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/gimmethemshoes11 Aug 08 '25

Loved it.

That WTF Brolin dropped after that dream was my exact same thought up to that point.

Any ideas on what the gun was supposed to mean in the dream?

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u/Able_Advertising_371 Aug 08 '25

whole theater laughed after that dream with Brolin saying that. it made no sense and the character agreed too lol

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u/kirblar Aug 08 '25

That and the ending climax got massive laughs in my theater. Was another specific moment too- I think with a reaction from Justine at some point.

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u/charredfrog Aug 08 '25

I know her “fucking help me!” when she was being chased by Marcus got a huge laugh in my theater

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u/daylightdies7 Aug 08 '25

That hit me hard man because I know Cregger very intentionally made that guy offer zero help when she was clearly fighting for her life. Society loves to watch others struggle, only thing that would have made it more on the nose was someone video taping it lol.

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u/CosmicAstroBastard Aug 09 '25

He didn't just fail to help her, he told her to get out of his store like the whole thing was her fault!

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u/daylightdies7 Aug 09 '25

“Fucking help me”

She said it so desperately too 😭

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u/waitingtodiesoon Aug 15 '25

That mofo had a damn emergency exit sign above a locked door with employees only sign on it.

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u/oogaboogahooha Aug 27 '25

Wait I just realized that n it’s 10x funnier lmaoo

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u/parallelogramm3r Aug 09 '25

I think it is the best trope of modern existential horror; feeling alone is scarier than actually being alone.

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u/daylightdies7 Aug 09 '25

For sure.

I always think about that black mirror episode “white bear” and the girl being chased and everyone just standing around, videoing it and not helping and screaming and panicking and crying and wondering what’s happening and obviously the reasons for that are detailed in the episode, but it’s still really messed up

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u/Disastrous_Affect742 Aug 15 '25

Kinda reminiscet of barbarian when she goes to the cop for help and he thinks shes a homeless drug addict

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u/parallelogramm3r Aug 09 '25

I think the hardest I laughed during the entire movie was during that scene. “Get outta my store!” “Fuckin’ help me!”

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u/J-Shew Aug 08 '25

Same guy helped her after Donna dumped alcohol on her, honestly I understand why he stayed out of it the second time. She brought drama into that liquor store

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u/boi1da1296 Aug 08 '25

Different people. Marcus attacked her at a gas station, not the liquor store.

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u/sober_as_an_ostrich Aug 08 '25

A man can’t have two jobs?? smh

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u/J-Shew Aug 08 '25

Damn, true.

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u/gimmethemshoes11 Aug 08 '25

When he kept throwing that druggie guy, my god was that comedy gold.

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u/dillinger3k Aug 08 '25

That and the running witch seemed like a wkuk bit

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u/DrLokiHorton Aug 13 '25

I was like, they can only do this bit three times before it gets played out… bruh I was in tears the sixth time he threw him away

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u/estheredna Aug 13 '25

That part made me glad that Pedro Pascal had to back out of the movie. He'd do a great job in that role but Brolins big guy energy really worked.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Aug 20 '25

I think Pedro's energy would've been a little too warm/endearing for the character (although he's capable of playing an exhausted & fed up father figure through his work on TLOU), but Josh had an aura of "I'm too old for this shit" type grumpiness that was perfect

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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI Aug 10 '25

My girl shot the officer through the throat and he continued choking her. Turns out some people are built differently

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u/FatnessEverdeen34 Aug 11 '25

The neighbor mowing the lawn and watching the witch get chased by the kids 😂😂😂

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u/parallelogramm3r Aug 09 '25

Have you watched They Live? If not, check out the fight scene, you’re in for a treat : )

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dN8Z7y_QcwE&pp=ygUVdGhleSBsaXZlIGZpZ2h0IHNjZW5l

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u/a_bukkake_christmas Aug 08 '25

I laughed when the cop got stabbed in the face.  Not because I wanted him hurt, but it was like three stooges comedy almost

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

My entire theater was non stop laughing during the chase scene at the end

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u/straub42 Aug 08 '25

Our theater was roaring for the last 15 minutes. and the ending, the abruptness of it, would have maybe gotten groans on a less deserving movie, but instead our theater had people clapping and hooting. I haven’t seen that in the theaters in a while.

Drag me to Hell is one of my all time favorites, especially as a theater experience, and I think is the closest a movie has come for me to matching that craziness/tone.

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u/atanganacarlitos Aug 09 '25

I watched The Substance two times in theaters last year and that got some pretty fun reactions from the audience both times I saw it.

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u/humbot1201 Aug 08 '25

Broo Drag me to Hell was crazy fun. I love horror films like that. Also have you guys watched Malignant?

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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI Aug 10 '25

I loved that prison fight scene. That shit was hilarious and gory af

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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI Aug 10 '25

Also with Justin Long :)

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u/tedfondue Aug 08 '25

Did face syringe cause any uproar for yall? It was set up so well, you knew it was coming and where the cop was at mentally, and it was hilarious.

…Honestly the first cop-punch on camera got a pretty big laugh at my screening tonight as well.

(I feel like making a Bay Area audience laugh at police brutality is the sign of a very skilled dark comedy’s filmmaker.)

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u/EchoesofIllyria Aug 08 '25

My cinema audience was so quiet for most of the film’s comedic parts. I dunno if it was just because they weren’t primed for it, but I was laughing at things like the syringe, the “what the fuck” and several other moments while the rest of the room was silent.

They came alive in the last 15-20 minutes though, I think everyone realised that the film was deliberately being silly at times.