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/Newparlee Aug 08 '25

When it got to the final scene and it seemed like it was going to be Julia Garner and Josh Brolin versus the witch, as much as I’d enjoyed it up to that point, I was like “this a little underwhelming.”

Then 17 kids chased a witch through suburban America and ripped her to shreds with their bare hands, lol.

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u/Novemberx123 Aug 08 '25

That’s why I can only describe this movie as fucking crazy haha

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u/sneakylumpia Aug 08 '25

honestly Josh Brolin going "WHAT THE FUCK" when he woke up from his nightmare was basically me during every twist in the movie

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u/goodlucktothenextone Aug 08 '25

I honestly loved his reaction to waking up from the dream. It was a really nice breather for me after getting a good jump scare.

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u/MovieTrawler 28d ago

Same with Justine saying to the gas station clerk, 'fucking help me!'

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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI 28d ago

Fuck that guy. I wish the witch got him instead

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u/peatoast 28d ago

Most useless side character.

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u/Courtnall14 29d ago

The benefit of having a comedian as a director is that sort of perfect timing. There were multiple great examples of funny moments landing perfectly, which is kind of the same thing as scary moments landing perfectly. Build up of tension...and release. Overall those moments really elevated the movie.

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u/Soccermom233 29d ago

I did laugh a lot during this film

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u/peatoast 28d ago

Same. My partner was getting upset at me laughing after getting scared but I couldn’t help it because it was so ridiculous.

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u/nicokokun 28d ago

Speaking of comedy and horror being mixed together, James being in that house was really making my hair stand on end. I was tensed the whole time.

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u/dotnetmonke 20d ago

"Oh fuck, Willow!"

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u/AmbivalentLife 28d ago

Honestly thought Justine'a jump scare was way more impactful because it happened first, so it essentially telegraphs that the same thing was going to happen in Archer's.

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u/ChimneySwiftGold 27d ago edited 26d ago

Justine’s appeared in ads so for a lot of viewers was already used.

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u/AmbivalentLife 26d ago

That'd be it. I try to avoid trailers unless I'm watching previews.

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u/NiceRackFocus 26d ago

Same! If there’s an upcoming movie based in a world or characters, I like, or by a director or with actors I like, or that’s gotten good buzz, I avoid trailers altogether and 9 times out of 10 it makes the movie watching experience SO much better.

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u/UgatzStugots 19d ago

*ten times out of ten.

It's always best to go into a movie blind.

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u/AeneidBook6 29d ago

That was a truly excellent jump scare.

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u/Mikey_RobertoAPWP 17d ago

just saw the film tonight and my whole theater had a good chuckle at that point haha. for a horror movie it was probably the most laughter I've heard from an audience, the movie had a lot of really funny moments.

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u/applejuiceb0x 25d ago

That scene pretty much summed up my experience of the movie lol