Rent Together (2025)

Codependence, Carnage, and a bit Clunky - Together review by griggs

Few horrors lean so literally into the idea of toxic relationships. Together is a slow-burn body horror that explores how co-dependence can curdle into something grotesque—how some couples stay together long past their expiration date, out of habit, inertia, or sheer emotional exhaustion. The premise is rich, but it takes its time getting there. The first hour is all scene-setting: awkward conversations, passive-aggressive sparring, and a thick undercurrent of unspoken resentment. It drifts more than it builds.

The comedic elements are surprisingly well-received—there’s a dry absurdity that works, particularly when the horror starts creeping in. That said, the dialogue occasionally feels overwritten, as though it was fine-tuned a bit too precisely for maximum cleverness rather than authenticity.

When the film finally shifts gears in the final 35 minutes, it does so with flair. One expertly timed jump scare had nearly everyone in my almost-full screening visibly jump. The body horror pays off, though some of the secondary effects lean into knowingly retro territory—stylistically playful, if perhaps not to everyone’s taste. The final act, however, ties things up a little too neatly, undermining some of the deliciously messy ambiguity built up beforehand.

There’s plenty of promise, but it takes patience to unearth.

Ok Horror - Together review by GI

A body horror film with the influences of Society (1989) and The Thing (1982) evident. Real life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco play couple Millie and Tim, whose relationship is having issues mainly from Tim who embarrassingly leaves her hanging at a party where she publicly proposes. They decide to do a familiar horror film trope and relocate from the city to the country and find a large house on the edge of a picturesque forest. Their relationship continues to struggle until one day exploring the trails recommended by neighbour Jamie (Damon Herriman) they fall into a pit and are forced to spend the night. They get out ok but then Tim begins to feels a strange emotional and then physical attraction to Millie that goes beyond love or lust. It seems they have been affected by the water in the pit that is connected to a strange cult and their bodies begin to fuse together resulting in the use of tools and a lot of pain to separate. The theme here being about couples who drift into obsessive togetherness. There's some interesting set ups with connected skin including a sex scene in a school toilet. These are quite effective but the film suffers from its weirdness and the failure to offer an attempt at explanation. The pacing is a little erratic but overall it's an entertaining horror film.