Dust Bunny starring Mads Mikkelsen Cherry at the Movies Review

Unexpected fever dream with the monster under the bed

Dust Bunny directed and written by Bryan Fuller, was a delightfully unexpected fever dream starring Mads Mikkelsen (The Neighbor), Sofia Sloan (Aurora), and Sigourney Weaver (Laverne). This is his first feature film, but he has worked as a writer-producer for television on ‘Pushing Daisies’, ‘Hannibal’, and the showrunner of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and ‘American Gods’ first seasons. You can see his love of fantastical stories with Dust Bunny, which is a nightmare fairy tale of Aurora, a little girl, and the monster under her bed.

The trailer was an intriguing breadcrumb that made me think it was going to be a colorful action movie about saving a child who used nightmares to understand the disappearance of her parents. As the movie went on, at first I thought it was a dream because of Bryan’s use of color and dream imagery but as it went on I realized the monsters were more than just the killers cleaning up a mess.

This is a action horror that kept revealing new surprises that had me on the edge of my seat hiding my eyes and squeeling in fear. Bryan slowly builds up to the monster with shadow and the viewers own imagination before revealing the F/X monster that was surprisingly scary. The cast works so well together as we get to know what they do in the nightmare fairytale of death. The action really builds up to crescendo once we are in the apt and monsters meet monsters in a death match.

I was delighted to see Aurora finally have someone listen to her and the Neighbor takes on a pseudo parental figure as he tries to understand 10 year old speak. I especially enjoy the Neighbor’s interaction with Laverne as we uncover the flirtatious relationship that she used to assign/order his work assignments. 

I strongly recommend Dust Bunny and make sure the lights are off, popcorn bucket close to hand, and get ready to scream and laugh.

It’s available On Demand and Digital now.

Genre:                            Thriller, Fantasy
Rating:                            Rated R for some violence
U.S. Release Dates:       On Demand and Digital 1/13/2026
Running Time:                106 minutes
Written and Directed by: Bryan Fuller
Produced by:                   Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Bryan Fuller
Cast:                                Mads Mikkelsen, Sophie Sloan, Sigourney Weaver, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson, and Sheila Atim
 
SYNOPSIS:                     Ten-year-old Aurora has an intriguing neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) who kills real-life monsters – a hit man for hire. When Aurora needs help killing the monster she believes ate her family, she procures his services. Suspecting that her parents may have fallen victim to hit men gunning for him, Aurora’s neighbor guiltily takes the job. To protect Aurora, he’ll need to contend with an onslaught of assassins, a mysterious associate with killer heels (Sigourney Weaver), and accept that some monsters are real in this fantastical and wickedly inventive feature directorial debut from visionary creator Bryan Fuller.

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