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2025 · sci-fi · thriller · horror

Companion

Directed by Drew Hancock1h 37m2025
ElsewhereIMDb6.9174kRT93%Metacritic70TMDB7.02k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • inventive
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Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.

Our read · Companion (2025) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · thriller · horror entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a sharp robot-reveal thriller with empowerment and dark laughs.

ends triumphantit stays with youbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 18attention 4/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sexgraphic violencenuditysexual violencegoresuicide themebody horrordrug use

Skip it tonightSkip if sexual assault, gore, and self-harm will wreck your evening.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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