Summary
- Demi Moore’s performance in The Substance made body horror mainstream, exploring beauty standards and fame.
- Together is a highly anticipated body horror movie, starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco, set for 2025.
- Neon’s purchase of Together showcases the company’s emergence in producing compelling horror films.
Body horror has become more mainstream thanks to Demi Moore’s incredible performance in The Substance. The 2024 film is a riveting look at beauty standards, the question of how someone can grow older in Hollywood, and how fame can change someone. There are more than a few gory scenes as Moore’s character Elizabeth Sparkle takes a strange drug and sees her entire world change. The movie is so popular that there are a few interesting The Substance fan theories and many are still unpacking the ending.
I love when a new horror movie becomes the focus of many pop culture conversations, and I’m in awe of Moore’s performance. Although body horror isn’t my favorite subgenre and I love slashers more, I’m excited to hear about Alison Brie and Dave Franco’s upcoming body horror movie Together.
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Here’s Why I’m Excited About The Upcoming Body Horror Movie Together
According to Deadline, Neon has bought the body horror movie Together, which had a bidding war after it premiered at Sundance. The movie will be in theaters on August 1st, 2025 and was written and directed by Michael Shanks. Alison Brie and Dave Franco play a couple who move to the country when she gets a teaching position and there’s a cave in a nearby forest with water that has supernatural powers.
I think Together will be the next big body horror movie and I also think it’s cool that the success of The Substance paved the way for more creepy and gory tales. While there won’t be a sequel to The Substance, I think it’s the perfect time to explore more body horror movies and check out past releases, like David Cronenberg’s impressive and signature work. Like Moore, Brie and Franco are big names, and I bet that even those who aren’t so sure about this gory and sometimes gross subgenre will want to see Together.
Neon’s purchase of Together also proves that Neon is a horror production company to watch since they’re making such cool and compelling projects. Neon’s other movies include Osgood Perkins’s adaptation of the Stephen King story The Monkey, Brandon Cronenberg’s dark 2023 film Infinity Pool, the beloved 2024 movie Longlegs, and the recent supernatural release Presence. While Blumhouse and A24 are still of course putting out popular and fascinating scary movies, I’m interested in seeing what else Neon puts out.
I also think that Brie and Franco’s marriage makes them the perfect stars for Together. This makes the shocking situation that their characters are in even more fun to watch. There may be several horror movies featuring great relationships, but Together is unique since the characters see their bodies change in truly disgusting ways. On the one hand, it’s nice that they’re going through the same thing since they can relate to each other. But on the other hand, that would change a marriage, that’s for sure. I can’t wait to see Together and find out whether Brie and Franco’s characters have figured out how to remain married or if this horrifying situation tears them apart forever.
According to Deadline, Franco said about co-starring in Together with Brie:
“We’ve been approached to act in many different projects together, we’re very selective. We don’t want people seeing us on screen too often where they become sick of us. This one felt right, not only was the script incredible, but our characters have been together over a decade, our relationship felt like it could lend itself in a nice way.”
Alison Brie Starred In The 2020 Horror Movie The Rental, Which Dave Franco Directed
Together isn’t the first time that Alison Brie and Dave Franco have movie on a horror movie. Brie starred in the 2020 film The Rental, which Franco co-wrote along with Joe Swanberg and also directed. The story centers around two couples renting a house for the weekend and realizing that someone is spying on them.
The Rental is nothing the body horror movies fans always talk about and it sounds like Together is very different since it’s about a supernatural presence, not a killer who targets people who stay in rentals. I love The Rental because it’s a fresh take on the home invasion horror subgenre and the performances by Brie, Dan Stevens, Sheila Vand, and Jeremy Allen White are impressive. There are some complex and difficult dynamics within the group, and I think those relationships, along with the creepy setting, make the film so good. Since it was released in 2020, many might have missed it, but I encourage any fan of frightening settings and fast-paced, witty dialogue to watch it.
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