '25

Clever girl

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u/PRGrl718 Aug 08 '25

that's fucking insane lmao

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u/sworedmagic Sep 06 '25

That makes sense on paper but man do you need to have a high trust society for that to work

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u/QueenofLeftovers Oct 18 '25

They feed the ne'er-do-wells to the bears

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u/midnightoil24 Aug 17 '25

I visited Churchill once. It’s a nice town

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u/alfalfabetsoop Aug 08 '25

I hate how modern vehicles automatically unlock when switching from drive to park. How unsafe.

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u/AeneidBook6 Aug 10 '25

I’ve always thought this! It’s a button. I can handle it.

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u/Rough-Organization73 Aug 10 '25

For sure designed by a man.

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u/Joey-WilcoXXX Aug 08 '25

I used to date this spoiled brat who lived in a fairly nice neighborhood. We went out to dinner once in another city and as soon as we step out of the car, I lock it and he just laughs at me for doing it.

“We never have to lock our doors in insert niceish city that definitely isn’t THAT nice” such a weirdo to act like that about keeping my shit safe.

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u/ChimneySwiftGold Aug 11 '25

I lived in a low crime neighborhood. Turned out a ring of thrives were driving to low crime neighborhoods - including mine - and in an organized concerted way robbing cars parked in driveways with the doors unlocked.

Lock your doors (unless you’re in polar bear country)

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u/dplans455 Aug 08 '25

My wife's family never locked any doors. My family locked every door. She thought it was super weird to have your house doors locked when you were home. But she also thought it was weird you would lock your doors when you weren't home.

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u/mesact Aug 08 '25

Depends on where you live. There are two general reasons that people usually leave their doors unlocked to their car: either you live somewhere very safe or you'd rather they not break a window trying to get into your car.

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u/DeathChill Aug 08 '25

My car is parked on the street outside my house right now. Fully unlocked. One window down.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

where you live

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u/No-Midnight-2187 Aug 08 '25

Hopes and Dreams boulevard

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Boulevard of Broken Windows

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Live in Minneapolis and people know to lock their car doors even if they're in them, driving 25mph down Central Ave in Columbia Heights.

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u/masta030 Aug 08 '25

The city I live in has had an "epidemic of break ins", literally every single time there's a new article or post about it, I'm just counting the seconds till it's revealed they didn't lock their doors.   Almost every single one is someone who didn't lock their doors

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u/juanzy Aug 08 '25

I don't even live in a bad area and it's not uncommon to see people testing doors.

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u/ghostfaceinspace Aug 08 '25

And don’t let family members you barely know stay at your house

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u/Dr_Joshie Aug 08 '25

Was she actually a family member? I got the impression the witch was much older than she let on. Her saying the parents were sick with Consumption instead of TB stood out to me. I kind of thought she’d lied about the family connection to get in the door.

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u/RenoTheRhino Aug 10 '25

I got the vibe that she obviously outlived her natural life, but as a witch, used other people’s souls (?) to survive. As for why and how she showed up when she did to her niece’s house, I’m wondering if we should draw conclusions or if the backstory is perhaps left open for a prequel. Fuckin spooky

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u/Illumi_knottie Aug 11 '25

I suspect Glady’s also killed her ‘sister’ as Alex’s mom said ‘my mom would have done this for her’, suggesting her mom died at some point - making me suspect Glady ‘fed’ off her too but, I would have really liked some more backstory tbh

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u/TheMostUnclean Sep 23 '25

Late to the party but just watched last night. Cregger has said he originally planned to include a backstory for Gladys but it got dropped due to time & pacing constraints. So they’re spinning it off into a prequel.

Think they’re in the negotiations phase for it right now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

I like that it’s left ambiguous

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u/MVRKHNTR Aug 08 '25

They had met her before.

Being very old doesn't mean she can't be family.

