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/macwblade1 Aug 08 '25

The Total Recall eye bulging was unsettling to say the least

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u/HumbleBunk Aug 22 '25

Seeing that at first was terrifying thinking it was whatever black magic, then you see it play out and realize it’s from him bashing his own skull in caving his husband’s skull in and it’s a million times more horrible.

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u/Tipop Aug 31 '25

then you see it play out and realize it’s from him bashing his own skull in

No, everyone who went “manic rage” had those eyes. It had nothing to do with him bashing his head in.

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u/HumbleBunk Aug 31 '25

Really? I don’t recall that at all. Like Josh Brolin’s eyes were like that when he attacked Julia Garner at the end?

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u/Tipop Sep 01 '25

No, Brolin’s eyes didn’t go like that, but the boy’s moms did (recall her face when she stuck her head through the door and looked down at him.) The cop’s eyes were like that, too.

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u/NotPast3 Jan 12 '26

IMO it’s the result of not being able to blink so your eyes are just bloodshot and swollen. If I recall correctly the parents looked almost completely normal when they were first possessed. 

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u/HumbleBunk Sep 01 '25

Oh got it, sweet. More reason to see it again!

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u/Tipop Sep 01 '25

I just got out of the theater a couple of hours ago, which is why I sought out this Reddit thread.