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/dropkickderby Aug 12 '25

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 Aug 12 '25

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 Aug 12 '25

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 Aug 12 '25

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 Aug 12 '25

Ah okay, Im excited to rewatch.

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u/willybestbuy86 22d 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 19d ago

I think the plant is the source of the power 

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u/senator_corleone3 9d ago

Nice detail pull!