Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- moody
- oppressive
- late night horror
- slow burn horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film handsomely shot and atmospherically tense, with Sarah Snook’s performance standing out despite a thin, familiar horror plot.
What sets it apart
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Sarah’s relationship with her daughter Mia drives the film’s emotional and supernatural dread.
The symbolic white rabbit repeatedly appears around Mia and the family’s disturbing behavior.
The film builds tension through Mia’s strange behavior, mysterious injuries, hallucinations, and bursts of violence.
Sarah’s confidence as a fertility doctor conflicts with increasingly inexplicable events involving her daughter and past.
Films like Run Rabbit Run, and why
The Babadook
Shared psychological horror, maternal anxiety, grief, and escalating domestic dread.
Hereditary
Shared family trauma, inherited guilt, disturbing domestic imagery, and oppressive psychological horror.
Relic
Shared female-centered psychological disintegration, uncanny domestic space, and unsettling body-oriented horror.
Repulsion
Shared intimate domestic setting, fractured identity, and escalating psychological unease.
Movie Details
- Director
- Daina Reid
- Release Date
- 2024-07-18
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (80)
Cast
- Sarah Snook
- Lily LaTorre
- Damon Herriman
- Greta Scacchi
- Sunny Whelan
- Naomi Rukavina
- Shabana Azeez
- Trevor Jamieson
- Georgina Naidu
- Neil Melville
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Run Rabbit Run about?
- A fertility doctor’s rational worldview fractures when her daughter’s unsettling behavior summons a buried family trauma into their home.
- What is Run Rabbit Run like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Run Rabbit Run as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Run Rabbit Run violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Run Rabbit Run as moderate.
- What did critics think of Run Rabbit Run?
- Critics broadly found the film handsomely shot and atmospherically tense, with Sarah Snook’s performance standing out despite a thin, familiar horror plot.
- Which films are like Run Rabbit Run?
- Films with a similar feel include The Babadook, Hereditary, Relic, and Repulsion.
- How long is Run Rabbit Run?
- Run Rabbit Run runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Run Rabbit Run?
- In United States, Run Rabbit Run streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
