Dust Bunny (2025)
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A hitman is hired by a young girl to eliminate a monster that she claims destroyed her family.
The story
In New York City, eight-year-old Aurora lives in fear of a monster lurking beneath her bed, which she claims destroyed her family. When she encounters a mysterious man in the neighboring apartment, she seeks his help to eliminate the threat. The man, known as Resident 5B, is a hitman who initially believes her parents were taken by rival assassins. As the two navigate a dangerous underworld of hitmen and handlers, they must confront the reality of the supernatural and the violent world of professional killers while trying to protect the child from both human and monstrous enemies.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Aurora, an eight-year-old girl in New York City, believes a monster under her bed killed her family. She seeks help from Resident 5B, a hitman who lives in the neighboring apartment. 5B initially believes her parents were killed by rival assassins. After 5B kills one of the assassins sent to eliminate Aurora as a witness, he and the girl are pursued by more hitmen and an FBI agent, Brenda. A fierce battle ensues, ending when a giant, vicious bunny—the monster—emerges and consumes everyone except Aurora and 5B. 5B is eventually spat out by the monster and discovers that his handler, Laverne, is his mother. After Laverne is consumed by the monster, 5B realizes the creature belongs to Aurora and tells her she can control it. The two eventually leave the city together to start a new life, with the monster's shadow appearing as they travel through fields of sunflowers.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 106
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Bryan Fuller
- Writers
- Bryan Fuller · writer
- Cast and characters
- Mads Mikkelsen · Resident 5B; Sophie Sloan · Aurora; Sigourney Weaver · Laverne; Sheila Atim · Brenda; David Dastmalchian · Conspicuously Inconspicuous Man; Line Kruse · Mother; Caspar Phillipson · Father
- Genres
- fantasy; action; horror; thriller
- Tone and mood
- fantasy; horror
- Premise and plot tags
- monster movie; independent film
- Source material / true-story basis
- originally devised as an episode of the 2020 revival of Amazing Stories
- Reception
- Metacritic assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 73 · scale: 100 · review count: 15
- Production trivia
- The story was originally intended for the 2020 revival of Amazing Stories.; The production used a refurbished Hungarian Treasury Building as a primary set.; The production team considered filming in a European zoo but chose not to due to animal conditions.
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