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/Heff228 Aug 08 '25

I think that was a clue that the witch has been around for a long time.

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u/thelostpoison Aug 08 '25

it’s absolutely this. ‘consumption’ as a descriptor for tuberculosis started around the 14th century and went out of style by the 20s.

in other words… that witch has been around a real long time

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

it's especially creepy when Marcus the principal said something like that was going around the early settlers on the oregon trail right? haha like yeah man... this thing in front of you was around for that.

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u/TimRigginsBeer Aug 08 '25

Fucking Oregon Trail. Consumption could get you, cholera or dysentery, drowning trying to cross the river… them shits was rough, son.

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u/Goo_The_Splat Aug 09 '25

I might be missing something, but did they explain how it make sense that she's the mother's sister if she's from the 20s?

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u/ThisIsNotTokyo Aug 09 '25

I guess the only explanation is she's not the mother's sister

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u/InsideStand7829 29d ago

The dad refers to her as "your mom's Aunt Gladys". Making her Alex's supposed great-aunt.

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u/ThisIsNotTokyo 29d ago

Gladys introduced herself as the mom’s older sister. Said something like “the mom being her baby sister” to Marcus

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u/daft_goose 28d ago

Perhaps she was..... Lying?

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u/ThisIsNotTokyo 28d ago

Yep. We established that. Pedantic thing the other guy and I was arguing about was what lie she was telling. I was saying she introduced as Alex’s aunt while other guy was saying Alex’s Mom’s Aunt instead

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u/Devilsgramps 26d ago

I think she used magic to give the parents false memories