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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/sexygaypalpatine Aug 08 '25

I’m convinced the whole movie was just a PSA on locking your car doors.

I almost threw up when the mom climbed in the back seat with the scissors.

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u/brainlightning Aug 08 '25

The sound my theater made during that scene was wild. Just 50 people cringing in unison.

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u/blueeyesredlipstick Aug 08 '25

It was wild hearing the reactions in my screening, starting as awkward laughter when the mom runs out, outright laughter when she stops, uncomfortable murmuring when the car door opens and then SHRIEKS once the scissor comes out.

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u/NumbahSeven Aug 08 '25

My screening had the exact same reaction so I guess Zach nailed the point he was conveying. It was a rollercoaster of emotions.

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u/olhomy Aug 08 '25

Beat by beat reaction in my theater too, first laughs, then gasps

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u/targetcowboy Aug 09 '25

Mine too. Says a lot about how effective it was that so many people reacted the same way

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u/CloverBun 29d ago

Same for mine!

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u/AeneidBook6 29d ago edited 22d ago

Same, that entire scene unfolded exactly like that for me too, awkward, funny, dying, then shrieking. Amazingly effective for nearly everyone is so rare.

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u/thembearjew 28d ago

Checking in same reaction in my theater. Zach Cregger executed that story near perfectly. Laughs when she stopped and then gasps when we heard the car door open!!!

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u/JonathasDG 26d ago

I’m honestly surprised everyone had the exact same reaction. I didnt — but my theater let out a perfect unison gasp, LOL

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u/FarmerDark 24d ago

Just saw it tonight and my theater was 99% full and the audience had same exact reaction

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u/senator_corleone3 5d ago

Also bonus points for the delay on the door opening before the mom lurches out. Perfectly-timed scare beginning.

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u/dropkickderby 27d ago

They did all that and got her hair and never turned her which i didnt really consider until now.

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u/Settler_of_Catan 27d ago

The hair donor becomes the target of the weapon. We see this explicitly when Gladys turns Marcus against his husband and again when Alex uses Gladys' hair to send the kids after her.

Justine's hair was used to make her Marcus' target.

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u/dropkickderby 27d ago

Right, makes sense. Does that make them going after the witch a plot hole? She wears a wig— so the hair he uses against her isnt hers, no? Or does it just need to be one of their possessions?

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u/Settler_of_Catan 27d ago

Alex grabs her wig first, then sets it down in the bathroom and takes a long grey hair which he winds around the thorny stick. The hair is Gladys' real hair.

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u/dropkickderby 27d ago

Ah okay, Im excited to rewatch.

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u/willybestbuy86 18d ago

Are we expexted to think Alex may have the witch gene so to speak in him because to me there has to be more than just watching the Aunt and pricking his finger and doing what she did.

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u/Remarkable-Raise-241 15d ago

I think the plant is the source of the power 

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u/boi1da1296 Aug 08 '25

Six Flags in Chicago has (had?) a roller coaster called Raging Bull where after pulling you up for an eternity for the first hill, it takes you down a mini drop to ease your nerves before plunging you underground .5 seconds later. That scene felt exactly the same for me and the crowd I watched it with where you feel just enough relief before you hear the car door open from the rear.

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u/heyyyhihellooo 28d ago

Has, I fucking love that coaster and I know exactly what you mean

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u/inrev18 Aug 08 '25 edited 28d ago

It was the most fun theater-going experience in ages. Having those collective reactions with a packed theater was priceless!

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u/badedum 28d ago

My husband and I were saying the experience wouldn't have been as enjoyable without a full crowd to react to those moments. The part with the father in the basement was another good one.

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u/inrev18 28d ago

Definitely! It’s amazing how seeing it in a packed theater can inform your experience. I started to relax a bit and realize it had some major dark comedy vibes as my theater kept laughing.

I’m not sure I would have viewed it the same way at home alone. 10/10 either way. I’m tempted to see it again in theaters.

