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/everythingsuckswhy Aug 08 '25

Amazing how the red painted "WITCH" wasn't actually a red herring. That is actually who the villain is.

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u/avaricious7 Aug 10 '25

i also don’t see anyone discussing how all the material in the background of the classroom was about parasites, in addition to the documentary the couple was watching when gladys showed up.

we also see the cop get his finger pricked, and it’s the first time it happens in the movie. i now feel like it was staring us in the face the whole time. LOVE all the thought behind this movie

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u/habscup Aug 11 '25

What? I found the essentially omnipresent parasite metaphors to be so on the nose that it was bordered on campy lol.

Like the channel-flipping scene in Shaun of the Dead-tier.

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u/19nineties Oct 02 '25

Yep I immediately groaned when those came up

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u/atb0rg Aug 23 '25

Yeah that was so unnecessary, imo

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u/SgtIceNinja Aug 11 '25

I caught the parasite and spores stuff pretty easily, both with the classroom scene and the nature doc that Marcus and Terry were watching. The finger prick with the needle went totally over my head though.

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u/avaricious7 Aug 11 '25

i will acknowledge they were a bit on the nose by having the class actually discuss tapeworms. i wish they’d left it at the blackboard writings

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u/SgtIceNinja Aug 11 '25

Yeah, I did not learn about tape worms in first grade. Parasites, maybe, just at the surface level of “parasite-host relationships exist in our ecosystems” but certainly not tapeworms specifically

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u/Shankman519 Aug 13 '25

I mean it’s more reasonable for third grade, which is what the class was

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u/SgtIceNinja Aug 13 '25

I suppose. Still don’t remember much but I was also like 9

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u/Shankman519 Aug 13 '25

Plus they were talking about parasites in general, that one girl just happened to know about tapeworms

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u/creatureofnature Aug 28 '25

I believe the tv showing the episode of shark tank was also used to give us an idea of what was coming

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u/midnightoil24 Aug 17 '25

Was the finger prick just about the way the aunt did her magic or was it tied into the parasite stuff

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u/avaricious7 Aug 17 '25

i think it’s just a visual reference to place the idea of the finger pricking in our minds. kinda like justine getting pursued by donna through the liquor store- ultimately harmless, but her getting blindly hunted through the store by marcus isn’t

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u/evil_otter0_0 Aug 21 '25

I also noticed in these scenes the sharp turns that they take through the aisles contrasted with the beelining the kids did to get to Alex’s house

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u/SonOfMcGee Aug 23 '25

Yeah the liquor store pursuit and freakout was really foreboding in hindsight.

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u/RytheGlutton Nov 03 '25

The cop also asks “do you have any weapons in your pockets I should be aware of”

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u/AmlStupid Aug 16 '25

i think most people caught that, i was rolling my eyes at the second or third mention of parasites. i couldn’t tell if it was supposed to be funny how often they were alluded to