This New Horror Film Is Now Streaming, and It Has the Power to Test Your Partnership.

Consider this a test for those in enduring partnerships who are fans of horror films: Settle in with your significant other and watch Together. This independent film success of 2025 just made its streaming debut via Hulu. On the surface, it could look like standard body horror, but within Together resides a profound examination about our choices in loving each other.

A Debut Feature Investigating Partnership Complexities

Together marks the debut feature-length film for filmmaker Michael Shanks. It stars actors Alison Brie and Dave Franco as Millie and Tim, an unmarried couple that have stayed together for a decade. Having wed in actuality in 2017, the two stars bring a unique chemistry to their portrayals, masterfully depicting both the joys and frustrations of a committed partnership.

The narrative starts when Millie and Tim relocate from the big city to the countryside for professional reasons. A familiar plot device, of course, but that’s primarily where the tropes cease. Together becomes as much a deep dive into the psyche of the partnership as it is a movie featuring biological frights.

A Paranormal Spark

While trekking near their new home, a tempest descends, and the two discover an underground cave. After spending the night there and eventually escaping, a supernatural entity begins influencing the couple. This force induces a supernatural closeness between them that goes far beyond typical partnership.

The whole movie is a methodically building horror experience, interspersing moments of fever-dream horrors, unsettling (but never too gross) biological grotesqueries, and surprisingly comedic interactions (sometimes in the middle of something grotesque). Michael Shanks orchestrates these parts neatly and delivers them in a consistently growing aura of dread.

Nuanced Portrayals

A significant portion of Together is solely the two lead actors, and they deftly portray manifold depths to the dynamic between Tim and Millie. Her self-assurance and sense of connection is suffering due to a emotional and physical gap. Her unspoken irritation of Tim for his hesitance to chase only his floundering music career gradually emerges.

Tim, on the other hand feels trapped and separated by Millie, who’s the impetus they’ve relocated rural and far away from his support system. He is terrified of the notion of utterly sacrificing his individual identity in Millie. This fear is intensified by the reality he lacks a driver's license and is dependent on Millie for mobility.

Shanks’ smartest move in this movie avoids making one partner or the other the clear bad guy.

Both characters face the kind of problems that come with most partnerships over a long period. Fundamentally, they still love one another. They share moments of joy, comfort one another, and open up at times. But below this facade, there’s an inescapable undercurrent of doubt about their future together.

Allegory and Meaning

While the paranormal elements in Together act as a metaphor for these fears of codependency and totally devoting oneself to another person, the metaphor avoids being hamfisted or heavy-handed. Instead, these visceral horror elements offer a brilliant analogue to the character-driven drama. Both the horror and the drama work together in harmony.

A Debated Finale

Together’s ending, which remains unspoiled, has created disagreement on the film’s ultimate message about codependent relationships. It has been said that unattached audience members have understood the narrative as a powerful case for remaining unattached. Meanwhile, some couples who were in conflict found that the film ended up guiding them to make up.

If you are alone or with a partner, your own reaction could potentially serve as a telling indicator of how you perceive partnership. Will the finale plant anxiety and horror, or a heartwarming sense of hope? Will you recognize your own traits in either protagonist and feel frustration, or simply turn to your significant other and state, “We could get through that together”?

Whatever the case may be, Together is an exploration you can experience at this very moment.

Together is available to watch on Hulu at present.