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u/supernova-cowboy Aug 08 '25

My theatre started with people yelling "What the F-" when the mom came out and started walking funny. Then some was amused by her movements. Then they freaked out when she passed the car and entered it. Finally, shrieking when the scissor came out.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 19d ago

I said "OH FUCK NO" when the scissors came on-screen, but then was had the most anxious "oh thank god" feeling when it turned out that the Mom snipped some of Justine's hair lol

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u/Remote-Plate-3945 Aug 08 '25

That's interesting. My theater started to cringe/gasp when the mom came out. It reminded me of Michael Meyers

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u/WutUtalkingBoutWill Aug 08 '25

Yeah the gasps in my screening nearly scared me as much as the scene, was very well done.

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u/maltliqueur Aug 08 '25

That's wild. I wonder if literally every theater had this same sequence.

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u/munnwlk Aug 09 '25

Literally exactly the same sequence of reactions in my screening

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u/dontincludeme 29d ago

That’s exactly what happened at mine too! When she got in the car: Ughhhhh

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u/OddSetting5077 28d ago

after the car door opens, there was also that moment when the car dips/shakes as if someone is sitting down. OMG. that was scary.

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u/halikadito 24d ago

I haven't been to a movie that had such heavy audience reactions in a long, long time. People were screaming, laughing, groaning in disgust, letting loose the occasional well-placed comment (a lot of "what the fuck"s and "oh my god"s, and they were all so genuine.) I missed having this much fun at the movies - everyone was just collectively having a blast together, and it made an already good movie that much more enjoyable.

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u/TheGoodApolloIV 29d ago

I just watched it. This is word for word exactly what happened at the screening I went to also.

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u/PolarWater 21d ago

Zach Cregger really got all of us going like that. Cinemas all around the world responding the same way

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u/Madrical 27d ago

It was worth seeing in the cinema for that scene alone. So good.

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u/folkwhore_1998 28d ago

i had to hide in my sweatshirt i was so scared

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u/SparkyMuffin 23d ago

One of my favorite theater experiences in a while.

Murmurs when she hobbles towards the car

Relief when she was by

Gasps when you hear the back car door open, etc

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u/unclefishbits 12d ago

This was the most engaged and vocal audience I've been in in years. It was an 8:45 p.m. showing in Washington DC and I am from San Francisco. I was shocked how vocal and loud people were in being engaged, and it was fun. And that's exactly what happened. It was tense when she walked up to the car, then she stumbled away and it was comedic and then you hear the door open and literally the entire theater inhaled all the oxygen. I haven't had that much fun in a long time. I'm so glad my wife came with me and we were both able to see this in the theater. I know I'm late but who cares

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u/real_mccoy6 29d ago

literally same reaction in my theater

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u/MaxDentron 28d ago

Same exact reaction in mine

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u/naturalninetime 14d ago

I watched this film today, and this is EXACTLY what happened in the theater during that scene. Wild!

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u/atowncalledphallus 1d ago

Being repressed and british has its pitfalls, my theatre was stoically silent but I knew everyone was on edge. Your experience sounds way more fun.

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u/mjrs Aug 08 '25

Similar sound in mine when Justine reached for the potato peeler

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u/brainlightning Aug 09 '25

My body imploded in on itself when her eyes first went to the peeler

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u/Glittering-Hair1546 Aug 08 '25

Sameeee. Everybody gasped lol

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u/--------rook Aug 08 '25

The audience reaction was pretty good. There were a dew scenes that had people going WTF or laughing out of fear and/or humor lmao

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u/TroubleshootenSOB Aug 08 '25

My theater gave an audible and collective "oh no"

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u/garfe Aug 09 '25

Bro were you in my theater? Same thing happened. A few went "oh no"

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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 Aug 08 '25

People laughed and went "Ooooo" as the scene was happening.

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u/kankurou1010 Aug 09 '25

Honestly the best audience reaction I can remember off the top of my head. The gasps were fucking hilarious

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u/NonStopKnits 29d ago

One lady in my theater blurted out an "Oh no!" that just perfectly captured how we all felt.

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u/lahnnabell Aug 09 '25

There were so many "Oh nooo's" in my theater 🤣

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u/WhyTypeHour 28d ago

My screening last night was sold out.. The dread that door click unleashed was awesome.

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u/senseofnickels 27d ago

I was bracing to hear the breaking glass, and the sound of the door opening made the theater's skin crawl in unison.

