Together — The Cave of Shattered Mirrors (or How Toxic Love Tastes Like Stagnant Water)

"Psychological horror cinema boasts a glorious tradition: from the cold sweat of Repulsion (1965) to the rancid breath of Hereditary (2018), the genre has mastered the art of turning emotional fissures into literal cracks in reality. But alas, not everything that glows in the dark is solid gold. Together, the latest monstrosity from Michael Shanks—a director who, until now, had only signed music videos and YouTube shorts that played like overcaffeinated sci-fi sketches—arrives with the pretension of being a funhouse mirror for codependent relationships. Spoiler: the mirror is fogged up, cracked, and reeks of a second-hand car air freshener. The result? A film shot between bouts of visual hooliganism and a low-budget VFX workshop, where bodily mutation tastes like a recycled joke and guerrilla CGI has the texture of gum chewed by a ghost in a hurry.