Fear its call! The acclaimed horror thriller “Cuckoo” is making its way to North American audiences via Neon. Following a successful world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, followed up a stop at the SXSW Film & TV Festival last month, the horror thriller, “Cuckoo”— about a 17-year-old girl who is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem— is coming to U.S. theaters in May.
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Featuring “Euphoria” star Hunter Schafer “Cuckoo” stars Dan Stevens (“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”), Jessica Henwick (“Iron Fist,” “The Matrix”), Jan Bluthardt (“The Events at Mr. Yamamoto’s Alpine Residence Film”), Martin Csokas (“The Equalizer“), Greta Fernández (“A Thief’s Daughter”), and Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “I Origins”).
Directed by German filmmaker Tilman Singer, he’s known for 2018’s “Luz” and a few short films that came out in the preceding years.
Here’s an official synopsis for “Cuckoo,” courtesy of NEON:
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen 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 own family.
Neon has “Cuckoo” slotted for a U.S. theatrical release starting May 3. Watch the new official trailer below.
