A wife becomes isolated in a secluded cabin and has to fend off an unspeakable evil.
Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland, Claire Friesen, Christin Park, Erin Boyes, Tess Degenstein, Birkett Turton, Eden Weiss, Eden Weiss
Release Date: November 14, 2025
Genre: Horror
Rated R for some violent content/gore, language, and some sexual references.
Runtime: 1h 39m
Review:
Osgood Perkins’ latest, Keeper, is a slow burn, more experimental approach than his recent films, which isn’t going to be for everybody but for those looking for steady dose of folk horror and fans of Tatiana Maslany will find a perfect showcase here. Perkin’s visual style makes the self-confined, claustrophic setting unsettling from the start and rarely letting up before the central reveal occurs. He provides plenty of visual foreshadowing that makes more sense once the full scope of the story is unleashed with a cornucopia of horrific images and well places sounds. The well-worn trope of the cabin in the woods immediately illicit the feeling that something’s off about this romantic getaway between burgeoning lovers. Rossif Sutherland and Tatiana Maslany make for a fascinating onscreen couple as their understated early interactions give way larger displays of their relationship fraying at the seams. Sutherland brings an unsettling undercurrent to his overly kind and empathetic Malcolm who feels off almost as soon as he appears onscreen. This film, however, belongs to the incredibly talented Tatiana Maslany whose character is put through the emotional ringer during the course of the film. Maslany is a study in subtly as her character is slowly revealed to be emotionally rundown but hopeful when we meet her. As things get progressively stranger and more off kilter, she brings the kind of energy required to carry the film single handedly. She is more than game for everything thrown at her although the story starts to fall apart in the final act with the final reveal coming off as undercooked. The conclusion feels overly rushed which keeps it from delivering a truly satisfying conclusion since you’re left with more questions than answers before Keeper's abrupt rather ending.
B-
