A clip from the horror movie Cuckoo, which reaches theatres this weekend, exhibits Hunter Schafer having a terrifying biking experience
Two years have passed by since we heard that manufacturing had wrapped on Cuckoo, a new horror movie from author/director Tilman Singer that stars Hunter Schafer (Euphoria), Dan Stevens (The Visitor), Jessica Henwick (Love and Monsters), Marton Csókás (Freelance), Greta Fernández (Santo), and Jan Bluthardt (Tatort). Now our probability to see the movie is nearly upon us, because it’s set to succeed in theatres on August ninth. JoBlo’s personal Tyler Nichols gave Cuckoo an 8/10 assessment you possibly can learn at THIS LINK, and we’ve interviews with the lead actors HERE – but when you could see extra earlier than you determine whether or not or not you wish to watch the film, a clip has now dropped on-line that exhibits off 80 seconds of the movie, giving a preview of a sequence the place Schafer’s character has a terrifying experience whereas out using a bicycle. You possibly can test it out within the embed above.
Right here’s the official synopsis: Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American dwelling to stay along with her father, who has simply moved into a resort within the German Alps together with his new household. 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 suffering from unusual noises and bloody visions till she discovers a surprising secret that additionally considerations her family. Some time again, Selection revealed that the movie sees Schafer face off in opposition to a mysterious bird-like monster with a scream-like name who seeks to impregnate girls along with her evil spawn. The story, written by Singer, is predicated off the lore of the cuckoo hen, a few of that are brood parasites, that means they lay their eggs within the nests of different species.
A press launch notes that Dan Stevens turns in a “brilliant and terrifying” efficiency within the movie, and he has described his position as a “delicious antagonist role.”
That is the second function for Singer, following the 2018 supernatural horror movie Luz, which Bluthardt had a position in. Luz instructed the story of “a young cab driver fleeing from the grasp of a possessed woman, whose confession could endanger the lives of everyone who crosses her path.” A number of of Singer’s Luz collaborators joined him on Cuckoo. Along with Bluthardt, additionally coming back from Luz had been cinematographer Paul Faltz, composer Simon Waskow, and manufacturing designer Dario Mendez Acosta.
Cuckoo was financed by Neon. The movie is being produced by Markus Halberschmidt, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, Ken Kao, Thor Bradwell, Ben Rimmer, in a cooperation between Germany’s Fiction Park and the States’ Waypoint Leisure. It’s government produced by Tom Quinn, Jeff Deutchman, Emily Thomas, and Ryan Friscia for Neon. Extra funding got here from the Movie und Medien Stiftung NRW, HessenFilm, and the German Federal Movie Fund.
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