We Need to Do Something

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We Need to Do Something

Released Sep 3, 2021

1h 37m

Horror

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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

Why You Should Watch We Need to Do Something: You want a reminder that the pandemic could be worse.

Dec 21, 2021

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

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.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 19, 2021

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Kristy Puchko

IGN Movies

Despite one supremely frightening moment, this movie is not scary. It just stinks.

Sep 10, 2021

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

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.

Feb 22, 2023

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Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

An insubstantial, obvious, repetitive and somewhat thin psychological horror film, but the committed performances do give it some juice.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 28, 2022

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Josh Parham

Next Best Picture

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.

Rated: 6/10

Jun 8, 2022

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shane

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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/21

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Glenda N

Pointless!!! The only thing scary about this movie was the acting. Especially the actor who played the father. It was so bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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J1gsaw P.

More about this flick can be found in my podcast via Spotify “The Underground Podcast”

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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Kimberly R

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....

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Courtney S

I....I am speechless. I have never written a review for a movie. But this was so incredibly terrible I had no choice.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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Nick R

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.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/24/24

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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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