Ringworms
Sooner or later it will come out.
After discovering her boyfriend's plan to propose on their weekend vacation, a young woman undergoes a crisis of commitment which attracts the attention of a sinister cult.
Summary
“Ringworms” (2022) is a psychological horror film about a young woman whose romantic getaway takes an unsettling turn when she realizes that her boyfriend is planning to propose. Rather than feeling purely joyful, the discovery triggers a crisis of commitment: she begins questioning her relationship, her readiness for marriage, and whether the future being offered to her is truly the one she wants. As the couple’s weekend unfolds, her uncertainty draws the attention of a sinister cult whose interest in her seems connected to her emotional vulnerability. The boyfriend represents the stability and conventional future she is expected to embrace, while the cult offers a far more disturbing alternative—one that turns private doubts into something threatening and difficult to escape. The film gradually blurs the line between romantic anxiety, psychological breakdown, and supernatural menace, keeping the protagonist’s perceptions in question without losing sight of her very real unease. At its center, “Ringworms” explores fear of commitment, the pressure to conform to expectations, and the unsettling ways intimate relationships can become entangled with control. Its horror comes not only from the cult’s presence but from the protagonist’s growing sense that both love and freedom may carry hidden costs.
