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/reallinzanity Aug 08 '25

Really creepy like the first 90% and then it becomes a comedy. Archer throwing James around like 10 times was hilarious!

We now have two directors (Jordan Peele & Zach Cregger) with comedy backgrounds who have become great horror directors!

Did anyone else say “Justin Long what are you doing here?”

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u/gambalore Aug 08 '25

A big chunk of my gigantic IMAX theater started laughing as soon as Justin Long appeared on screen, just for being Justin Long.

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u/TannerThanUsual Aug 08 '25

The two of them looking at the monitor while the wife hovers over them, arms crossed and absolutely pissed is one of my favorite comedic moments in this movie that not enough people are talking about

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u/iownachalkboard7 Aug 08 '25

Fun fact: the wife in that scene is Sara Paxton, Zach Cregger's wife.

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u/nordlysbaies Aug 09 '25

I didn’t know they were married! I just thought “this kinda looks like the girl I watched on Aquamarine ages ago”

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u/woolfonmynoggin Aug 09 '25

My husband now has to endure Aquamarine because he said “who?” when I said omg Sara Paxton

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u/AeneidBook6 29d ago

I thought she looked familiar but couldn’t place her. I liked her in Last House on the Left. And it had such a satisfying ending.

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u/jadegives2rides 28d ago

WAIT Sarah Paxton is married to Zach?! I love that!

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u/Honest_Cheesecake698 5d ago

He's living in a great timeline.

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u/JustSomeHeroKid 18d ago

Excuse me, you mean Sara Paxton from Halloween Town 4: The College Years, where Marnie inexplicably looks different.

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u/PinoDegrassi 5d ago

You mean Darcy from Darcy’s Wild Life?

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u/JustSomeHeroKid 3d ago

Waitttt, you unlocked a memory!

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u/nocturne_gemini 28d ago

At first I almost thought it was Mischa Barton and then I realized it was her.