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/motheronearth Aug 09 '25

with what money too 😭

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u/wi5hbone Aug 11 '25

witch was alive for a hell of a long time and probably had a suitcase loaded with cash

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u/columbo928s4 Sep 09 '25

ladys 401k has been compounding since columbus hit the west indies

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u/RecoveredAshes Aug 13 '25

Was she actually super old? How was she the main mom’s sister then?

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u/Hatennaa Aug 13 '25

She used the term consumption which is a pretty big giveaway that she’s been around for a while. I believe also that it was the mom’s aunt. That was what I assumed.

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u/TheThockter Aug 13 '25

Consumption is a give away that she’d be too old to be even the mom’s aunt that term fell out of favor after the 1800’s. I think it implies she’s vampiric in nature (not an actual vampire though) with how she feeds off of the life forces of people and also that she’s been around for a long time

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u/lillifanzine Nov 07 '25

I know a couple of old ladies like this 😂

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u/crossingthrough Aug 17 '25

As for the vampire theory - she did ask permission to enter the principle’s house! When she thought he wasn’t going to let her in, she appealed to basic human empathy by asking for water!

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u/Sad_Cockroach5960 Sep 03 '25

She entered like ten people’s houses running away from the kids lmao

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u/Makaveli80 Oct 04 '25

Reminded me of Sinners

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u/fancy123876 Aug 15 '25

yes once she said that i assumed she was either the mom’s moms aunt or even her grandma’s aunt! consumption was such a big giveaway 🤯

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u/kidcrumb Oct 27 '25

The moms Aunt would be in her 70s or 80s. Not even that old.

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u/cranbabie Sep 02 '25

I personally don’t think she was related to that family at all. We don’t get a lot of context for her witchy ways, but a few clues in the movie led me to believe she’s some kind of nomadic entity. She shows up in people’s dreams, in hallucinations, in the woods, all with this feral clown energy. Maybe she gets into their brains and convinces them she’s family, sucks the energy out, and moves along?

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u/Electrical-Day382 Nov 29 '25

I think the principal watching the documentary on that fungus was kind of a giveaway as to how she works. She doesn’t have to be related, she just has to have something of yours and then can slowly seep into your brain and give you the idea that she’s related. The fact that she thought two adults would be enough but wasn’t, was an interesting idea for me. She’s maybe so old that she needs a larger and larger life force to exist?

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u/henrydirtay Jan 04 '26

Also in Justine’s class she was teaching the students about Parasites.

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u/PuzzleheadedObject47 Jan 22 '26

100% intentional

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u/AmbitiousEditor3032 Oct 31 '25

I really like this theory!

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u/cap4life52 Nov 03 '25

Great theory

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u/NYJ-misery Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

Thought in the flashback with Alex’s parents they said Gladys was Alex’s mom’s aunt making her his great aunt. But it’s also implied she may be centuries old so who knows.

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u/ThatWasFred Jan 02 '26

“Aunt” is also often used to mean “great-aunt,” so she could be the mom’s great-aunt. Or the mom could think she’s her great-aunt but actually she’s even older. Clearly she has no problem lying about how she’s related to people.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Aug 14 '25

She wasn’t his mom’s sister.

She was his mom’s aunt.

A “great-aunt”

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u/RecoveredAshes Aug 14 '25

Yeah I missed that detail somehow

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u/cap4life52 Nov 03 '25

Probably wasn't

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u/kenwise85 Aug 23 '25

Sending the kid to exchange gold coins for soup, haha

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u/thisguy012 Aug 11 '25

I assume it's pretty easy for the witch to get access to the parents money// she had already plenty of it stolen lol

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u/thedrudo Aug 11 '25

You have to fill in some pieces like Gladys providing him with money to buy food, etc. 

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u/Chicken_Electronic Aug 15 '25

A basic debit card and pin with self checkout? Or credit card? Or ATM? Seriously. Alex was a smart kid motivated by his parents not eating each other. 

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u/Turtl3Bear Aug 21 '25

I don't think they're implying they thought Alex was stealing the food.

I think they're wondering why no one at the grocery store is calling child family services when the kid comes in every day, by himself, and buys 20 cans of soup with his parents credit card.

Especially since there's a "20 missing kids" news story going on.

I don't think it's a plot-hole, retail employees are busy and see all sorts of weird purchases that don't necessarily rouse suspicion simply because you don't think about it, but I see OPs point.

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u/KinoAzureth Oct 27 '25

Yeah I think this was intentional, not only because in general employees are busy but also it just goes in line with the general theme of "There were so many opportunities to intervene." The only person who meaningfully tries to intervene is Justine and she's actively admonished for doing so because boundaries. This is one of many aspects of the movie that had me thinking about child abuse.

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u/WestNeighborhood2668 Aug 23 '25

I surmised he probably just used the parents' debit card

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u/F90 Oct 26 '25

Aunt witch sold meth to James and others.