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We Need to Do Something

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After Melissa and her family seek shelter from a storm, they become trapped. With no sign of rescue, hours turn to days and Melissa comes to realize that she and her girlfriend Amy might have something to do with the horrors that threaten to tear her family -- and the entire world -- apart.
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Critics Consensus

While We Need to Do Something can feel as unfocused as its title, it offers eerily timely genre thrills, soaked in claustrophobic dread.

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Drew Gregory Autostraddle 12/21/2021
Why You Should Watch We Need to Do Something: You want a reminder that the pandemic could be worse. Go to Full Review
Mike McCahill Guardian 10/19/2021
2/5
It's moderately diverting Halloween filler - earning points for reviving Taco's electropop cover of Puttin' on the Ritz - but still way too static to become actually entertaining. Go to Full Review
Kristy Puchko IGN Movies 09/10/2021
Despite one supremely frightening moment, this movie is not scary. It just stinks. Go to Full Review
Jordy Sirkin Jordy Reviews It 02/22/2023
The plot itself is a cool idea but the execution was an exhaustive experience. It could be horrifying, but with some mediocre performances, that tension is completely diluted. Go to Full Review
Peter Canavese Celluloid Dreams 06/28/2022
2/4
An insubstantial, obvious, repetitive and somewhat thin psychological horror film, but the committed performances do give it some juice. Go to Full Review
Josh Parham Next Best Picture 06/08/2022
6/10
While keeping the scope contained makes the central conflicts more heightened for these characters, it does make one yearn for exposing a more extensive narrative around them. Go to Full Review
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shane 09/04/2021 Freakiest movie I’ve ever seen. I left midway through. The language was off-the-chain vulgar. The homosexuality love story, mixed with witchcraft with whatever was going on in this tense, unnerving film with characters that were far from lovable was to much for me. See more Glenda N Aug 30 Pointless!!! The only thing scary about this movie was the acting. Especially the actor who played the father. It was so bad. See more J1gsaw P. @j1gsawpupp3t Jul 26 More about this flick can be found in my podcast via Spotify “The Underground Podcast” See more Kimberly R 11/11/2024 This was interesting for sure. While it was not my favorite horror/thriller movie, it was a good one. It had some cheesy aspects, but the suspense was decent. The dad deserved to die.... See more Courtney S 08/11/2024 I....I am speechless. I have never written a review for a movie. But this was so incredibly terrible I had no choice. See more Nick R 06/24/2024 This gets a half star only because I couldn’t leave a review with 0 stars. Absolutely pointless and scattered. There is no plot. Nothing is scary or suspenseful. Just a bit of gross-out “horror” for the sake of being gross. None of the characters are likable to the point where you really couldn’t care less what happens to them. And it finished with the lazy “scream and cut to credits” approach. Nothing is explained. If you’re going to be lazy and end with a “the unknown is what’s scary” cliche, at least make us CARE about the characters through some sort of plot device. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After Melissa and her family seek shelter from a storm, they become trapped. With no sign of rescue, hours turn to days and Melissa comes to realize that she and her girlfriend Amy might have something to do with the horrors that threaten to tear her family -- and the entire world -- apart.
Director
Sean King O'Grady
Producer
Bill Stertz, Josh Malerman, Ryan Lewis, Peter Block
Screenwriter
Max Booth III
Distributor
IFC Midnight
Production Co
Spin a Black Yarn, A Bigger Boat, Hantz Motion Pictures, Atlas Industries
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 3, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.4K
Runtime
1h 37m
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