We Need to Do Something

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We Need to Do Something

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

12/21/2021

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

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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.

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Kristy Puchko

IGN Movies

09/10/2021

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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JiLL C.

@jcaseyphoto84 Dec 27

I only gave it two stars because it did make me watch till the end. And even though it was a huge letdown without any sort of resolution, the movie still startled me several times. The thing with the tongue moving after they pulled it out was ridiculous.

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Glenda N

@RT59709339 08/30/2025

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

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J1gsaw P.

@j1gsawpupp3t 07/26/2025

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

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Kimberly R

@RT32276031 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....

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Courtney S

@RT83571360 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.

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Melissa

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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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