Some posters scream at you. Others just linger—quiet, skin-close, like a fever that hasn't broken. The newly unveiled key art for Together, Neon's upcoming body horror drama, belongs to the second category. It's not loud, not especially stylized, but it gets under the skin—quite literally.
There's nothing supernatural about the image itself. No gore, no monsters. Just two faces—Alison Brie and Dave Franco—locked in a sweaty, half-lit embrace, their foreheads touching, their expressions unreadable. But look closer: the intimacy is off. His hand is at her throat. Her gaze is fixed somewhere past the edge of the frame. Their skin almost seems to blur where it meets. It's not grotesque in the obvious way, but there's something… wrong. The longer you stare, the more you start to question what's holding them together.
This is Together, written and directed by Michael Shanks. The plot? A couple retreats to the countryside, hoping to patch up their strained relationship. Instead, they're confronted by a force that doesn't just threaten their sanity or safety—it corrupts the very fabric of their physical being. In short: the horror isn't metaphor. It's epidermal.
We've heard that kind of pitch before—love turned inside out by some lurking dread—but the poster suggests a more grounded, bodily take. No floating apparitions. No screaming CGI shadows. This looks tactile. Close. Maybe even practical.
The film stars Franco and Brie, who happen to be married off-screen, which adds an uneasy layer to the proceedings. The chemistry is real—but what happens when that authenticity is weaponized? When intimacy becomes infestation?
Rounding out the cast are Damon Herriman (Justified), Sunny S. Walia, Jack Kenny, Mia Morrissey, Tom Considine, Karl Richmond, Sarah Lang, Melanie Beddie, Rob Brown, and newcomers MJ Dorning and Charlie Lees. Solid, character-driven talent—just enough to keep the film feeling grounded rather than performative.
Behind the camera, the producing team includes Erik Feig (Picturestart), Lia Burman (Tango), along with Brie, Franco, Mike Cowan, and Andrew Mittman. There's some confidence behind the scenes, and early word has been cautiously optimistic. JoBlo's Chris Bumbray described the tone as having “electric energy,” calling it a throwback to the propulsive, unpolished pace of 1980s horror. A bold claim, though not unwelcome in a genre recently suffocated by its own self-seriousness.
The MPAA has issued an R rating for Together, citing “violent/disturbing content, sexual content, graphic nudity, language, and brief drug content.” Not the kind of soft horror rating you can sneak past a teenager. This is meant to make you uncomfortable, maybe even queasy.
Neon plans to release Together in theaters on July 30, 2025. No festival premiere has been announced, which is a little unusual for this kind of film—especially with real actors, real producers, and real genre credentials attached. But maybe that's the point. No A24 prestige filter. No midwit discourse about trauma and “emotional resonance.” Just horror. Raw, fleshy, and hopefully unflinching.
We've seen too many horror films lately that talk about terror but forget how to show it. If Together manages to follow through on what its poster so slyly implies, we might finally have a film that remembers how to make the body squirm.
