Hunter Schaeffer faces horror in Neon

Hunter Schaeffer in “The Cuckoo.”

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Hunter Schaeffer learns that not all European vacations are particularly relaxing in the first trailer for the horror film Cuckoo.

Neon releases Tilman Singer in theaters on August 9. Cuckoo It stars Schafer as Gretchen, a teenager who gets more than she bargained for after accepting a job from Herr König (Dan Stephens) at a resort in the German Alps. Rounding out the cast are Jessica Henwick, Jan Bluthart, Marton Csukas, Greta Fernandez, and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey.

“How would you like to come work with me at the resort?” Stevens asks in the trailer. Later, Schaefer wants to know, “Why did you bring us here?”

the singer (almonds) wrote and directed the film, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and also screened at SXSW. Thor Bradwell, Markus Halberschmidt, Ken Kao, Ben Rimmer, Josh Rosenbaum, and Maria Tsijka serve as producers.

In his review of Hollywood Reporter“In Schaefer and Stevens, there are two very powerful antagonists,” wrote chief film critic David Rooney. It’s ultimately too silly to be truly terrifying, but with neon behind it, Cuckoo He might just be cuckoo enough to attract the attention of some cultists.

Schiffer is best known for playing Jules Vaughn on HBO’s Emmy Award-winning drama series trance. The actress appears in the 2023 Lionsgate working title The Hunger Games: Song of Songbirds and Snakes It can be seen in Types of charityan upcoming Searchlight anthology feature from director Yorgos Lanthimos (Bad things) which also stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe.

Stevens stars in the Warner Bros. film. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empirewhich is currently showing in theaters, and Universal’s also has Abigail Debuting later this month.