Euphoria star Hunter Schafer's new horror movie lands strong Rotten Tomatoes rating
Euphoria star Hunter Schafer's new horror movie Cuckoo has landed a strong Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Directed by Tilman Singer, the film centres around a teenager who moves to the German Alps to live with her father, though things aren't as they seem.
Schafer stars alongside Abigail's Dan Stevens in the upcoming film, which recently impressed critics with its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The horror also features Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery's Jessica Henwick, Into the Badlands actor Marton Csokas and àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) in supporting roles.
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Ahead of its cinematic release later this month, Cuckoo has achieved a fresh 77% score on the review aggregator site (from 113 reviews).
Critics have praised the film's "eccentric" storyline, as well as Stevens and Schafer's captivating performances that created "powerful tension". Here's what some of them have to say:
Time Out
"Sure to be a cult classic, it's quite literally cuckoo – and often gloriously so."
Washington Post
"Tracking the threats in plain sight is half the fun of Cuckoo, an eccentric blend of sci-fi, body horror and cosy Alps noir."
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TheWrap
"Viewed under the right conditions – that is to say, late at night, in a certain headspace and surrounded by an audience of fellow travellers ready to take the ride – Cuckoo will offer an awful lot of big-screen fun."
Tribune News
"Singer demonstrates himself to be a mad scientist of celluloid sensation, creating a hybridised monster of influences, image, sound and emotion that one won't soon forget."
The Guardian
"It's far easier to like than last month's similarly lopsided Longlegs, another stylish yet baffling indie horror, mostly because it's taking itself far less seriously, its charmingly goofy streak almost excusing its inevitable descent into nonsense."
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Associated Press
"It is undeniably fascinating, original and even occasionally fun, in a very twisted and deranged way in which laughter is your involuntary response to something horrifying."
The Daily Beast
"A bewildering and gripping saga about reproduction, identity, and family that, at its finest, taps into a legitimately demented vein."
Cuckoo opens in US cinemas on August 9 before arriving in UK cinemas on August 23.
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