Honeymoon
A newlywed’s isolated honeymoon turns into a tense investigation of memory, intimacy, and an unsettling presence in the woods.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- foreboding
- claustrophobic
- late night horror viewing
- rainy night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's stylish direction, effective sound and spatial tension, and strong lead performances, while finding its slow-burn unease and revelations uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film gradually intensifies through Bea's nighttime disappearance, disorientation, and increasingly peculiar behavior.
Paul's concern for Bea shifts into suspicion as her behavior changes and their honeymoon relationship begins to fracture.
The newlyweds are secluded in remote lake country, with the cabin and surrounding woods functioning as the central pressure chamber.
Bea's memory loss, disorientation, and altered behavior make both her identity and Paul's understanding of their relationship increasingly uncertain.
Films like Honeymoon, and why
The Beach House
shares slow-building cabin-in-the-woods dread, intimate relationship conflict, and ambiguous science-fiction horror
Spring
shares isolated domestic setting, body-altering horror, and escalating marital unease
The Invitation
shares minimalist psychological horror, rural isolation, and a couple confronting inexplicable events
The Endless
shares restrained cosmic horror, memory disruption, and an intimate two-character descent into uncertainty
Movie Details
- Director
- Leigh Janiak
- Release Date
- 2014-09-12
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (655)
Cast
- Rose Leslie
- Harry Treadaway
- Ben Huber
- Hanna Brown
- John Lauterbach
- Peter Leo
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Honeymoon about?
- A newlywed’s isolated honeymoon turns into a tense investigation of memory, intimacy, and an unsettling presence in the woods.
- What is Honeymoon like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Honeymoon as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Honeymoon violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Honeymoon as mild.
- What did critics think of Honeymoon?
- Critics broadly praised the film's stylish direction, effective sound and spatial tension, and strong lead performances, while finding its slow-burn unease and revelations uneven.
- Which films are like Honeymoon?
- Films with a similar feel include The Beach House, Spring, The Invitation, and The Endless.
- How long is Honeymoon?
- Honeymoon runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Honeymoon?
- In United States, Honeymoon streams on Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel.
