Horror, Thriller  •  2026  •  91 min

I Live Here Now (2026)

I Live Here Now poster

I Live Here Now (2026)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive

Viewer Rating
7.0

Overview

I Live Here Now is a 2026 surreal horror thriller directed by Julie Pacino in her feature debut. Struggling actress Rose (Lucy Fry) faces life-altering news amid career prospects and tensions with boyfriend Travis (Matt Rife) and his overbearing mother (Sheryl Lee), leading her to a remote motel where reality distorts and past traumas resurface.


Starring Cast

Sheryl Lee  •   Matt Rife  •   Lucy Fry


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: Low

The film's exploration of individual trauma and self-confrontation centers on personal psychological conflicts rather than ideological positions, resulting in a balanced, apolitical narrative.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium

The film employs a cast of white actors in all major roles without any recasting of traditional characters for diversity purposes. Its exploration of female trauma and autonomy avoids direct negative framing of white or male identities, keeping DEI elements absent.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium

In this surreal psychological horror, the overbearing mother-in-law's sadistic interference in the protagonist's pregnancy exemplifies dysfunctional family control, critiquing rigid parental authority and championing escape toward self-reclamation. Traditional family bonds fracture under the weight of trauma, tilting the narrative against normative structures.

LGBTQ: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The film features no transgender characters or themes related to transsexual identity. Its narrative centers on a woman's psychological confrontation with trauma and pregnancy in a surreal motel setting, without any exploration of gender identity beyond cisgender female experiences.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

I Live Here Now presents original characters created for the film, without adaptation from prior source material featuring established genders, so no gender swaps occur.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

I Live Here Now presents original characters in an original screenplay, with no established canonical races from prior sources, resulting in no race swaps.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
5.3
The Movie Database logo
N/A

Critic Ratings

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8.7
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N/A

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