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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.

I find that I am really am a fan of Osgood Perkins as I loved The Blackcoat's Daughter and Longlegs. I love his odd sense of humor in The Monkey. Keeper is definitely an acquired taste because it doesn't provide many answers due to its open-to-interpretation, nightmarish nature. I love aggressively weird movies like Keeper.

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.

Most of my time watching this movie I was thinking "This is not very good at all, this movie doesn't know what it wanted to be".

But then the ending comes and boy is it a wonderful ending. I don't want to spoil anything about the ending so I won't say anything about it other than i loved it and it redeemed the other 90% of the movie.

The Cinematography is the best element that is good throughout the movie and the audio is well and of course as I mentioned above the ending is the best aspect of the movie.

The acting I wasn't really sold on for most of the movie but it worked during the great ending section.

A mixed bag but it was worth watching until the end, I wish more of the movie was like the ending, which was very creepy and super well done.

Get through the movie to see the ending and you will appreciate it. I usually LOVE slow burns in horror flicks, usually my favorite ones are slow burns. But the slow burn in this didn't really work, thankfully the ending saved the movie.

I would have given this movie a 4 out of 10 if the ending wasn't as good as it was. The ending I would give a 9/10 though. So overall since I didn't like most of the movie but LOVED the ending I will give it a 7/10.

In the end it is Osgood's most inconsistent movie but it is also my favorite ending of his to so make of that what you will.

This movie was absolutely terrible.

We went to the movie theatre to watch it and 4 separate groups of individuals walked out before the movie ended.

The movie lacked everything: compelling characters, a storyline with depth, a plot, everything! I just don't understand why this movie was made or the message - it was so bizarre!

DO NOT waste your money or time by seeing this utter garbage.

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.

This is one of the most boring movies I've seen in the last 10 years.

Almost nothing happens, and when it does, it feels random and pointless.

The story is told in such a confusing way that you don't feel curious or intrigued, just tired and disconnected. The weird cuts and jumps between scenes don't add mystery, they just make the film look messy and badly edited.

The whole movie feels like an amateur student project, not like a serious cinema release. The acting is flat, the characters have no real personality, and there is no chemistry between them. Most of the time, the actors just walk, stare, mumble a few lines and repeat the same emotions again and again. There is almost no tension, no real fear, no payoff. For something sold as "horror", it is incredibly dull.

By the time the film finally gives a bit of explanation near the end, it's already too late. It doesn't save anything, it just proves that the idea was weak and badly executed from the beginning.

To be honest, if this is the best the director and producers can do, they should seriously think about leaving this field and doing something else. This kind of movie doesn't just waste the audience's time, it makes the film world look bad.

2/10 - boring, amateur, and absolutely not worth a cinema ticket.

I saw this movie on a poster. I didn't know what to expect going in but expected Perkins story telling.

Scarier than Long Legs on a disturbing level. You need to see this movie on a open mind and no trailers.

A dark trip is an understatement. Started of slow but gradually descended into madness and mayhem Amazing work!

Liz (Tatiana Maslany) and her boyfriend Malcolm (Rossif Sutherland) drive to a secluded cabin in the woods to celebrate their one-year anniversary. Almost immediately after their arrival, it becomes clear that they are being watched. In a nearby cabin, Malcolm's cousin Darren (Birkett Turton) is staying with his new girlfriend Minka (Eden Weiss). Liz eats a welcome cake left behind by the concierge, and soon after, strange spirits begin stalking her. When Malcolm has to leave for work in town, Liz is left alone in the cabin with whatever is haunting her.

I have to admit: despite being a slow burn, Keeper is genuinely tense at times. The bathtub scene, where Liz is surrounded by what looks like a flowing wall of spirits, is particularly effective and made me hopeful that this film might become something truly unsettling and original. For a moment, it felt like the movie was building toward something fresh. Unfortunately, that promise doesn't fully pay off.

One of the main issues is how the spirits are used. Most of the time, they linger in the background, visible to the audience but positioned just out of Liz's line of sight. While this can work as a suspense technique, it's overused here. When a spirit finally reveals itself to Liz, it disappears almost immediately, turning what should be a terrifying moment into a cheap jump scare. The film repeatedly hints at danger without committing to it.

The third act raises more questions than it answers. Malcolm eventually offers an explanation for what's happening, but it feels incomplete. Darren suddenly vanishes, with no explanation. The spirits resemble a toned-down, almost softcore version of Hellraiser-style creatures, yet the film never explains why they look this way or what they represent. The ending feels rushed, as if the filmmakers realized they needed to wrap things up quickly and chose the most convenient resolution for Liz without fully earning it.