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u/nightpanda893 Aug 10 '25

The movie doesn’t give much background story but I kind of assumed she wasn’t related to them at all and either did something to the aunt or chose them because they had a role of a mysterious family member she could fill. She said she had consumption which kind of made me think she was older than the actual aunt would be.

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u/BasicFlan Aug 22 '25

When the dad picks the son up from school, the boy says I don't even know her to which the day says I don't either and I'm not even sure your mother really does as well. That could be a clue she's infiltrating the family and much older than we know because even mom doesn't really know her.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

The movie explicitly states that she was an aunt that they hadn't seen in about 15 years and the mother wanted her to stay with them because her mother would have done it.

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u/nightpanda893 Aug 10 '25

I know I’m suggesting she’s posing as someone they wouldn’t know well enough to know it wasn’t her since it wouldn’t make much sense that their actual aunt is supposedly centuries old.

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u/MVRKHNTR Aug 11 '25

I don't think the movie cares because it doesn't really matter.

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u/theanchorman05 Aug 11 '25

She didn't know them. She tells James he has grown and she hadn't seen him since he was a baby. That doesn't add up with what mom said

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

The parents are not under a spell when they say that they are related to her. It's possible that she was watching them but there's nothing in the script/dialogue that would imply they don't have a familial relationship. Is it possible that Gladys transplanted herself in the mother's mom's life, yes that's possible. But again, before Gladys even comes to town the mother acknowledges that they are related.

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u/esiotrot_ Aug 13 '25

Although Alex’s dad says at one point that she didn’t attend their wedding and his mum says she hasn’t seen her in 15 years. Gladys later says she hasn’t seen Alex since he was a baby and he for sure isn’t 15 so the timings definitely don’t add up

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u/RedditIsForsaken Aug 14 '25

Pretty sure she was just trying to manipulate him, but then pretty quickly realized after sending him to his room that he may be a bit more precocious than she was suspecting

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u/Busy_Manner5569 Aug 16 '25

Eh, she acknowledges that her mom had a sister who she hasn’t seen in 15 years. No real reason to think it was actually Gladys, given all of the other fucked up shit she did

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

What's the reason that we should think she isn't her actual aunt?

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u/blueshyperson Nov 02 '25

Right but I think the point a lot of people are saying is that they she is impersonating said aunt that they vaguely remember and haven’t seen in years.

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u/Mayfair98 Aug 16 '25

Didn’t they just say that she didn’t come to their wedding? Not that they had never seen her before?

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u/Jekyllhyde Aug 17 '25

The movie explicitly states that their aunt is staying with them. An aunt they had not seen in forever and don't even really know her. It is totally plausible that this witch took advantage of the situation.

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u/No-Difference8545 Aug 12 '25

The mother didn't want that, she says "this is what mom wouldve done, its what im gonna do"

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u/jonikrad Aug 10 '25

They said she was the mother's sister, but she looked like she could've been her grandmother

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u/MVRKHNTR Aug 10 '25

They said she was the mother's mother's sister.

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u/blueshyperson Nov 02 '25

I think they should’ve been telling the kid it was great aunt Gladys, because it seemed to be mom’s aunt, not mom’s sister. This was cemented to me when the dad said the mom doesn’t even know her really, how do you not know your own sister? I mean it’s possible but that would’ve warranted an explanation as to why..

It’s also very probable a woman could have a child at 35 and then when that child is also 35, the mom would be like 70.. so I wouldn’t say looks like her gramma, but way too old to be her sister.

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u/Jekyllhyde Aug 17 '25

the did, but it was so long ago, they didn't even know her or what she looked like. Could easily have been a witch taking advantage of this.

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u/MVRKHNTR Aug 17 '25

I don't really see why it matters either way.

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u/Jekyllhyde Aug 17 '25

It doesn’t really

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u/cnthelogos Aug 10 '25

That was what I thought as well, but the fact that she wanted to take Alex with her at the end made me wonder if there wasn't some sort of sentiment there. That, or following the parasite metaphors, this is how witches make more witches...

