+1
At a college party fractured by a reality-bending phenomenon, three friends confront escalating chaos, distrust, and the frightening limits of self-preservation.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- frenzied
- disorienting
- late night horror viewing
- indie sci fi marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film a stylish, energetic, conceptually ambitious science fiction horror thriller whose intriguing reality puzzle is weakened by thin characters and uneven execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The party is disrupted by a phenomenon that produces unsettling repetitions and competing versions of events.
Critical reception specifically identifies existential despair arising from narcissism and detachment among the partygoers.
The party setting becomes a disorienting puzzle as the mysterious phenomenon fractures the characters' experience of reality.
The biggest college party of the year is the single social environment where friendship conflict and lethal chaos intensify.
Films like +1, and why
Coherence
science fiction horror built around identity instability, escalating chaos, and a confined social setting
Triangle
psychological horror using fractured reality, relationship tension, and a contained ensemble scenario
The Endless
independent science fiction thriller combining youthful characters, paranoia, and reality-bending suspense
The Invitation
college-party horror with heightened social cruelty, disorientation, and survival pressure
Movie Details
- Director
- Dennis Iliadis
- Release Date
- 2013-09-20
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (290)
Cast
- Rhys Wakefield
- Logan Miller
- Ashley Hinshaw
- Natalie Hall
- Suzanne Dengel
- Colleen Dengel
- Rohan Kymal
- Adam David Thompson
- Ronald Ogden
- Bernard D. Jones
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo
- Rent
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is +1 about?
- At a college party fractured by a reality-bending phenomenon, three friends confront escalating chaos, distrust, and the frightening limits of self-preservation.
- What is +1 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of +1 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is +1 violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in +1 as moderate.
- What did critics think of +1?
- Critics generally found the film a stylish, energetic, conceptually ambitious science fiction horror thriller whose intriguing reality puzzle is weakened by thin characters and uneven execution.
- Which films are like +1?
- Films with a similar feel include Coherence, Triangle, The Endless, and The Invitation.
- How long is +1?
- +1 runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch +1?
- In United States, +1 streams on Philo.
