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The Dead Thing
Directed by
Elric Kane
R
2025
1h 34m
Horror
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4.8
83%
5.4
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A young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections falls in love with a charismatic and sensitive man, who hides a dark secret that turns her affair into a dangerous obsession.
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Cast of The Dead Thing
Blu Hunt
Alex
Ben Smith-Petersen
Kyle
John Karna
Chris
Katherine Hughes
Cara
Joey Millin
Mark
Brennan Mejia
Paul
Aerial Washington
Sarah
Josh Marble
Danny
Emily Joy Lemus
Barista
Sally Sum
Date girl
Elric Kane
Director / Screenplay
Webb Wilcoxen
Screenplay / Co-Producer
Monte Yazzie
Producer
Matt Mercer
Producer
Rebekah McKendry
Producer
Star Rosencrans
Co-Producer / Editor
Graham Hart
Production Design
Ioana Vasile
Director Of Photography
Robin Vining
Original Music Composer
Michael Krassner
Original Music Composer
The Dead Thing Ratings & Reviews
AV Club
Brent Simon
While not without its faults, The Dead Thing literalizes the hold of toxic relationships and trauma-bonding in a way that effectively reads as a metaphor about codependency, while also remaining elastic enough to invite multiple related interpretations.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
Unfortunately, Hunt can only do so much with co-stars who either don't or aren't meant to have chemistry with her character.
North Shore Movies
Daniel M. Kimmel
It takes a while to figure out what THE DEAD THING is about, as it's more of a puzzle box than an out-and-out horror film. While director Elric Kane has style to spare, some may find this a bit of a slow burn.
TheArtsStl
Sarah Boslaugh
There are two stars in The Dead Thing: Hunt (who made her film debut as Danielle Moonstar/Mirage in The New Mutants) and the cinematography of Ioana Vasile, which totally sells the possibility that the supernatural can exist within our modern world.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
It's a haunting film, in terms of both what's on the surface and the sense of melancholy it so effectively creates.
MaitlandOnMovies (Substack)
Maitland McDonagh
[The horror is] in the rubber realities of its characters lives, where nothing anybody sees is anything they can trust. With a supernatural frisson, the movie seems a metaphor for the selves we put online.... [C]lever without being especially insightful.
The Weekend Warrior (Substack)
Edward Douglas
Tries way too hard to be horror with a handful of dull kills, but it's mostly hindered by the weak writing and casting that doesn't do much to elevate that weaker material.
Screen Rant
Brittany Patrice Witherspoon
While the technical elements of The Dead Thing are true standouts, ultimately, the horror film is only just fine.
Cinema Crazed
Emilie Black
It's one of those films that won't be for everyone, but for those who will get it into, it's one of those that is riveting and makes you want just a little bit more.
B-Sides & Badlands
Bee Delores
The Dead Thing possesses cool thematic elements and strong lead performances, yet somehow feels detached from what it's actually trying to say.
AWFJ.org
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
This is a refreshing and emotionally intelligent film, an exercise in style that never holds back on substance.
In Review Online
Morris Yang
There's a decent 15-minute short located somewhere in there, but owing to the puzzling obligations of narrative to its subtext, it's become six times longer, and correspondingly thinner.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A dark and tense horror pic about a toxic singles LA dating scene.
Creepy Kingdom
Sarah Musnicky
It's beautiful, capturing the addicting allure of finding someone you resonate with, for better or worse.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
It's a good ghost story, in other words, but it's an even better spiritual piece about the nature of eternity...
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
The Dead Thing is a compelling watch that mixes horror with elements of an erotic thriller. There are some great scares and impactful moments. It captures the grind of dating, the pain and fear of toxic relationships, and the need to find someone.
Dread Central
Chad Collins
Cinema should be bloody and sexy. Luckily, The Dead Thing is both.
Bloody Disgusting
Joe Lipsett
The Dead Thing is a bold, stylish film and audiences willing to invest in a toxic relationship between two actors with great sexual chemistry and tinged with ghostly phenomena will find plenty to appreciate.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
A grim picture of a nocturnal city where everything feels temporary.
Forbes
Scott Phillips
Kane has heeded his own advice and crafted a tight, tense film that also has a lot to say about our modern dating culture and how relationships have become so reliant on technology. I look forward to seeing what he does next.
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