Movie · 2025 · Horror, Mystery · 1h 39m · R · English
Curator score: 0.9/10 (110.6K ratings)
If only you were dead.
Overview
Liz and Malcolm escape for a romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin. When Malcolm suddenly returns to the city, Liz finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil that reveals the cabin's horrifying secrets.
Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland, Birkett Turton, Eden Weiss, Cassandra Ebner, Tess Degenstein, Erin Boyes, Gina Vultaggio, Claire Friesen, Christin Park, Glen Gordon, Logan Pierce, Dolores Drake, Evelyn Burke, Ella Wejr
Where to watch
Hulu
Curator Review
Verdict
A moody, off-kilter cabin horror with strong atmosphere and a committed lead performance, but it sounds divisive in the way Osgood Perkins films often are: more eerie texture and symbolic dread than clean storytelling or payoff. If you like surreal, slow-burn horror that leans into unease and strange imagery, it may land; if you want tight logic or escalating plot mechanics, it likely won’t.
Best for
fans of atmospheric slow-burn horror
viewers who enjoy surreal, dreamlike menace
people open to ambiguous storytelling
audiences who like isolated-cabin dread
fans of performance-driven horror
Skip if
you need clear rules and coherent plotting
you dislike repetition or elliptical storytelling
you want fast pacing and frequent shocks
you prefer grounded, literal horror
you are impatient with style-over-plot filmmaking
Overview
Keeper appears to be another entry in Osgood Perkins’ growing lane of chilly, uncanny horror: less about jump scares than about mood, discomfort, and the sense that something is fundamentally wrong. The setup is simple and effective, with isolation doing a lot of the work before the film leans into its stranger, more symbolic impulses.
Worth noting
The response suggests a sharply divided experience. Some viewers are clearly responding to the atmosphere and the lead performance, while others found the film repetitive, opaque, and emotionally distant. That split is often the price of Perkins’ approach: he can make a room feel haunted long before anything supernatural happens, but he doesn’t always give the audience enough narrative traction to hold onto.
Bottom line
For viewers who want horror to feel eerie, mannered, and a little unwell, this may be exactly the kind of strange detour they’re after. For everyone else, it may feel like a beautifully lit dead end.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Ishy (3★) · 4210 likes
"When will you be back?""I dont know... by 6.... 7? Depending on traffic?"
When i tell you i activated like the winter soldier
Mr. Kraken (3.5★) · 3568 likes
Osgood Perkins Fans : He’s done it again!
Osgood Perkins Haters : He’s done it again! (derogatory)
Lexi Amoriello · 2434 likes
Eli Roth said this movie was “like a surreal David Lynch movie.” And now I’m fairly certain Eli Roth has never seen a David Lynch movie.
BlimblockCubed (0.5★) · 1762 likes
I had a dream that Osgood Perkins was evil and changed his name to Osbad.