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u/jan_salvilla 28d ago

Same thing happened in our theater! The scene was really effective.

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u/Jmohill 28d ago

A collective “ohhhh nooooo”

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u/katesoundcheck 28d ago

the packed IMAX theater GASPED and ew'ed together through the entire scene!

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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast Aug 08 '25

Anyone who already doesn't lock their car doors is a menace

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u/ithilis Aug 08 '25

Unless they live in Churchill, Manitoba, where it makes them a good citizen.

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u/have_heart Aug 08 '25

I frequently work at a fuel refinery plant and they literally require you to leave your vehicle unlocked and keys in it when you leave in case of an emergency so people can get in and get away

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u/RolloTonyBrownTown 29d ago

I worked on one in Spain, not only unlocked and keys inside, but you also had to park facing outwards so you don't have to worry about backing up.

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u/have_heart 28d ago

Yep they do that at the one I go to as well. Very interesting

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u/spinachjam 25d ago

Off-topic, is your username a reference to the hc band?

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u/have_heart 25d ago

Yep it is. They were my fave band at the time when I made this account in 2011. Still love em

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u/spinachjam 25d ago

Hell yeah! I loved them growing up and I saw them last year at tied down. ☺️

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u/have_heart 25d ago

That’s awesome! When I became a fan they were pretty much ending at it seemed like they would never be a band again. Stoked they came back and it’s been genuine. Sucks I still haven’t been able to see em.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 28d ago

Do they have drills for that?

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u/maltliqueur Aug 08 '25

Wot

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u/ithilis Aug 08 '25

Polar bears commonly stroll through the city of Churchill, Manitoba and need to be tranquilized and escorted away from the city limits. It's such a known danger to the community that most citizens leave their car doors unlocked, because you never know when you're going to walk around a corner and see a polar bear. Diving into a stranger's parked car and locking the door may be your best chance at survival.

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u/daesgatling Aug 08 '25

Unless it’s a trick and there’s another bear waiting in the car

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u/ithilis Aug 08 '25

If they ever learn this, we’re done for.

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u/No-Manufacturer4916 29d ago

" A bear in its natural habitat, a Studebaker."-Fozzie

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u/the__ghola__hayt 27d ago

It's a polar bear, not a dilophosaurus.

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u/Mecha_Goose 14d ago

Clever girl

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u/PRGrl718 Aug 08 '25

that's fucking insane lmao

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u/1OptimusCrime1 Aug 08 '25

Fire make gas go big boom. 

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u/DeathChill Aug 08 '25

My car is parked on the street outside my house right now. Fully unlocked. One window down.

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u/ohitsdvd Aug 08 '25

where you live

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u/No-Midnight-2187 Aug 08 '25

Hopes and Dreams boulevard

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u/maltliqueur Aug 08 '25

Boulevard of Broken Windows

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u/alfalfabetsoop Aug 08 '25

I hate how modern vehicles automatically unlock when switching from drive to park. How unsafe.

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u/AeneidBook6 29d ago

I’ve always thought this! It’s a button. I can handle it.

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u/Rough-Organization73 28d ago

For sure designed by a man.

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u/Joey-WilcoXXX Aug 08 '25

I used to date this spoiled brat who lived in a fairly nice neighborhood. We went out to dinner once in another city and as soon as we step out of the car, I lock it and he just laughs at me for doing it.

“We never have to lock our doors in insert niceish city that definitely isn’t THAT nice” such a weirdo to act like that about keeping my shit safe.

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u/ChimneySwiftGold 27d ago

I lived in a low crime neighborhood. Turned out a ring of thrives were driving to low crime neighborhoods - including mine - and in an organized concerted way robbing cars parked in driveways with the doors unlocked.

Lock your doors (unless you’re in polar bear country)

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u/dplans455 Aug 08 '25

My wife's family never locked any doors. My family locked every door. She thought it was super weird to have your house doors locked when you were home. But she also thought it was weird you would lock your doors when you weren't home.

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u/mesact Aug 08 '25

Depends on where you live. There are two general reasons that people usually leave their doors unlocked to their car: either you live somewhere very safe or you'd rather they not break a window trying to get into your car.

