One of Jack Quaid’s most successful movies of 2025 isCompanion, and if you liked it, there will be a very similar horror movie releasing almost exactly a year later. The horror genre has been going through a great run in recent years, with adaptations of other works, sequels, and reboots, and amid all these, there have been some successful and great original stories. Like everything, the horror genre goes through certain trends, either in style, tone, or themes, and falling into the latter are all thosemovies made around the topic of AIand robots/androids.
Of course, some of these movies succeeded with critics and general audiences, as was the case forM3GAN, while others weren’t well-received by either, as happened withSubservience. Among the successful ones isCompanion, written and directed by Drew Hancock.Companionstars Quaid as Josh, a young man traveling to an isolated lake house with his friends and his girlfriend, Iris (Sophie Thatcher), who is actually a companion robot.Companionwas a critical successand performed well at the box office, and a very similar horror movie will now be released almost a year later.
The Premise Of Soulm8te Is Very Similar To Jack Quaid’s 2025 Horror Movie, Companion
Companion & Soulm8te Share The Same Premise
Companionreveals in its first act that Iris is an android, but it also shows everything Josh has been doing to her to manipulate her. However, he isn’t counting on Iris’ intelligence, and just like he put her through hell, she does the same to him.Companionhas a 94% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes and an 89% popcornmeter score, both labeled “fresh.” It’s unlikely there will be a sequel toCompanion(or, at least for now, there’s no word on that), but a very similar movie will be released almost a year later.
Soulm8tefollows a man who acquires an AI android to cope with the loss of his wife.
TitledSoulm8te, the movie is described as a sci-fi horror erotic thriller, and it’s written and directed by Kate Dolan.Soulm8tefollows a man who acquires an AI android to cope with the loss of his wife. In an effort to turn his new companion into a sentient partner,the man inadvertently turns her into a deadly and obsessed soulmate. Thefirst footage forSoulm8tewas shown at 2025’s CinemaCon, and it saw the android doing various chores and offering company to her owner, to whom she then says she loves and asks to be told she’s loved back.
Soulm8te Sounds Too Similar To This Black Mirror Episode (But With A Twist)
M3GAN is getting a spinoff movie titled Soulm8te, and its plot is already too similar to one of Black Mirror’s best episodes, but with a twist.
The android grows obsessed with her owner, threatening to harm anyone who comes too close to him. The footage ends with the man’s girlfriend trying to negotiate with the android, only for it to attempt to drown her.Soulm8tesounds similar toCompanionin that they both deal with companion androids, though, unlike Iris, the one inSoulm8tewill stop at nothing to keep her owner all for herself.Soulm8teis scheduled for a August 13, 2025, release.
Are Companion & Soulm8te Connected?
Are They Part Of A Universe Of Companion Robots?
Despite their similar premises,CompanionandSoulm8tearen’t connected, but the latter does have a link to another horror movie that uses the topics of AI and androids.Soulm8teis a spinoff ofM3GAN, and it’s currently unclear if it will have direct links toM3GANor if they are just set in the same universe of advanced technology. Seeing how farM3GAN’s AI went, it’s not that surprising that a companion android for adults like the one inSoulm8tecould turn deadly. It’s to be seen how differentSoulm8tewill be fromCompanion, as well as how it will expand the universe ofM3GAN.
