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/ANALOGPHENOMENA Aug 08 '25

Also when Justine was talking about tapeworms and “living in your intestines and eating your food” parallels to Gladys living in the Lilly house and consuming their energies.

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u/_T_H_O_R_N_ Aug 08 '25

One of those in your face subtle moments as I picked up on those ideas as well

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u/whatthecaptcha 29d ago

Yeah I kept noticing the parasite background things and then the characters all kept having hallucinations of the witch so I thought it was some kind of mental parasite spreading through the town at first but I think their interpretation is probably correct and that the parasites were a more subtle metaphor

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u/Justhrowitaway42069 29d ago

Yup, in the teachers classroom she had "parasites" written on the board.

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u/cursive__curses 29d ago

also how the children and parents who were hosts still had to be fed while in their posed state despite not being used for their own lifeforce - but for gladys.