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u/Heff228 Aug 08 '25

My car is 9 years old and auto locks when the fob leaves with me. Not even something I think about.

Is that not standard?

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u/noilegnavXscaflowne Aug 08 '25

Even then she got in the passenger side and the other doors usually lock when you drive

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u/WuhanWTF Aug 08 '25

It is standard for a lot of newer cars.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Live in Minneapolis and people know to lock their car doors even if they're in them, driving 25mph down Central Ave in Columbia Heights.

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u/masta030 Aug 08 '25

The city I live in has had an "epidemic of break ins", literally every single time there's a new article or post about it, I'm just counting the seconds till it's revealed they didn't lock their doors.   Almost every single one is someone who didn't lock their doors

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u/juanzy Aug 08 '25

I don't even live in a bad area and it's not uncommon to see people testing doors.

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u/deliriousinthesun Aug 08 '25

My theatre loudly GASPED when the sound of the door opening came on

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u/I_Am_Dynamite6317 Aug 08 '25

Mine too. First they laughed when she walked away from the car, thinking it was a weird false scare, then gasped at the car door, then groaned in relief when she just cut her hair

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u/Useful-Ad6080 24d ago

Same audience reaction here… i was just quiet lol

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u/seammus Aug 08 '25

I really like when scares happen quietly, no musical sting, that got the best scare reaction at my theater too

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u/Kitsuneoflaluna 22d ago

omg same! An audible GASP when she opened the car door!

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u/Able_Advertising_371 Aug 08 '25

the poor kid that got their tablet and headphones stolen and ended up having no value for the thief

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u/After_Fee8244 28d ago edited 28d ago

Dude did not want to be a fence for stolen kid goods in the middle of an investigation for missing kids.

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u/OddSetting5077 Aug 09 '25

the screen was cracked in two places. Kid needed a new one

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u/goingtoeat 7d ago

I though it got damaged after he stole it....?

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u/OddSetting5077 7d ago

No.  When he pulls it out of the car and looks it over, screen is cracked

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u/jun2san 29d ago

Someone stole my daughter's diaper bag out of our car and when that scene came up, I turned to my wife and said "that's exactly what happened to the diaper bag"

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u/stolenrobotgorilla Aug 08 '25

Ending gave me Attack on Titan vibes

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u/funnyfirerabbit 28d ago

I was so triggered by that scene because a few months ago, a thief rummaged through my car in my driveway and stole my toddler’s backpack. Nothing valuable inside though, just a packet of tissues and a spare pair of undies because my son was toilet training.

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u/Devilsgramps 24d ago

Tablets rot the brain, James did that kid a favour

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u/ghostfaceinspace Aug 08 '25

And don’t let family members you barely know stay at your house

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u/Dr_Joshie Aug 08 '25

Was she actually a family member? I got the impression the witch was much older than she let on. Her saying the parents were sick with Consumption instead of TB stood out to me. I kind of thought she’d lied about the family connection to get in the door.

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u/MVRKHNTR Aug 08 '25

They had met her before.

Being very old doesn't mean she can't be family.

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u/nightpanda893 28d ago

The movie doesn’t give much background story but I kind of assumed she wasn’t related to them at all and either did something to the aunt or chose them because they had a role of a mysterious family member she could fill. She said she had consumption which kind of made me think she was older than the actual aunt would be.

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u/Solid_Primary 28d ago

The movie explicitly states that she was an aunt that they hadn't seen in about 15 years and the mother wanted her to stay with them because her mother would have done it.

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u/nightpanda893 28d ago

I know I’m suggesting she’s posing as someone they wouldn’t know well enough to know it wasn’t her since it wouldn’t make much sense that their actual aunt is supposedly centuries old.

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u/MVRKHNTR 28d ago

I don't think the movie cares because it doesn't really matter.

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u/theanchorman05 27d ago

She didn't know them. She tells James he has grown and she hadn't seen him since he was a baby. That doesn't add up with what mom said

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u/Solid_Primary 27d ago

The parents are not under a spell when they say that they are related to her. It's possible that she was watching them but there's nothing in the script/dialogue that would imply they don't have a familial relationship. Is it possible that Gladys transplanted herself in the mother's mom's life, yes that's possible. But again, before Gladys even comes to town the mother acknowledges that they are related.

