I’m normally not a big fan of body horror. I think that when it's done well it can be a bit too squishy and so it's something I tend to stay away from, however there was something about Together that made me curious. It was because it was given a 15 certificate and yet Weapons was given an 18 (which it didn’t deserve) so I decided to take the risk and see if I could cope with it. The set up of the film sees Dave Franco and Alison Brie play a couple called Tim and Millie who for ‘reasons’ move to the countryside and in no time at all they go hiking and fall into a cave, whilst staying the night they decide to drink some water and that is when things go wrong.
The whole process of Tim and Millie trying to figure out what is going on was quite interesting and it helps that Franco and Brie are married in real life as this means that you buy that they are a couple that are having issues and normally the differences would annoy me but Brie and Franco work well to make me care about what's going on. The joining effects were generally well done although the final one was not great and could have done with being a bit darker. This is a horror movie with some horrific moments. My worry that the body horror would be too much was unfounded. There were gory moments but they were brief and that is the level I can deal with. The sight of them dancing to a Spice Girls song was an interesting way to end their involvement in the film.
The biggest issue I have with this film is the pacing. The film is 102 minutes which is the perfect length for a horror film and yet it felt rushed. The cult stuff is a complete waste of time. We meet Jamie who works at the school that Millie does and it's clear from the moment he talks about the cult that it was clear he was a part of it and in no time at all we learn that he is. Instead of a couple of big scenes about the cult we get just one with Jamie and Millie and then that's it. Nothing after that so it seemed like it could have been cut and would have made no difference to the plot.
Not going to lie but I was slightly disappointed with this film. The pacing lets the film down and it wastes the cult stuff and the quiet town aspect of the plot. It’s directed well and Franco and Brie are worth seeing but it feels like a bit more time could have been spent working on the plot and as a result its one of the weaker horror films in a year that has been great for the genre.