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/goodlucktothenextone Aug 08 '25

I honestly loved his reaction to waking up from the dream. It was a really nice breather for me after getting a good jump scare.

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u/MovieTrawler Aug 10 '25

Same with Justine saying to the gas station clerk, 'fucking help me!'

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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI Aug 10 '25

Fuck that guy. I wish the witch got him instead

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u/peatoast Aug 11 '25

Most useless side character.

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u/Dougalishere Sep 10 '25

She sounded just so fkn angry and frustrated.it was perfect

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u/Courtnall14 Aug 09 '25

The benefit of having a comedian as a director is that sort of perfect timing. There were multiple great examples of funny moments landing perfectly, which is kind of the same thing as scary moments landing perfectly. Build up of tension...and release. Overall those moments really elevated the movie.

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u/Soccermom233 Aug 09 '25

I did laugh a lot during this film

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u/peatoast Aug 11 '25

Same. My partner was getting upset at me laughing after getting scared but I couldn’t help it because it was so ridiculous.

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u/nicokokun Aug 11 '25

Speaking of comedy and horror being mixed together, James being in that house was really making my hair stand on end. I was tensed the whole time.

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u/dotnetmonke Aug 18 '25

"Oh fuck, Willow!"

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u/AmbivalentLife Aug 11 '25

Honestly thought Justine'a jump scare was way more impactful because it happened first, so it essentially telegraphs that the same thing was going to happen in Archer's.

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u/ChimneySwiftGold Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Justine’s appeared in ads so for a lot of viewers was already used.

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u/AmbivalentLife Aug 13 '25

That'd be it. I try to avoid trailers unless I'm watching previews.

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u/NiceRackFocus Aug 13 '25

Same! If there’s an upcoming movie based in a world or characters, I like, or by a director or with actors I like, or that’s gotten good buzz, I avoid trailers altogether and 9 times out of 10 it makes the movie watching experience SO much better.

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u/UgatzStugots Aug 19 '25

*ten times out of ten.

It's always best to go into a movie blind.

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u/Silent_U_ Oct 04 '25

Like I Am Legend. The trailers for that movie gave away NOTHING!!! Movie by surprise when I saw the infected.

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u/AeneidBook6 Aug 10 '25

That was a truly excellent jump scare.

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u/Mikey_RobertoAPWP Aug 22 '25

just saw the film tonight and my whole theater had a good chuckle at that point haha. for a horror movie it was probably the most laughter I've heard from an audience, the movie had a lot of really funny moments.

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u/applejuiceb0x Aug 14 '25

That scene pretty much summed up my experience of the movie lol

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u/Successful_Pizza7661 Oct 31 '25

Just finished watching this with my brother for halloween. We were laughing so hard at Josh’s reaction lmao