Touch Me – Movie Review (2/5)

TOUCH ME is a horror-comedy, but it’s also a movie featuring body horror and sci-fi via an alien story. Yeah, it’s a lot. Maybe even too much. I am admittedly quite torn, but ultimately, it’s a movie I feel some will love and others choose to ignore. Read our full Touch Me movie review here!

TOUCH ME is a genre hybrid that has been labeled a psychosexual horror-comedy, which is absolutely correct. If I were to help define it a little further, I would highlight that it has elements of body horror. Also, it has elements of a B-horror movie running throughout and deals with an alien invasion plot.

It is a lot. As a rule, I don’t mind too much of a good thing.

Unfortunately, in the case of this movie, I wasn’t entirely on board, so I didn’t feel I was getting a “good thing”. And yet, I feel like there is an audience out there who will love it for its weirdness and quirky details. Actually, I loved those elements. Just not the movie overall.

Continue reading our Touch Me movie review below. Find it on Digital in the US now and in the UK from May 4, 2026.

Oh yes, aliens can do that

Touch Me stars Olivia Taylor Dudley (She Dies Tomorrow) and Jordan Gavaris (Orphan Black) as best friends and roommates, Joey and Craig. When we meet these two characters, their lives are messy, and they are addicted to any drug that will enable them to forget reality.

As a result, things go bad fast when they meet the alien narcissist, Brian (Lou Taylor Pucci), who has a heroin-like touch. It’s impossible not to get addicted to the feeling, and they move in with Brian in his remote home.

There is, however, a problem with Brian, as he may be planning to take over the world. As such, the two friends need to wake up from their feel-good rush to save humanity.

Alongside the three actors already mentioned (all of whom are truly brilliant in this), we also have a few more in the cast worth mentioning. Especially Paget Brewster and Marlene Forte (Knives Out, Fear the Walking Dead), who both portray key characters.

Close, but no cigar

Touch Me started out weird, which is a huge plus for me. I never mind getting thrown into something strange and having to find my footing before more is revealed. However, I do also expect the reveals to come fairly fast and have a logic I can use to build on.

With Touch Me, it does deliver on this, but only to a point. It’s like I’m allowed some details and emotional input from the characters, but is still left floundering more than I’d prefer.

Having said that, I admit that I could deal with this if only it had a better pace. I don’t have to know or understand everything as long as the story is solid and the pace works. The story is actually fairly solid – and weird, and funny, and strange in wonderfully odd ways – but the pace did not work for me.

Watch Touch Me on Digital

The psychosexual horror-comedy Touch Me is written and directed by Addison Heimann. He previously wrote and directed the 2022 psychological body-horror Hypochondriac. That movie starred several of the actors you’ll see in Touch Me as well, which is always a good sign in my book.

The world premiere of Touch Me was at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, so it’s been quite some time. Since then, the movie has screened at film festivals worldwide. From SXSW and Night Visions to Fantasia, Sitges, Melbourne, and Soho Horror Festival.

I was hoping that I’d like this movie more because I find Addison Heimann’s style fascinating. I would probably give this 2½ if we did half stars. However, I end on the lower rating because there are just too many slower moments that I feel could’ve been left out. That’s just my experience, while others will love it as is.

Touch Me will be available on Blu-ray and Digital Download in the UK from May 4, 2026. It’s already out on Digital in the US.

Details

Director: Addison Heimann
Writer: Addison Heimann
Cast: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jordan Gavaris