We have a hot one on our hands! I mean that in the sense Until You’re Alone is a really good movie and all the gay elements were eye catching. Thank you to CWM Entertainment and River Ash Productions for letting me review it early. Horror cinema is allowing gay storylines to shine in 2026 and, even though it’s only August, I’m sure that Until You’re Alone is going to be one of the top five titles in the category this year. Despite its strong lean into gay territory, I do want to say that it was shot in a way where you forget it’s aimed at a specific audience. Instead, you get a retro horror film that takes you back to a time when things were simple, slow and so, so gratifying.
Until You’re Alone is written, directed, produced and edited by Christopher Wesley Moore. It features cinematography by Derek Bond, who also served as executive producer alone Cami Roebuck. Moore stars in the film alongside Will Lovorn, Roger Conners, Jo-Ann Robinson, Keni Bounds, Jeff Buchwald and Lynn Lowry. The plot follows “a close-minded architect who must team up with a free-spirited sex worker after becoming the lead suspect in a series of brutal slayings in order to clear his name and solve the crimes before they become the killer’s next victims.” This is a movie that you shouldn’t watch alone, despite the title.
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As a production, I have nothing bad to say about Until You’re Alone. I didn’t catch any error or blooper, except that one of the outdoor scenes is a little too dark. Christopher Wesley Moore set out to make a Hitchcockian, Italian Giallo style thriller and he succeeded to the fullest extent. Until You’re Alone feels like a time capsule from the 60s/70s where you open it and get to experience that old school magic for the first time. From the movie poster to the cinematography to the quick on screen deaths to the storytelling, this is what fully actualized and embraced looks like. And that red aesthetic was absolutely killer.
And what a terrific introduction to Will Lovorn as a leading man. Even though he’s worked on a few films in the past, specifically with Moore, Until You’re Alone was the perfect vehicle to bring out his inner star power. He was bold, beautiful and encompassed a “final boy” vibe in a nonchalant way. I’m also happy to see Roger Conners continuing his reign as the Scream Queer. What’s really great about Conners is he’s a chameleon. He can take any role and make it gay. Straight acting gay, feminine gay, dead gay, any shade of gay. He’s a walking billboard for the fact that gay men come in all shapes, sizes, colors and mannerisms and he wears that crown with pride.
Until You’re Alone is a little bit Black Christmas and a little bit Frankenstein. Take from that what you will because the pieces Christopher Wesley Moore were inspired by are not completely obvious. He may have also been inspired by I Know What You Did Last Summer and Georgie from Stephen King’s IT because his film’s killer looks like a silly combination of the two. Throw in some experimental elements, psychedelic highlights, synthetic scores, male nudity and a couple death sequences and Until You’re Alone is a banger. It also has the thematic additive of who’s the bigger antagonist – the killer, relationship troubles or self-doubt/uncertainty?
I think the bigger villain is the retractable dog leash used in the opening scene but that’s just the vet tech in me.
Final Score: 8 out of 10
