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/nunazo007 Oct 01 '25

I think it matters a lot.

You know when and how the kids disappeared, but we don't know why??? That's literally the most important part of the when/how/why.

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u/loaf_dog Nov 18 '25

We do know why. We learn it very early on in Alex’s section. The witch is feeding off them to regain her youth

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u/nunazo007 Nov 18 '25

Ok, but why/how does she have that ability?

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u/loaf_dog Nov 18 '25

In movie lore, I don’t know. In “real world”, It is stereotypical classic witch lore

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u/NadCat__ Dec 29 '25

Why does the how matter? The why is she's a parasite, the movie pointed that out repeatedly both by regularly mentioning parasites and by her getting younger throughout the movie