Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks makes his feature debut with this gnarly little body horror starring real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie, who are also producing.
How to watch Together in New Zealand
Together is in New Zealand cinemas from July 31, 2025.
What is Together about?
Tim and Millie’s relationship is already looking a bit rocky when Millie decides to move to the country to take a post as primary school teacher. He’s an overgrown adolescent still convinced rock superstardom awaits him; she’s a control freak. Now in a new town and cut off from their normal support networks, things are only going to get worse.
How much worse becomes quickly apparent after a weird encounter in the forest, after which the two are irresistibly, physically drawn to each other. The problem is that when they touch, they start to meld together. Yes, it’s their horrible relationship made manifest as goopy bodily mutation, and it’s only getting weirder from there…
The cast of Together
Dave Franco is Tim, Alison Brie is Millie, Damon Herriman is helpful local teacher Jamie, and Mia Morrissey, Jack Kenny, Sunny S. Walia, Karl Richmond, Tom Considine, Melanie Beddie, Sarah Lang, and Rob Brown in support.
Together trailer
Why we’re excited about Together
While the film holds few surprises for anyone who’s been around the horror block a few times, Together makes the grade thanks to a terrific double act from Alison Brie and James Franco, a sly, merciless sense of humour, and some genuinely impressive physical and make up effects.
Festival reviews have been broadly positive, and while this isn’t the sort of knock-it-out-of-the-park feature debut that mints fresh Tarantinos, it’s a solid, dark little gem that explores its premise thoroughly, offering up a dripping fresh take on familiar domestic dramas. Plus, we’re always happy to see Damon Herriman turn up in anything, and since he never seems to stop working, that’s a pretty regular occurrence.
