Would you like to watch a minute and change of uncomfortable scenes that hint at something super gruesome and never quite show it? Boy, have we got a trailer for you. Together, the feature debut of writer-director Michael Shanks, stars real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie in what looks like a story of, um, coming together. Literally. And not in a sexy way.
There’s no synopsis for this film, but reviews describe a story about a longstanding couple who are sorta taking a new step in their relationship—one that involves maybe getting married, but definitely moving to the country where there are strange things in the woods and in the water, and also in a cave that seems like a really bad place to get temporarily trapped. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman called it “a body-horror movie about a serious thing—love—that never takes itself too seriously.”
And while this trailer is mostly vibes—an eerily still pair of dogs, a grotesquely long hair—without body-horror details, they’re in there. Brian Tallerico, reviewing the film at Sundance, wrote, “With echoes of The Substance and the work of David Cronenberg, it is the rare body horror flick that actually delivers, turning viewers into squirming participants in the chaos.”
Together isn’t in theaters until August 1st, so it’s likely we’ll get a closer look before then—whether we’re up for it or not.