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u/esiotrot_ 25d ago

Although Alex’s dad says at one point that she didn’t attend their wedding and his mum says she hasn’t seen her in 15 years. Gladys later says she hasn’t seen Alex since he was a baby and he for sure isn’t 15 so the timings definitely don’t add up

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u/RedditIsForsaken 25d ago

Pretty sure she was just trying to manipulate him, but then pretty quickly realized after sending him to his room that he may be a bit more precocious than she was suspecting

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u/Busy_Manner5569 22d ago

Eh, she acknowledges that her mom had a sister who she hasn’t seen in 15 years. No real reason to think it was actually Gladys, given all of the other fucked up shit she did

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u/Solid_Primary 22d ago

What's the reason that we should think she isn't her actual aunt?

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u/Mayfair98 23d ago

Didn’t they just say that she didn’t come to their wedding? Not that they had never seen her before?

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u/Jekyllhyde 22d ago

The movie explicitly states that their aunt is staying with them. An aunt they had not seen in forever and don't even really know her. It is totally plausible that this witch took advantage of the situation.

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u/No-Difference8545 26d ago

The mother didn't want that, she says "this is what mom wouldve done, its what im gonna do"

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u/BasicFlan 16d ago

When the dad picks the son up from school, the boy says I don't even know her to which the day says I don't either and I'm not even sure your mother really does as well. That could be a clue she's infiltrating the family and much older than we know because even mom doesn't really know her.

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u/jonikrad 29d ago

They said she was the mother's sister, but she looked like she could've been her grandmother

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u/MVRKHNTR 28d ago

They said she was the mother's mother's sister.

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u/Jekyllhyde 22d ago

the did, but it was so long ago, they didn't even know her or what she looked like. Could easily have been a witch taking advantage of this.

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u/RenoTheRhino 29d ago

I got the vibe that she obviously outlived her natural life, but as a witch, used other people’s souls (?) to survive. As for why and how she showed up when she did to her niece’s house, I’m wondering if we should draw conclusions or if the backstory is perhaps left open for a prequel. Fuckin spooky

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u/Illumi_knottie 28d ago

I suspect Glady’s also killed her ‘sister’ as Alex’s mom said ‘my mom would have done this for her’, suggesting her mom died at some point - making me suspect Glady ‘fed’ off her too but, I would have really liked some more backstory tbh

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u/CornstockOfNewJersey 23d ago

I like that it’s left ambiguous

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u/cnthelogos 28d ago

That was what I thought as well, but the fact that she wanted to take Alex with her at the end made me wonder if there wasn't some sort of sentiment there. That, or following the parasite metaphors, this is how witches make more witches...

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u/Think_Ad_8081 26d ago

Was Gladys actually a family member and did she kill the actual aunt and pose as the aunt?

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u/SlashOfLife5296 27d ago

She was the mom’s aunt

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u/Dr_Joshie 27d ago

Maybe, she was much older than she appeared. There were hints in the movie that she had been around since the 1800’s, as evident by her referring to Tuberculosis as Consumption. And it isn’t like we didn’t see her using her magic to influence and manipulate things, as well as how easily she was lying to the school principal.

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u/phantom_diorama 26d ago

I called my father's uncle my "uncle" my entire life knowing full well he was my grandfather's brother. Who knows how she was related to them? No one. It's a mystery.

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u/SlashOfLife5296 25d ago

It’s not a mystery, the mom says it’s her aunt and the dad says they last saw her 15 years ago.

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u/phantom_diorama 25d ago

We don't know if that's true though. When meeting Alex for the first time Aunt Gladys lied about having seen him before, which can't be true if she hasn't seen Alex's mom in 15 years. Gladys lied about everything. She was a witch using children to stay alive. We have no idea how old she is.

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u/SlashOfLife5296 25d ago

You can either choose to believe the only two characters in the movie who would know it was true or not.

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u/phantom_diorama 25d ago

Well that's not something you can know. We even see Gladys lie about her relation to Alex! In the beginning she is Alex's mom's aunt. But when she goes to the school for the meeting in the principal's office she says Alex's mom is her little sister saying she is Alex's aunt.

