Humane

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Humane

R,

2024,

1h 34m,

Sci-Fi/

Mystery & Thriller/

Horror

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HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth's population. In a wealthy enclave, a recently retired newsman has invited his grown children to dinner to announce his intentions to enlist in the nation's new euthanasia program. But when the father's plan goes horribly awry, tensions flare and chaos erupts among his children.

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Humane's twisted psychological thrills are diverting enough in the moment to distract from its occasionally awkward attempts to balance sociopolitical commentary against high-concept horror.

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

Jul 25, 2024

Hardcore horror fans will get their dose of mayhem from Humane, though in its modest, tidily organized fashion the film might also get under the skin.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

May 7, 2024

Beyond the lack of subtlety of the message and the lack of depth of the characters, Cronenberg manages to make the proceedings entertaining and handles the actions well within this unique environment. [Full review in Spanish]

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

Apr 29, 2024

Cronenberg treats the mansion as an enormous stage set, turning “Humane” into a kind of psychodramatic slasher movie.

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

Jan 15, 2026

2.5/5

Caitlin Cronenberg's debut has promise, but winds up lacking in execution. The intriguing premise is letdown by defanged satire and an early death is a grievous error. There's just not quite enough here

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Cameron Ritter

Geek Vibes Nation

Jul 20, 2025

5.5/10

Humane is a steady, if uninspiring, debut from Caitlin Cronenberg that has a lot to offer visually and an interesting world set up around the main story but doesn’t quite put many of the other pieces together.

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John Daniel Tangalin

The Cinema Spot

Jul 18, 2025

4/5

Caitlin Cronenberg and Michael Sparaga almost satirize the modern world as we know it. What makes it a horror film lies in the horror of truth, which is that more people are dying than one would come to realize.

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HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth's population. In a wealthy enclave, a recently retired newsman has invited his grown children to dinner to announce his intentions to enlist in the nation's new euthanasia program. But when the father's plan goes horribly awry, tensions flare and chaos erupts among his children.

Director: Caitlin Cronenberg
Producer: Michael Sparaga
Screenwriter: Michael Sparaga
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Ontario Creates, Victory Man Productions, Téléfilm Canada, XYZ Films, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Prospero Pictures, Elevation Pictures
Rating: R (Strong Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 26, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.7K
Runtime: 1h 34m

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