‘Together’ Trailer Promises Neon’s Next Horror Phenomenon

Ready to get “Together?”

The film, which premiered earlier this year in the midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival, places real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie in a body-horror scenario. It has brand-new teaser trailer out Wednesday, which you can watch below (if you dare).

Written and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks and produced by Brie and Franco, among others, the movie was a sensation when it premiered at Sundance and kicked off a bidding war, with A24, Apple TV+ and Focus Features among the potential distributors. Ultimately, Neon won the worldwide distribution rights to the film for a whopping $17 million. It was the first major sale at this year’s sleepy Sundance and made the movie even buzzier.

The trailer doesn’t give much away, but the film is said to be a gooey metaphor for codependency, which you can totally get. The official synopsis reads: “Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Franco and Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh.” Sounds good to us!

“Together” is the latest horror film from Neon, following last year’s sleeper smash “Longlegs” from director Osgood Perkins and this year’s “The Monkey,” also from Perkins, which, fueled by word-of-mouth, just crossed the $50 million-threshold. Other recent, Neon-distributed horror favorites include the Sydney Sweeney-led “Immaculate,” last year’s wonderful “Cuckoo,” Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” which Neon released earlier this year (and really is great).

“Together” opens on Aug. 1.

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