Diane (Vinessa Shaw) represents a restrained, enduring presence, but her passivity highlights the family's inability to resolve long-standing issues like infidelity.

Robert (Pat Healy) embodies a toxic father figures whose incompetence under pressure manifests as volatility and "emotional terrorism".

We Need to Do Something (2021) is a claustrophobic horror film that uses a single-location setting—a family bathroom—to dissect domestic dysfunction during an apparent apocalypse. While it initially presents as a survival thriller, it rapidly descends into a surreal, occult-infused nightmare that serves as an allegory for inescapable trauma and the "quarantine derangement" felt during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Melissa (Sierra McCormick) carries the weight of a secret—a ritual she performed with her girlfriend, Amy, which she believes may have summoned the horrors outside. Occult Allegory vs. Reality