‘Fear its call’
Cuckoo is a 2024 mystery horror thriller film in which a teenage girl is forced to move with her family to an unsettling old resort.
Written and directed by Tilman Singer (Luz). Produced by Markus Halberschmidt, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, Ken Kao and Thor Bradwell.
The British-German Fiction Park-Neon-Waypoint Entertainment production stars Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; Abigail; The Rental; Apostle; The Guest), Jessica Henwick, Marton Csókás and Jan Bluthardt.
Plot:
Seventeen-year-old Gretchen reluctantly leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family.
Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her family…
Release:
Cuckoo received its world premiere at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival this February.
Neon will release Cuckoo theatrically in select US locations on May 3, 2024.
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