By the time the credits roll, there are too many loose ends: Who made the cake? Why did it trigger the events? What really happened to the other women? And what exactly were these spirits?

If none of that was meant to matter, then it raises a bigger question: why make this movie at all?

Keeper isn't a bad film. It has atmosphere, tension and a strong central performance from Tatiana Maslany. But it ultimately settles for ambiguity where clarity was needed, leaving the experience more frustrating than haunting.

Osgood Perkins has done it again. And by 'done it again' I mean that he has given us another steaming turd of a movie, one that seriously tests the patience, rarely making any sense and epitomising everything that I hate about a lot of modern horror. Once upon a time, scary movies were fun, entertaining and actually scary: these days, a lot of film-makers seem to be confused about what makes a horror film effective. It most certainly isn't an hour and a half of a woman lounging around a cabin, doing nothing, followed by a load of incomprehensible cobblers.

Tatiana Maslany plays Liz, who travels to the aforementioned cabin with her doctor boyfriend of one year, Malcolm. Strange things happen. But not nearly strange enough to make the film interesting. The trailer for the film was incredibly dull and uneventful, and I wondered whether the film itself would be as crap. If anything, it's worse. For the majority of the runtime it's just boring, and when it isn't being boring, it's just being weird. Weird and boring. The last five or ten minutes attempt to make sense of the plot with clumsy expositional flashbacks, and then Osgood piles on the offbeat visuals in a desperate bid to impress, but by this point this execrable mess is beyond saving.

This is the fourth film I have seen directed by Osgood Perkins, and it's the fourth stinker. My rating is 1/10.

A good horror that keeps you guessing in a good way.

Good performance from the main characters.

Decent idea that is executed very well and the tension is maintained throughout the film.

Even manages a solid ending, which is not so easily done in "serious" horror movies.

It's not perfect, but it stands head and shoulders above most of it's competition.

It could probably have done with having more implied and leaving it up to the viewer to fill in the blanks at times.

Keeper (2025) is a psychological horror movie directed by Osgood Perkins and it follows a couple on a romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin that turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself, forcing them to confront the property's haunting past. I just got done watching the movie and it was okay.

Positives for Keeper (2025): The story is somewhat interesting for what it's going for. I also have to give credit to Osgood Perkins for doing his best with what he has to work with. Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland are good in their roles. The movie is short and it gets to the point. And finally, the ending was interesting for being different enough.

Negatives for Keeper (2025): This movie has a story that you've seen so many times. It is so predictable with what is going to happen. I was getting bored with the movie because I saw a lot of things coming. And finally, the ending was bizarre despite being interesting.

Overall, Keeper (2025) is one of the weaker movies from Osgood Perkins that I've seen so many times, but I will continue to watch his movies in the future.

For the most part, Keeper is a suitably creepy horror film about how you can never truly know the person you're dating that is undone by all its answers arriving in the form of a big third act exposition dump. A consistently strong visual presentation, committed lead performance and a twisted yet satisfying ending ensure the film is worth its slow burning 99 minute run time as well as always being an engaging watch.

Tatiana Maslany is able to anchor everything with a great performance. She's never able to truly feel comfortable in this secluded cabin in the woods and her growing sense of unease also means she isn't ignoring the red flags like some horror protagonists often do. Rossif Sutherland is really good as her partner who initially seems like a nice guy but he deliberately never lets you shake the feeling that something's not right about him.

Director Osgood Perkins is able to change his style once again to match the different tone of this story, crafting a potent atmosphere with Grimm fairytale flourishes and ample scares that prioritise being partially obscured for maximum effect. Jeremy Cox's immaculate cinematography is constantly finding unconventional angles to shoot scenes from which only increases the overall atmosphere and adds a hint of voyeurism.

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 is brain food. It is not a quick watch, it is not action packed and it does not try to scare you all the time.

The film feels like theatre. It is not a movie you fully immerse yourself in, but the conversations and unusual style give it a unique charm. Every frame is carefully made and the cinematography is beautiful. You could watch it many times and still notice something new in each scene. This movie is not fast food, it is artistic.

Tatiana Maslany was a great choice for the lead. She shows the eerie feeling of the story very well and fits the role perfectly. Every scene feels meaningful and carefully done.

This movie is for a small audience that enjoys cinematography for its own sake. The marketing didn't really show that, which explains some bad reviews. It is not a typical "scary movie". It is slow, atmospheric, and sometimes the dialogues feel a bit staged, but they make you think and fit the artistic style.

I think this could be a hidden gem for people who like eccentric, atmospheric films and unusual dramas. It will not entertain everyone, but for the right audience it is a memorable and impressive experience.

