Cuckoo
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After reluctantly moving to the German Alps with her father and his new family, Gretchen discovers that their new town hides sinister secrets, as she's plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.

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Fake Blood
2024-08-19T19:49:27.000Z
Dan Stevens on Horror
2024-08-13T17:20:06.000Z
Hunter Schafer on CUCKOO.
2024-08-06T19:15:17.000Z
Official Greenband Trailer
2024-07-31T19:25:31.000Z
Weird
2024-07-24T20:19:43.000Z
Official Trailer #2
2024-07-23T15:58:00.000Z
Official Trailer
2024-04-03T16:06:09.000Z
Official Teaser
2024-02-08T17:00:03.000Z
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Cast
Hunter Schafer
Gretchen
Dan Stevens
Herr König
Mila Lieu
Alma
Proschat Madani
Dr. Bonomo
Kalin Morrow
Hooded Woman
Johannes Benecke
Silent Cop
Matthea Pedersen
Teenage Girl
Veronika Bachfischer
Dr. Bonomo's Assistant
Conny Brandt
Absentminded Woman
Laura Pröll
Receptionist
Christoph Cordes
2nd Mover
Jennifer Buschmann
Teenage Girl's Mother
Jana Bange
Young Tourist Woman
Victor Peterszegi
Young Tourist Man
Elisa Kühnl
Homo-cuculidae Voices (voice)
Roman Ewert
Young Male Doctor
Lesley Jennifer Higl
Henry's Wife
Details Of Movie
Music
Photos Paul Faltz
Revenue 6470705
Location Germany
Producer Thor Bradwell, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, Markus Halberschmidt, Ken Kao, Ben Rimmer
Director Tilman Singer
User Reviews
CinemaSerf August 29 2024 02:54:56 PM

Dan Stevens had a chance in "I'm Your Man" (2021) to hone his German impersonation skills for this rather weak mystery. He owns a sprawling resort in the Bavarian countryside that's visited by the teenage "Gretchen" (Hunter Schafer) and her family. Her father "Luis" (Martin Csokas) is to design a new complex for "Herr König" who kindly offers the young woman a job in his hotel. It's when she cycles home after a very quiet shift one night that she is pursued by a mysterious woman with bright red eyes. Luckily, she can take refuge in the local hospital, but of course nobody believes her far-fetched tale. Meantime, her mute step-sister "Alma" (Mila Lieu) seems to be experiencing some serious inexplicable traumas and ends up in the same hospital. Might the incidents be connected; just what has their enigmatic host got to do with things and what's the agenda of the outwardly friendly ex-cop "Henry" (Jan Bluthardt)? Auteur Tilman Singer has a good go at creating something a little off-the-wall with this film, but sadly the really mediocre acting talent on display here let's the potential quirkiness of the plot down quite badly. There's far too much meaningless dialogue, dysfunctional familial drama and the pace, presumably designed to build a sense of menace, rather builds one of ennui and inevitability as the "cuckoo" theory is disappointingly undercooked and the denouement quite rushed. It's watchable enough, but I'm sure I'll never remember it,

† September 26 2024 05:10:21 AM

A new midgnight classic.