Honey Bunch
A memory-impaired woman enters an experimental remote facility with her husband, where medical promises mutate into an intimate nightmare of trust and autonomy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- claustrophobic
- melancholic
- dread-filled
- late night horror viewing
- arthouse cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film’s intimate marital drama, performances, unsettling body horror, and formal craft, while aggregate scores indicate a positive reception.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Diana undergoes increasingly intense experimental treatments while Homer’s devotion and authority become central sources of distrust.
The film’s body horror and award-recognized makeup effects externalize Diana’s trauma and destabilized identity.
Diana and Homer seek experimental care at an isolated facility where procedures progressively intensify.
Diana wakes from a coma without her memory and gradually questions both her past and Homer’s account of events.
Films like Honey Bunch, and why
Poor Things
shared body horror, intimate relationship conflict, and unsettling medical experimentation
Possessor
shared psychological horror, bodily transformation, and claustrophobic domestic tension
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
shared experimental treatment, marital distrust, and escalating surreal dread
Titane
shared body horror, female autonomy themes, and visceral speculative unease
Movie Details
- Directors
- Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer
- Release Date
- 2026-01-23
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (46)
Cast
- Grace Glowicki
- Ben Petrie
- Jason Isaacs
- Kate Dickie
- Julian Richings
- Jesse LaVercombe
- Sarah Kolasky
- India Brown
- Ahmed Moneka
- Cynthia Ashperger
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Honey Bunch about?
- A memory-impaired woman enters an experimental remote facility with her husband, where medical promises mutate into an intimate nightmare of trust and autonomy.
- What is Honey Bunch like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Honey Bunch as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Honey Bunch violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Honey Bunch as moderate.
- What did critics think of Honey Bunch?
- Critics broadly praised the film’s intimate marital drama, performances, unsettling body horror, and formal craft, while aggregate scores indicate a positive reception.
- Which films are like Honey Bunch?
- Films with a similar feel include Poor Things, Possessor, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Titane.
- How long is Honey Bunch?
- Honey Bunch runs 114 minutes.
- Where can I watch Honey Bunch?
- In United States, Honey Bunch streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
