You’ve bought to look at this trailer for Neon’s new horror film, Cuckoo. To begin with, that’s an incredible title. Second of all, it’s simply very tough to lock down in any discernible method. Is it a supernatural movie? Is it a cult movie? Is it an isolation movie like The Shining? What the hell is happening right here?
All questions that make us say, “Rattling, we actually wish to see Cuckoo.” It’s the sophomore effort of director Tilman Singer, who brings collectively Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer, Matrix Revolutions’ Jessica Henwick, and the person of this second, and each second, Dan Stevens (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), for a movie that appears merely, properly, cuckoo. Test it out.
Fortunately, the official press launch shines just a little bit of sunshine on what’s happening right here. “Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American residence to dwell together with her father, who has simply moved right into a resort within the German Alps together with his new household,” the official plot description reads. “Arriving at their future residence, they’re greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable curiosity in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. One thing doesn’t appear proper on this tranquil trip paradise. Gretchen is tormented by unusual noises and bloody visions till she discovers a surprising secret that additionally considerations her circle of relatives.”
Which makes it seem to be it’s virtually the entire issues we questioned above. There’s some sort of group with a collective obsession. Perhaps that obsession is supernatural. And perhaps this household going to a distant location the place horrors abound, very very like The Shining.
It doesn’t matter what, we’re all in on this one and might’t wait to see it in theaters later this 12 months. Cuckoo opens August 9. Right here’s the total poster.
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