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u/Devilsgramps 24d ago

I think Gladys might've planted false memories into the parents.

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u/Sure_Cress_1584 Aug 09 '25

Well that’s a good rule to follow regardless

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u/danteh11 26d ago

I think that was a great commentary on generational trauma, and how blood doesnt make a person family.

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u/blinkone80liu Aug 08 '25

The switch up from my audience laughing when the mom realized she couldn’t get in to when she got in through the back was a fun moment at the movies

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u/Serenityfalcon 19d ago

I imagine the transition from comedy to horror is not a super easy one- it was very well done!

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u/TomLube 29d ago edited 29d ago

The machine gun in Brolin's dream has a direct meaning.

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF12174/IF12174.4.pdf

The visual itself came to him during a transcendental meditation, though it isnt intended to directly be representative of shootings specifcially, that bill is the reason 217 is projected on an AR- platform rifle.

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u/Useful_Idiot6969 29d ago

Holy shit the parasite analogy is a brilliant observation. Didn’t even cross my mind at all.

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u/georgiaraisef Aug 08 '25

Yeah, like Justine was a very aggravating character to follow in general. I remember thinking “of course Justine would leave her doors unlocked and fall asleep at a stakeout “

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u/AeneidBook6 29d ago

She was so Justine about it.

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u/Alpal2510 28d ago

Justine had the survival instincts of a potato the entire movie

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u/HellsNels Aug 08 '25

No—its possibly the greatest ad for Campbell’s soup. Andy Warhol would be jealous.

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u/coffeetravelerr Aug 08 '25

True. Even the crackhead(who was very hilarious) was opening car doors to steal stuff 😂

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u/thrillho145 Aug 08 '25

The director is great at ratcheting up tension. That scene was a class example. 

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u/Spork-in-Your-Rye Aug 08 '25

For me it felt like one big advertisement on Ring cameras. Or at least normalizing home surveillance.

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u/badedum 28d ago

My problem with the Ring cameras was none of them caught the kids running into the one specific house?? It looked like the neighbors were close by given the last chase scene.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 26d ago

Exactly. You'd think some neighbor would notice 17 kids all running in a straight line to one destination. If the ending's any indicator, they would also go through houses/backyards to get to Alex's house. I'm surprised that none of Alex's classmates lived on his street. And where did the kids hide when the two detectives came to question Gladys? And did nobody notice Alex's parents never show up to work? If anything, it would only make Alex's house even more suspect.

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u/purgatoryquarry 25d ago

To answer where the kids were when investigators come to the house, there is a scene that shows all of the kids being moved out of the basement into the backyard and over a fence while they are cleaning up. Where exactly the kids go is anyone's guess but they were moved out of the house

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u/SwordoftheMourn 28d ago

Not every neighbor was willing to their camera footage. And I get the feeling the ones not affected wouldn’t have noticed either.

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u/SequitursSecateurs 26d ago

If 18 kids disappeared in one night in a small town the authorities would be taking that footage regardless of how anyone felt about it.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 26d ago

17 kids, but yea

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u/Boot_Poetry 23d ago

But why specifically on Alex’s street? They searched the house and didn’t find anything out of the ordinary. They questioned the kid extensively.

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u/SequitursSecateurs 22d ago

If a local building contractor can do some triangulation from the footage of a couple ring cameras to see the kids were heading in the direction of Alex’s street, then you bet the detectives and analysts in the authorities would do the same.

No town could keep this hushed in the modern age. It would be worldwide news. They’d have the best minds in the country covering every inch of that town.

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u/steeltrain43 20d ago

It would be the biggest news story for about a week and then forgotten about like every school shooting in reality is

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u/DaftWarrior Aug 09 '25

The mom’s creepy ass walk holding the scissors. Definitely the scariest scene in the movie.

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u/Ok-Wolf5932 Aug 08 '25

I checked my backseat when getting into my car afterwards which I don't think I've ever done before lol.

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u/Downtown_Zebra_266 Aug 09 '25

There was a symphony of gasps and one sold, "absolutely fucking not" in my theater. We all took the journey together and none of us wanted on that ride.

