COMPANION

2025 is already shaping up to be a great year for the horror genre as Heart Eyes, The Monkey, and Companion earned great reviews from critics and audiences. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now released Companion on 4K, Blu-Ray, and Digital for anyone who may have missed it in theaters. I went in completely blind and had a blast with all of the twists and turns that writer/director Drew Hancock gave this film. The less you know going in, the better, as Hancock plays with classic horror tropes and puts a fresh spin on them.

Sophie Thatcher is making a name for herself in the horror genre with the series Yellowjackets and the movie Heretic. In Companion, she plays Iris who is reflecting on those rare moments when you find purpose in life. One of those moments is when she met her boyfriend, Josh (Jack Quaid). It was your traditional meet cute at the grocery store in front of the oranges where it all began. Iris and Josh have an endearing relationship as we see in their car ride to Josh’s friends house for a weekend getaway. It’s a remote house secluded in the middle of nowhere. Horror fans should be tipped off as this is a key trope in the genre. However, this isn’t the type of decaying cabin we’re used to. It’s a posh home owned by a wealthy Russian named Sergey (Rupert Friend) who is sleeping with Josh’s friend, Kat (Megan Suri). Also along for the weekend are Patrick and Eli, a cute couple played by Lukas Gage and Harvey Guillén. Their weekend for fun in the sun takes a shocking turn when Iris comes back from the beach holding a knife and is covered in blood.

SPECIAL FEATURES
These are three short behind-the-scenes featurettes on the movie
-Compaion: I Feel Therefore I Am
-Companion: Love, Eli
-AI Horror

Here’s a video I made on TikTok

Here’s my original review of the movie