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Play trailer 1:42 Poster for Cuckoo R Released Aug 9, 2024 1h 42m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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Directed with inventive flair by Tilman Singer while given flavorful personality by stars Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens, Cuckoo is a madcap madhouse horror that's on the right side of deranged.

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After a promising start the movie maintains creativity and style, but its meandering narrative is perhaps a bit Cuckoo and scarce on actual scares.

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Adam Nayman Toronto Star To Singer’s credit, it’s bracing to encounter a semi-mainstream horror movie that’s willing (and eager) to subordinate narrative logic to matters of atmosphere. Rated: 3/4 Jun 17, 2025 Full Review Claudia Puig FilmWeek (LAist) It's not very developed, so we don't get invested in their scary shenanigans. Aug 28, 2024 Full Review Anton Bitel Sight & Sound Amid unsettling sound design and plotting that is in every sense loopy, questions are raised about nature and nurture, and about human bonds that go beyond the conventional norms of genetics and biology. Aug 28, 2024 Full Review Rebecca Sayce FILMHOUNDS Magazine Cuckoo is unique, with an incredibly out-there concept that audiences won't soon forget. However, the film never develops from a cool idea as it flounders under the weight of its complicated ideas that never feel fully realised. Rated: 3/5 Jul 24, 2025 Full Review Tim Miller Cape Cod Wave Magazine Think ’50 sci-fi horror schlock with a touch of David Lynch ... convoluted and off-kilter. ... I admit to being confused, but ... the movie’s relentless insanity, combining awkwardness and awfulness, tickled me. Rated: 3/4 Jul 22, 2025 Full Review Rua Fay Cinemasters In a year of great horror, Cuckoo simply fell short with its underbaked characters and baffling plot. Jul 21, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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deondre cool movie with a plot made for 500 page book Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Mika This movie had potential… Then fell flat. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/17/25 Full Review Jac Was all around a good film. not necessarily for the horror aspect, but I do enjoy films with perceptive main characters surrounded by a less perspective cast Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review 🎥🍿Gal I liked it even though I’m not 100% what’s going on in the story. Not much makes sense, but the actors did great, Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review Juandi A stylistic thriller that sort of feeds you something & nothing at the same time. Hunter Schafer delivered a very strong performance. Overall, Cuckoo leaves much to be desired by the end. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Greg very fun , and original story. Hunter was so good. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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.
Director
Tilman Singer
Producer
Ken Kao, Josh Rosenbaum, Markus Halberschmidt, Maria Tsiga, Thor Bradwell, Ben Rimmer
Screenwriter
Tilman Singer, Tilman Singer
Distributor
NEON
Production Co
NEON, Fiction Park, Waypoint Entertainment
Rating
R (Brief Teen Drug Use|Bloody Images|Language|Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 9, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 17, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.2M
Runtime
1h 42m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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