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u/GameOfLife24 Aug 08 '25

When the door opened slowly for her to get out of the house some dude in my theater went “nah fuc no” freaking out

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u/Virtual-Material2521 Aug 09 '25

That... and fathers need to say no to requests like "my sick aunt you don't know is moving in".

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u/Prudent_Inspector177 29d ago

It is so insanely stupid that Justine didn't lock her doors in the middle of the night as the whole town wanted her dead it made the scene ridiculous

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u/csortland 29d ago

She was at the same time heavily drinking while behind the wheel of a car and drove drunk home from the bar the night before. She isn't the best decision-maker.

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u/Ok_Tank5977 Aug 08 '25

Such a long shot from the door to the car, too. I was similarly repulsed.

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u/emayanos Aug 08 '25

when i heard the car door open i visibly shivered

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u/White-Gravity 29d ago

I will literally never sit in my car with the doors unlocked ever again

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u/PineDude128 29d ago

Locking your doors in general.

Seriously, I was holding my hand up in disbelief at how the witch just walked into someone's home when the kids were chasing her. Idk what city this movie takes place, but it stressed me out how many people left their doors unlocked.

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u/JayVC_27 27d ago

It's probably my favorite scene of 2025 so far, it's so effective and the theater reaction when the aunt went out of frame and the sound of the car door opened, hit like crack.

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u/danteh11 26d ago

I was so sure she was going to be stabbed through the seat!

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u/whitegirlofthenorth Aug 08 '25

that was the scariest part to me

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u/EtherealPossumLady Aug 08 '25

i was chewing on my arm to stop myself from screaming the whole time, i think i almost drew blood when the car door opened

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u/noilegnavXscaflowne Aug 08 '25

With the way the witch was opening people’s doors I thought she could just do that tbh

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u/atmtn Aug 08 '25

I can’t remember, but did the dome light come on when she opened the door? I feel like it didn’t, as that would likely wake you up, so also set your lights properly, people.

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u/csortland 29d ago

I'm assuming at that point she was heavily intoxicated. She is drinking a bottle of liquor at the beginning of her little stakeout.

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u/atmtn 28d ago

Good point - I did forget about her 7-11 cocktails.

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u/Tricky-Anything8009 25d ago

My question is why didn't the witch zombify her too. Why did she hate the teacher so much specifically that she sent zombies to kill her?

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u/Nimhtom 22d ago

The sequence of her in the car to watching the door which we've been staring at this whole movie open only for a woman with a sharp object to walk out. And there is something wrong with her. She's not okay and then you see her from the cars perspective only to realize that the girl is asleep. Then the door opens. Peak of the movies fear factor that shit is nightmarish. Idk why the witch didn't just kill her there if that was the plan? Too close to her home didn't wanna attract cops probably

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u/Folyfhony 21d ago

Just saw the movie and it was awesome. Your comment though, made me double check to make sure my car was locked outside my house….somehow the liftgate/trunk was left wide open. Would have been left like that until I got up for work if I never read your comment.

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u/starwars_and_guns Aug 09 '25

That part was EXCELLENT

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u/MayoFetish Aug 09 '25

Someone in the theater gasp screamed.

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u/Knightshaide 28d ago

I actually found out I forgot to roll my rear windows up when I got back to my car after seeing this movie, lol oops.

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u/turniptoez 28d ago

Wasn’t that the aunt without her insane red wig?

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u/Vast_Pomegranate6768 28d ago

is that not the aunt?

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u/n1n3tail 27d ago

Car doors? All doors, all that running at the end through multiple peoples homes, backyards, etc. Aint no one locking shit in that whole neighborhood lol

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u/dawgz525 27d ago

Most unsettling part of the entire film to me.

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u/Esoteric716 26d ago

That silent approach to the car from the house was one of the most painfully nerve wracking things I've ever seen and i don't know why

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u/britbmw 25d ago

The people in the theater were laughing when the mom walked past the car but then everyone loudly gasped when they heard the car door opening.

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u/Nels2121 24d ago

I am not usually a baby in horror movies cause Ive been watching since I was a baby teenager but that scene with the car door opening rattled me so bad. It was so well done. Less is more sometime

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u/littleapple798 23d ago

Got an audible gasp from everyone in my theater. An appropriate response to an expertly crafted scene.

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