MOVIE NEWS – After redefining modern horror, Osgood Perkins is back with Keeper, and the first teaser proves he’s not done surprising audiences. NEON’s top-earning filmmaker is dropping his second horror of the year with a marketing campaign as strange and captivating as his movies. Fans of The Monkey and Longlegs can now glimpse the disturbing world of Keeper, as Perkins reunites favorite cast members and promises a chilling anniversary getaway gone wrong.

Osgood Perkins, director of The Monkey, has made a major mark on contemporary horror. Now, NEON’s biggest success story is teaming up with the studio again for his second horror film this year, Keeper, with a bizarrely compelling marketing campaign that matches the director’s own offbeat sensibility. Reprising roles are The Monkey stars Tatiana Maslany and Tess Degenstein, joined by Rossif Sutherland, Claire Friesen, and Christin Park, with Keeper set to release November 14. The highly anticipated first teaser has finally arrived, bringing the enigmatic marketing campaign full circle.

The team behind Keeper has kept horror fans guessing—from an end-credits announcement in The Monkey, to an hour-long looping video of Maslany scribbling in a notebook, the promotional strategy has been both cryptic and effective. The last major update was a creepy children’s rhyme, leaving fans anxious for a trailer to finally shed some light on the film’s secrets. While little is officially known about Perkins’ latest, the synopsis offers a chilling premise:

Keeper follows a couple on a romantic anniversary trip to a remote cabin. When Malcolm (Sutherland) suddenly returns to the city, Liz (Maslany) is left alone—and soon faces a sinister force that reveals the cabin’s terrifying past.

The new teaser blends footage from the initial announcement with fresh scenes that, at first glance, look straight out of a romance—until Perkins’ trademark eeriness creeps in. With this teaser, Perkins has masterfully drawn audiences into Keeper’s disturbing world, and it feels like the last piece of the marketing puzzle—though it’s clear more shocks await. Watch the brand-new teaser below.

From Romance to Nightmare: Keeper Turns Up the Tension

The Keeper teaser opens in classic romantic drama mode, with women gazing curiously and affectionately into the camera, but ominous singing and Oz Perkins’ name quickly shatter the illusion. It becomes clear these women are being observed for something far more sinister. While the trailer doesn’t reveal the fate of this ensemble, the unsettling finale makes one thing clear: it won’t end well for them.

With the tagline, “You’re not right for this place,” the film hints at desperate escape attempts by the trapped women. Audiences will have to wait until November 14 to see just what horrors Perkins has crafted—and who, if anyone, makes it out alive.

Source: MovieWeb