Independent filmmakers romp in hardly any genre: inside as wonderful as in horror. They take all the freedom to create a unique and as scary experience. What is sometimes forgotten is the attention to detail in areas away from the explicit pictures. But sometimes a film also shows all of its audiovisual strengths.
The German director Tilman Singer has installed one or two details in his Tkleinen but very fine horror experiment Cuckoo that boosts goosebumps in its own way. In front of picturesque alpine backdrop and with a fantastic line -up he teaches us the fear that fears Wonderfully uncomfortable under the skin. You can currently stream the result of his ideas in the subscription to Amazon Prime.
In Cuckoo, an idyllic holiday resort in the Alps turns out to be a bizarre death trap
Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) hates everything that is going on. It leaves the United States because only the spirit of the past and the memory of her deceased mother lurk. Now she is sitting here in a luxurious holiday resort in the German Alps. Her father should work here on the structural extensions, on behalf of the somewhat intrusive Mr. König (Dan Stevens).
As nice as it is here, Gretchen is unhappy. Her father’s new wife makes no secret of the fact that Gretchen is not her daughter. Quite different from Gretchen’s small, silent half -sister that is treated like a little princess. Gretchen just wants to get away.
König tries to record Gretchen with open arms. He keeps looking for a conversation with her, giving her a job. And with exactly this job she realizes that in this resort Bizarre things go to you. When she suddenly followed her house on the way home and is pushed out of the street, a whole series of horrific experiences for Gretchen begin.
Cuckoo on Amazon Prime is a masterpiece of acoustic and creative horror
First of all, it must be said that all creatures and figures in Cuckoo are exceptionally strange. This is absolutely to be understood as a compliment, because this creates one right from the start oppressive, almost outdated atmospherethat feels in the best way.
Hunter Schafer in particular struggles through this nightmare, as if there was no tomorrow. It is worth watching the film for your spectacle alone. Dan Stevens, on the other hand, shows again why he is currently (as suitable) the king among the horror actors. As if he were obsessed with the spirit of Christoph Waltz, he becomes a gray, polite, smiling monster. But none of this is Cuckoo’s real strength.
Like few horror films recently, Cuckoo has been using a brilliant aspect of the staging: sound design. Everything supernatural is inseparable with the ingeniously created, disgustingly creepy background noise linked. There is a fusion of tones that dig under the cerebral cortex and pictures that disturb. A comparable experience is currently being searched for in vain.
If you want to open the Lauscher, open your eyes and experience the nightmare from Cuckoos up close, you can do that Currently at Amazon Prime in streaming subscription.
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