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I will admit, the cinematography is good! But it's pretty framing on a kindergarten level painting. The story is jumbled and feels slightly rushed yet somehow you'll feel every minute going by at the pace of a snail, it feels like he's trying to explain that men will sacrifice anything to reach a goal but it tells it in such a way that feels as if he let an edgy 2015 era Tumblr-ite write the script. I spent a concerning amount of time thinking about other movies I could have seen instead of it while it was playing, not worth the time or energy it took and it ruined my evening. Kinda like "this could've been an email" but in movie form...

This movie was extremely gripping and very scary at times but dont go in expecting the best movie ever just settle in with what the movie gives you and let it take over . Me and my dad both really enjoyed this and it is a slower ride but it was worth the watch and definitely worth a watch in the theater.

Osgood Perkins third film in 18 months is another horror story, though tonally different from both "Longlegs" and "The Monkey". This is , I suspect, the most divisive of the three films and I'm not sure really benefitted from the improvements made possible by Neon's cash injection.

Liz (Tatiana Maslany) comes to the secluded woodland house belonging to her boyfriend Malcolm (Rossif Sutherland). The only nearby house belongs to Malcolm's cousin Darren (Birkett Turton) though he is supposed to be away. Liz begins to see and feel presences in the house and surround area that she can't explain. Her distrust of Malcolm grows, though he too is seeing his previously sensible and capable girlfriend seemingly losing her mind.

I listened to a podcast with Osgood Perkins before seeing the film, so I am aware that the film was shot before "The Monkey" in Canada, as a way to keep working around the 2023 labour strikes. I also knew that it was shot in a 'pickup' style with them attempting to hammer out exactly what the story was in post-production and also that Neon gave him a small amount of money to enhance the visual effects ahead of release. I don't think that those CGI elements were to the films benefit, the practical effects are much scarier than those elements, particularly as they are exposed for quite long period in the last act.

I was maybe a bit more prepared though for the "dark trip" style of the film, as opposed to some of the rest of the audience in the screening I was in, who seemed more negative about the film at its conclusion than I felt. I thought that Maslany was, as she always is, brilliant.

It couldn't live up to an exceptional trailer and the 'cleanliness' of the CGI elements, as opposed to the physical effects really worked against the film, but overall, I still feel positively about it.

This was his worst movie...not onIy is it bIand and boring, nothing really happens...there was almost zero mystery. Just a cheap story thrown into odd scenes with shadows...this is the same story we have seen over and over, most recently we saw it in WEAPONS...I was expecting it to be nuts like Together or The monkey...instead we just get 1 shocking scene that was SH0WN lN ALL THE PR0M0S...RUlNED.... I reaIIy had high hopes we would get something unique...but nope...we get some cooI cinematography, some good production vaIue...and that's lT...you might as weII check out Shelby Oaks lf you haven't...That M0VlE was 100x better and scarier...

Can I trust this man? Can I trust this woman? People really need to stop going to cabins in the woods. It never, ever goes well. Director Osgood Perkins has been cranking out movies recently. In the past two years, he has made LONGLEGS, THE MONKEY, and now KEEPER. This is a surreal slow burn horror about Liz (Tatiana Maslany) and Malcolm (Rossif Sutherland) going to his cabin in the woods for their anniversary. It's isolated, claustrophobic, and immediately feels off. Early on, Malcolm has to go back to the city for his job, leaving Liz on her own, always a great idea. Thus begins the strange noises accompanied by the sense that somebody or something is watching her. I really like how this is shot. Characters are to the side of the frame. Things are happening in the blurry background. It's very unsettling and effective. This was shot during the writer's strike in Vancouver, when they weren't able to film THE MONKEY. Some things are very predictable, but Maslany kept me hooked with her performance. Her changing mindset is clear and precise. There are some great spooky visuals that I probably won't forget anytime soon. One of them reminded me of the video game Little Nightmares 2. Os is a wizard of unique horrors, each having a different tone. The music works well with the creepiness. It's pretty scary, but it doesn't rely on jump-scares. Only once. Okay maybe twice. I wish the script gave us more hints earlier on, instead of telling us most of what we want to know at the end. The ending itself might not be satisfying enough for some people. It was alright for me. This might not be a KEEPER for you, but I enjoyed this one enough.