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Bugonia
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Bugonia

2025 · R · 1h 59m

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release & where to watch

In theaters
October 24, 2025
Home release
November 25, 2025
Streaming — with a subscription
Peacock — December 26, 2025

Curator Score

Based on 2 curator ratings · How we score

Leans into gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

Bugonia has 9 jump scares. Compare counts

Age suitability

Bugonia is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 4.0/10 for fear and 6.3/10 for gore, and carries 3 content warnings: body fluids, self harm, and torture.

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7.3Overall
Fear4.0
Gore6.3
Atmosphere6.8
Intensity5.6

Genres

dramahorrorthriller

Tags

Subgenre

conspiracy

Tone

bleakslow-burntwistdarkly-comiccharacter-drivendreadpsychological

Setting

ruralisolated-location

Content Warnings

self-harmtorturebody-fluids
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Details

Budget$50M
Box office$40.8M

Directed by

Yorgos Lanthimos

Written by

Will Tracy

Cinematography

Robbie Ryan

Music

Jerskin Fendrix

Starring

Emma Stone as Michelle · Jesse Plemons as Teddy · Aidan Delbis as Don · Stavros Halkias as Casey · Alicia Silverstone as Sandy · J. Carmen Galindez Barrera as Ricky / Security Guard · Marc T. Lewis as Tony · Vanessa Eng as Corey

Production

CJ ENM, Element Pictures, Fremantle, Fruit Tree, Pith Quest Films, Square Peg

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