Creepy Teaser Trailer for ‘Cuckoo’ Horror Film Starring Hunter Schafer
by Alex Billington
February 8, 2024
Source: YouTube
Something cuckoo this way comes… Neon has unveiled a quick 30-sec teaser for Cuckoo, a freaky horror film coming this summer. It’s set to premiere at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival kicking off next week, hence this teaser dropping now just before its debut. Cuckoo is the second feature from German filmmaker Tilman Singer following Luz. Gretchen travels to the German Alps with her father & stepmother, where she comes across dark secrets. She hears strange noises and is plagued by frightening visions of a woman chasing her. Gretchen is drawn into a conspiracy involving bizarre experiments by the resort’s owner that echoes back generations… Following his festival hit Luz, Singer has once again succeeded in creating an atmospheric & visually outstanding horror trip with an original plot & perfidious twists. This film, shot on 35 mm, features Euphoria’s star Hunter Schafer alongside a brilliant and terrifying Dan Stevens. The cast also includes Jessica Henwick, Marton Csókás, Jan Bluthardt. There’s not much to this first teaser, but it is scary enough! Just enough disquieting footage to make you want to see more without revealing anything. Cuckoo!
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo, direct from Neon’s YouTube:
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. Cuckoo is both written and directed by German genre filmmaker Tilman Singer, making their second feature film after directing Luz previously, plus a few other shorts. It’s produced by Markus Halberschmidt, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, Ken Kao, and Thor Bradwell. This is premiering at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival this month. Neon will then debut Singer’s Cuckoo in select US theaters starting May 3rd, 2024 coming soon. Curious?
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