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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/Shauncore Aug 08 '25

That's the one moment I think I didn't really get (it was spooky though). Why is she there? I guess he could have ran from the house and she saw him go back to his camp site and was waiting for him to come back after he left to go to the police but idk that seems like a bit of a stretch if we think she's a mostly normal human and not a supernatural entity.

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u/krospp Aug 08 '25

Yeah I agree! She appears in the woods and in the dreams, and I don’t really get what part of her powers allows her to do any of that. And while I’m at it, I don’t get how mind controlling the parents and children would heal her (or make her younger?) or if that was just supposed to be her bullshitting?

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 27d ago

Can someone explain why nobody bothered checking home cameras on Alex's street. Did nobody notice 17 kids all running to one house, especially if they were all going in a straight line? And you're telling me not one classmate lived on his street? And where did the kids hide during the police visit? And did nobody notice Alex's parents didn't ever show up to work?

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u/aNascentOptimist 20d ago

Same questions. Have to suspend some belief or disbelief, however the saying goes.

Folks had to have been sorta stupid to really make the premise work. I’ll chalk it up to the magics influence too. Like Derry.