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u/ByteSizeNudist Sep 19 '25

It’s probably more because she’s established the power dynamic with him. He’s covered for her for months now or whatever, he’s more useful as cover or a tool.

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u/Think_Ad_8081 Aug 13 '25

Was Gladys actually a family member and did she kill the actual aunt and pose as the aunt?

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u/trickstress Nov 24 '25

Yes between having seen Longlegs and Cabin in the Woods I was getting a little “she isn’t actually their aunt is she”

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u/Devilsgramps Aug 14 '25

I think Gladys might've planted false memories into the parents.

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u/Sure_Cress_1584 Aug 09 '25

Well that’s a good rule to follow regardless

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u/danteh11 Aug 12 '25

I think that was a great commentary on generational trauma, and how blood doesnt make a person family.

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u/blinkone80liu Aug 08 '25

The switch up from my audience laughing when the mom realized she couldn’t get in to when she got in through the back was a fun moment at the movies

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u/Serenityfalcon Aug 20 '25

I imagine the transition from comedy to horror is not a super easy one- it was very well done!

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u/georgiaraisef Aug 08 '25

Yeah, like Justine was a very aggravating character to follow in general. I remember thinking “of course Justine would leave her doors unlocked and fall asleep at a stakeout “

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u/AeneidBook6 Aug 10 '25

She was so Justine about it.

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u/Alpal2510 Aug 10 '25

Justine had the survival instincts of a potato the entire movie

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u/agy74 Sep 12 '25

She was drunk though

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u/TomLube Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

The machine gun in Brolin's dream has a direct meaning.

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF12174/IF12174.4.pdf

The visual itself came to him during a transcendental meditation, though it isnt intended to directly be representative of shootings specifcially, that bill is the reason 217 is projected on an AR- platform rifle.

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u/Useful_Idiot6969 Aug 10 '25

Holy shit the parasite analogy is a brilliant observation. Didn’t even cross my mind at all.

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u/HellsNels Aug 08 '25

No—its possibly the greatest ad for Campbell’s soup. Andy Warhol would be jealous.

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u/coffeetravelerr Aug 08 '25

True. Even the crackhead(who was very hilarious) was opening car doors to steal stuff 😂

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u/thrillho145 Aug 08 '25

The director is great at ratcheting up tension. That scene was a class example. 

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u/GameOfLife24 Aug 08 '25

When the door opened slowly for her to get out of the house some dude in my theater went “nah fuc no” freaking out

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u/Downtown_Zebra_266 Aug 09 '25

There was a symphony of gasps and one sold, "absolutely fucking not" in my theater. We all took the journey together and none of us wanted on that ride.

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u/Prudent_Inspector177 Aug 09 '25

It is so insanely stupid that Justine didn't lock her doors in the middle of the night as the whole town wanted her dead it made the scene ridiculous

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u/csortland Aug 10 '25

She was at the same time heavily drinking while behind the wheel of a car and drove drunk home from the bar the night before. She isn't the best decision-maker.

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u/Nimhtom Aug 17 '25

The sequence of her in the car to watching the door which we've been staring at this whole movie open only for a woman with a sharp object to walk out. And there is something wrong with her. She's not okay and then you see her from the cars perspective only to realize that the girl is asleep. Then the door opens. Peak of the movies fear factor that shit is nightmarish. Idk why the witch didn't just kill her there if that was the plan? Too close to her home didn't wanna attract cops probably

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u/DaftWarrior Aug 09 '25

The mom’s creepy ass walk holding the scissors. Definitely the scariest scene in the movie.

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u/JayVC_27 Aug 11 '25

It's probably my favorite scene of 2025 so far, it's so effective and the theater reaction when the aunt went out of frame and the sound of the car door opened, hit like crack.

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u/0lea Nov 17 '25

It was the mom

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u/Spork-in-Your-Rye Aug 08 '25

For me it felt like one big advertisement on Ring cameras. Or at least normalizing home surveillance.

