Overview

• The film opens in wide release today boasting a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score after its Sundance premiere and Neon’s reported $17 million acquisition.
• Real-life spouses Alison Brie and Dave Franco star as a couple whose physical fusion turns relationship anxieties into visceral body horror.
• Neon’s promotional push includes free couples therapy sessions via OurRitual and staged public intimacy stunts to engage audiences.
• Writer-director Michael Shanks and Neon have pointed to his 2019 WGA registration in rejecting StudioFest’s active copyright infringement lawsuit.
• The film combines gruesome practical effects with dark comedy to channel Cronenbergian body-horror traditions while preserving emotional authenticity.