After the box office success of Immaculate and especially Long-leggedNEON is back on the big screen with its latest horror offering cuckoowhich received rave reviews from critics and horror fans alike. It is undoubtedly a far less mainstream horror film than Long-leggedand the film only opened in 1,503 theaters nationwide over the weekend.
How is cuckoo on the opening weekend at the box office? It is not Long-legged but NEON is certainly pleased with the indie horror film’s $3,012,500 opening win this morning. Interestingly, cuckoo is currently ranked 9th in the domestic cinema charts, with Long-legged won another $2 million over the weekend and finished in 10th place.
cuckoo is the latest horror film from the author/director Tilman Singer (Light). The film’s production budget was reportedly only $7 million. Hunter Schafer (“Euphoria”) stars.
In cuckoo: “17-year-old Gretchen reluctantly leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved to a resort in the German Alps with his new family. When they arrive at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. Koenig, her father’s boss, who shows an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister, Alma. Something seems amiss in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also involves her own family.”
Daniel Stevens (The guest), Jessica Henwick (Underwater), Marton Csokas (Freelance), Greta Fernandez (Holy) And Jan Bluthardt (Light) also play in cuckoo.
Meagan wrote in her review of SXSW: “There is inventive world-building that sets this high-concept horror film apart, and a few intense horror cat-and-mouse scenes that create palpable tension. But Singer approaches it all with a playful sense of humor that only further entices cuckoo into the realm of offbeat cinema. It’s so refreshingly offbeat and unpredictable in every way, right down to its wild, entertainingly silly finale, that it’s hard not to care about all the plot that gets dropped throughout the story.”
