Dust Bunny (film)

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Dust Bunny
Dust Bunny film poster.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed by Bryan Fuller
Written byBryan Fuller
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyNicole Hirsch Whitaker [1]
Edited by Lisa Lassek [2]
Music by Isabella Summers [2]
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 9, 2025 (2025-09-09)(TIFF)
  • December 12, 2025 (2025-12-12)(United States)
Running time
106 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dust Bunny is a 2025 American horror thriller film produced, written and directed by Bryan Fuller in his feature film directorial debut and starring Mads Mikkelsen, Sigourney Weaver, and David Dastmalchian. It tells the story of an eight-year-old girl who asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed.

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The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2025, followed by a theatrical release in the United States on December 12.

Premise

When a monster under her bed eats her family, an eight-year-old girl living in New York City asks her hitman neighbor to help kill the monster. [3]

Cast

Production

In November 2022, it was reported that Bryan Fuller would produce and direct the "family horror film" Dust Bunny, from a script he wrote. Mads Mikkelsen signed on in a lead role. [4] In June 2023, Sigourney Weaver was reported to be in the cast. She told the New York Social Diary that she plays "another person who's not so nice, opposite Mikkelsen". [6] In December 2023, it was announced that David Dastmalchian was in the film's cast. [7]

Principal photography began in Budapest in June 2023. [3] Since the production is not part of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, it was granted an interim agreement to continue filming during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [8]

Release

Dust Bunny had its premiere in the Midnight Madness program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2025, followed by a theatrical release in the United States on December 12. [9] [10]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 24 critics' reviews are positive. [11] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Nicole Hirsch Whitaker Resume" (PDF). World Production Agency. August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Dust Bunny". Toronto International Film Festival . Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Hamman, Cody (June 22, 2023). "Dust Bunny: Mads Mikkelsen and Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller are in production on horror film". JoBlo . Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Ritman, Alex (November 1, 2022). "AFM: Mads Mikkelsen to Star in Bryan Fuller's Family Horror Dust Bunny, Sierra/Affinity Selling". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  5. ↑ "BRYAN FULLER WROTE DUST BUNNY ROLE SPECIFICALLY FOR MADS MIKKELSEN". Nerdist. September 9, 2025. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Fryd, Lee (June 9, 2023). "Social Swans and Black Birds soar at the The[sic] New York Botanical Garden Conservatory Ball". New York Social Diary . Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Nemiroff, Perri (December 1, 2023). "David Dastmalchian Joins Dust Bunny with Mads Mikkelsen & Sigourney Weaver". Collider . Valnet Inc. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ Kroll, Justin (July 18, 2023). "A24's Mother Mary & Faith-Based Series The Chosen Among Indie Projects Given SAG-AFTRA Waiver That Allows Them To Shoot During Strike". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  9. ↑ Rebecca Rubin, "TIFF Unveils Midnight Madness Slate, Including Bob Odenkirk's 'Normal' and 'F— My Son!'". Variety , July 24, 2025.
  10. ↑ T., Amber (September 8, 2025). "First 'Dust Bunny' Trailer Reunites Mads Mikkelsen And Bryan Fuller For Fairytale Thriller". Fangoria . Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Dust Bunny". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Dust Bunny". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
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