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.

| Original Score: B | Feb 15, 2025

Unfortunately, Hunt can only do so much with co-stars who either don’t or aren’t meant to have chemistry with her character.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 14, 2025

The slasher-type direction increasingly taken by the film is a bit silly and awkwardly executed. This is where the film’s Lynchian effects seem most cut-and-pasted. Hunt, though, gives an excellent performance in the lead role

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 12, 2025

This is a refreshing and emotionally intelligent film, an exercise in style that never holds back on substance.

| Aug 5, 2024