Hunter Schafer makes her scream queen debut in Cuckoo, set in the German Alps.
Hunter Schafer plays Gretchen, a teenager who is convinced that the resort is home to a cabal headed by Herr Konig.Teenager Gretchen with father Luis , stepmother Beth and stepsister Alma head to the German Alps to live in a resort run by Herr Konig . Gretchen dislikes the place. It is too isolated, and the locals behave strangely, especially Herr Konig. A series of terrifying events convinces her that the resort is home to a cabal headed by Herr Konig.
In this German-American production, German writer-director Tilman Singer takes things that he loves from Gothic thrillers and drops them into the setting of a monster movie. Here is a gaslighted woman, Gretchen, whose fears are belittled and dismissed by those who speak of her unprocessed feelings about her late mother.
For the first third or so of the film, Singer holds out the possibility that Gretchen might be going through a stress-related mental health episode. The plot solidifies into a survival thriller by the second half, but Gretchen’s disturbed psychological state remains pertinent. There is plenty of running and screaming, but the action is driven as much by the teenager’s inner turmoil as it is by her need to stay alive.
As the mysterious and menacing Herr Konig, English actor Stevens has a great time as the classic Weird Northern European, the unflaggingly polite person whose every pronouncement is tinged with condescension.Singer fills the Alpine forest with shadow and foreboding. Gretchen and her family are housed in pretty cottages, but after nightfall, the dwellings become points of light in a sea of darkness.
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