Cuckoo 2024

It is weird. It is loud. It is occasionally incomprehensible.

(Hunter Schafer), a grieving teen forced to move into a remote Alpine resort with her father, his new wife, and their mute 8-year-old daughter, Paste Magazine The Setting: Cuckoo 2024

In the landscape of modern horror, few sub-genres are as pervasive—or as difficult to execute effectively—as the "coming-of-age nightmare." It is a delicate balance of aesthetics, requiring the director to capture the raw, pulsing anxiety of adolescence while simultaneously delivering genuine terror. In 2024, German director Tilman Singer returned to the cinematic forefront with Cuckoo , a film that not only meets these demands but elevates them into a distinct, neon-soaked nightmare. It is weird

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The story follows 17-year-old Gretchen, played with a "taciturn temperament" by , who is forced to move with her father and his new family to a secluded resort in the German Alps. Gretchen is already a fish out of water, grieving her mother and feeling alienated from her father’s new life. However, the true horror begins when she starts working for her father's enigmatic boss, Herr König, portrayed by Dan Stevens with a "riotous" German accent.

If you are expecting a straightforward "creature feature," you are wrong. If you are expecting a metaphor for puberty and familial rejection, you are getting warmer.