Together

What’s it about?

After moving to the countryside, a supernatural encounter starts to transform a couple's love, their lives, and their flesh.

The facts

• Directed by Michael Shanks
• Starring Dave Franco, Alison Brie
• English language
• Runtime: 102 minutes

Why did it get this rating?

This film was classified by Te Mana Whakaatu, Classification Office. You can find out more about classification process and ratings here.

Horror

The film deals with psychological, supernatural, and body horror with plenty of jump scares. The body horror includes:

• A character finds her hair crawling into another’s open mouth, choking him.
• Body parts fuse together, including eyelashes, pupils, limbs, bones, and sinews.
• Bodies contort unnaturally, straining towards the other. Two characters have to cut their fused limbs apart with a power saw.
• Characters become stuck together during sex, the man’s penis is shown as his partner tries to get it out of her.

Violence

A grotesque creature menaces a man and in self-defence he slices its fingers and stabs its neck. A character cuts open a woman’s arm, blood swells and spills from the wound.

Sex scenes

The couple have sex in a toilet stall. While she straddles him and they’re both fully clothed, we do see close-up detail of his penis when she pushes him away. There are some references to sex through the film.

Content that may disturb

There is a brief scene where a character tries to self-sacrifice by hold a knife against his neck but this attempt is aborted.

Offensive language

There is strong language in the film, with the word ‘f**k’ used as exclamations, or when talking about sex.

When content stays with you:

We all have our boundaries, and it’s completely okay if something you’ve watched is weighing on your mind. If certain content lingers with you, consider having a chat with friends or whānau to debrief about what you’ve just seen. But if you’re still feeling affected, please reach out to any of the following helplines for support.

• 1737
• Safe to talk
• Lifeline
• Youthline

Further information

• Why are ratings and content warnings important for me and my whānau?
• Are scary films good for anything? (blog)