286 | Cuckoo

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 42min

• Written & Directed by Tilman Singer

• Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Marton Csokas

• Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival February 16, 2024

• Released in US August 9, 2024

• RT: 78% critics / 58% audience 

• Currently in theaters

  Synopsis

  17yr old Gretchen is sent to live with her father and his new family in Germany after the death of her mother. Her father and step mother work for the mysterious Herr Konig, who has sent for them to stay near the resort they designed for him, and who takes a strange interest in Gretchen and her mute half-sister, Alma. When Gretchen gets a job working at the hotel, she notices that some of the female guests are exhibiting strange behaviors.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Good Boy, opening in theaters October 3.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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235 | Perpetrator

• Written & Directed by Jennifer Reeder

• Stars Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Lowell

• Not Rated

• Runtime: 1hr 41mins

• Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival February 17, 2023

• Released September 1, 2023

• RT: 80% critics, 32% audience

  Synopsis 

  Teenage outcast Jonny is sent to live with her strange aunt in a town where girls have been going missing. As her aunt introduces Jonny to her burgeoning new powers, she decides to utilize them to find her missing classmates.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing V/H/S 85, streaming on Shudder starting October 6.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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