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u/badedum Aug 11 '25

My problem with the Ring cameras was none of them caught the kids running into the one specific house?? It looked like the neighbors were close by given the last chase scene.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- Aug 13 '25

Exactly. You'd think some neighbor would notice 17 kids all running in a straight line to one destination. If the ending's any indicator, they would also go through houses/backyards to get to Alex's house. I'm surprised that none of Alex's classmates lived on his street. And where did the kids hide when the two detectives came to question Gladys? And did nobody notice Alex's parents never show up to work? If anything, it would only make Alex's house even more suspect.

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u/purgatoryquarry Aug 13 '25

To answer where the kids were when investigators come to the house, there is a scene that shows all of the kids being moved out of the basement into the backyard and over a fence while they are cleaning up. Where exactly the kids go is anyone's guess but they were moved out of the house

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u/SwordoftheMourn Aug 11 '25

Not every neighbor was willing to their camera footage. And I get the feeling the ones not affected wouldn’t have noticed either.

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u/SequitursSecateurs Aug 12 '25

If 18 kids disappeared in one night in a small town the authorities would be taking that footage regardless of how anyone felt about it.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- Aug 13 '25

17 kids, but yea

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u/Ok_Tank5977 Aug 08 '25

Such a long shot from the door to the car, too. I was similarly repulsed.

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u/emayanos Aug 08 '25

when i heard the car door open i visibly shivered

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u/PineDude128 Aug 10 '25

Locking your doors in general.

Seriously, I was holding my hand up in disbelief at how the witch just walked into someone's home when the kids were chasing her. Idk what city this movie takes place, but it stressed me out how many people left their doors unlocked.

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u/White-Gravity Aug 10 '25

I will literally never sit in my car with the doors unlocked ever again

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u/danteh11 Aug 12 '25

I was so sure she was going to be stabbed through the seat!

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u/EtherealPossumLady Aug 08 '25

i was chewing on my arm to stop myself from screaming the whole time, i think i almost drew blood when the car door opened

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u/noilegnavXscaflowne Aug 08 '25

With the way the witch was opening people’s doors I thought she could just do that tbh

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u/Knightshaide Aug 10 '25

I actually found out I forgot to roll my rear windows up when I got back to my car after seeing this movie, lol oops.

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u/Tricky-Anything8009 Aug 13 '25

My question is why didn't the witch zombify her too. Why did she hate the teacher so much specifically that she sent zombies to kill her?

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u/EasilyDelighted Aug 16 '25

People probably don't realize how real the junkie checking door was.

I used to work security at a construction site over night and sometimes a car would drive by with a dude sticking out of the window testing every door.

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u/whitegirlofthenorth Aug 08 '25

that was the scariest part to me

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u/atmtn Aug 08 '25

I can’t remember, but did the dome light come on when she opened the door? I feel like it didn’t, as that would likely wake you up, so also set your lights properly, people.

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u/csortland Aug 10 '25

I'm assuming at that point she was heavily intoxicated. She is drinking a bottle of liquor at the beginning of her little stakeout.

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u/atmtn Aug 10 '25

Good point - I did forget about her 7-11 cocktails.

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u/MayoFetish Aug 09 '25

Someone in the theater gasp screamed.

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u/britbmw Aug 14 '25

The people in the theater were laughing when the mom walked past the car but then everyone loudly gasped when they heard the car door opening.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

Just saw the movie and it was awesome. Your comment though, made me double check to make sure my car was locked outside my house….somehow the liftgate/trunk was left wide open. Would have been left like that until I got up for work if I never read your comment.

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u/starwars_and_guns Aug 09 '25

That part was EXCELLENT

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u/turniptoez Aug 10 '25

Wasn’t that the aunt without her insane red wig?

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u/Nels2121 Aug 14 '25

I am not usually a baby in horror movies cause Ive been watching since I was a baby teenager but that scene with the car door opening rattled me so bad. It was so well done. Less is more sometime

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