Neon’s got another film from filmmaker Osgood Perkins on the way, and at this point, it’s less a one-off collaboration than a full-on auteur partnership. “Keeper,” starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland, opens November 14, 2025, and it’s the director’s third straight outing with the indie distributor after “Longlegs” and “The Monkey.”
That kind of consistency says a lot. Neon has been building Perkins up the way A24 once built Ari Aster and Robert Eggers—essentially staking out an auteur lane in horror as part of its brand identity. “Longlegs” became a phenomenon last year, not just critically but virally, while “The Monkey” underscored Perkins’ knack for marrying literary pedigree (Stephen King) with his chilly, slow-burning fatalism. Whether or not “Keeper” connects on that same cultural level, the studio clearly sees Perkins as a filmmaker worth betting the house on.
What’s the movie actually about? Still under wraps. But Maslany’s casting feels like another prestige-leaning play: Neon knows attaching an Emmy-winning actor signals seriousness, even when the material skews unsettling and strange. And the mid-November release slot is telling too—it positions the film far from summer horror churn, but close enough to awards-season oxygen for critics to keep it in the conversation.
In other words, Neon is doubling down. “Keeper” looks less like a genre one-off and more like part of a calculated pipeline: Perkins as a pillar of the distributor’s identity, delivering chilly, unsettling horror that sits somewhere between arthouse credibility and mainstream buzz. Whether that strategy pays off long-term, or risks overexposing the filmmaker too quickly, remains to be seen. But Neon clearly thinks they’ve found their guy.
Watch the latest trailer for “Keeper” below, as the movie is heading to theaters on November 14.