One of the worst films I have potentially ever seen. Overall its over wrought with trying to "be art." Not a second of this film is suspenseful nor scary (nor interesting). In theory an interesting story. In reality an utter snooze fest and waste of money. This will be my last venture into films under this director and production company.

Keeper: On their one year anniversary artist Liz (Tatiana Maslany) and her dotor boyfriend, Malcolm (Rossif Sutherland) go to his cabin in the woods for a romantic weekend. The mood is swiftly dampened as his creepy cousin Darren calls around along with his Romanian model girlfriend Minka. Liz reluctantly eats a piece of chocolate cake, that night she has strange visions/dreams of women being attacked, including mika, someof the scenes seem to be from the 1950s/60s, she gets up and gorges on the cake. The next morning we see Minka being attacked and dragged up a tree by a strange creature. Malcolm is called away on a medical emergencey and Darren calls again, annoiying and disturbing Liz, Much of the horror here is psychological, the freams visions, strange noises, the high ceilinfs of the cabin, the sense of being trapped. But the creatures once they appear provide quite a fright, we've alreadt seen them but indistinctly. There is more than a little gore involved as well. The woods are hauntong, early morning lifght streaming through the trees, visions in softer light, what look like timeslips. Liz continues to have visions which may strike her at any moment. Whats really going on here involves a horror stretching back over centuries, I can't say much more without spoiling the plot, But there is a touch of The Witch in this film. Directed by Osgood Perkins, written by Nick Lepard. 8/10.

Osgood is back again serving the haunting presence you come to expect from him. Departing the comedy from the Monkey, Keeper channels the atmospheric horror and dread that he portrayed so great in Longlegs and The Blackcoats Daughter but packaged into folk horror. Tatiana is perfect as the finds out her relationship isn't want it seems and being secluded in a cabin in the woods isn't the wisest idea. I got strong vibes of "Oddity" from this movie but with a lot more jump scares. There's plenty to keep you on your toes and disoriented. If you're into folk horror and want to check a modern take on it then it's a fun watch.

The devil works hard, but Osgood Perkins works harder.

As someone who enjoyed both "Longlegs" and "The Monkey", I had high hopes for Osgood Perkins's latest entry. Needless to say, it wasn't for me. Chances are you'll either love or severely dislike this movie and I fall closer to the latter. The film goes off the rails in a bad way in the third act and just felt completely out of left field. The acting is fine, it's just the story is just to absurd for me.

A 5.9 IMDb rating at time of writing does feel a little harsh for this film.

Sure, there is a lot about this film that feels very derivative. A cabin in the woods with creepy stuff going on isn't exactly a genre reinvention. I won't go into detail so as to preserve the film's mysteries, but as things unfold, even more elements do feel familiar.

But, this familiarity is wrapped up in a very appealing package. Visually the film is gorgeous, capturing the cabin and the natural landscape perfectly. The tone is creepy and suspenseful throughout. The performances are brilliant, particularly Tatiana Maslany who really shines.

The story also does get an injection of originality and spark with a folk horror element that may divide opinion, but I thought it brought things together quite well. It also made for some genuinely nightmare inducing imagery that worked really well.

Overall, Keeper is unlikely to blow you away. It's a slow burn horror that will feel familiar to genre aficionados, but the great performances, wonderful cinematography, and strong final act, are enough to make it worth your time.

I think the problem I'm having when it comes to the filmography of Oz Perkins is that the first film of his I saw was 'Longlegs (2024)', which basically set my expectations too high for his upcoming work. I don't think I'm diminishing the genuine success of that enigmatic movie when I say that maybe Perkins isn't quite the filmmaker you'd think he is if you've only seen that picture. Striking gold by random doesn't mean you haven't struck gold, but it does mean you'll probably have a harder time doing it again... at least on purpose. The director's latest, 'Keeper (2025)', is a very different flavour to his other effort from this year, 'The Monkey (2025)', but is probably just about as enjoyable for different reasons. It's much more serious and sinister, essentially a surreal haunted house story with some bemusing absurdism but generally no sense of humour. Even at only around a hundred minutes, it still feels a bit too long because it basically boils down to a relatively slow buildup of strange occurrences that culminate in a finale focused almost entirely around an exposition dump that explains too much (or, at least, too obviously) and not enough all at once. Despite this, the creepy imagery and committed central performance keep you invested in the affair, and its willingness to be straight-up strange without winking at its audience is also fairly commendable. It's all a little bit random, and there's no real way the audience would be able to guess the specifics of what's going on, but its bizarreness is at the very least interesting even if it isn't in service of a greater theme or, even, particular concept. The writing is a little clumsy at times, and it falls into the same traps as many of its inspirations, but it's mysterious enough to keep you engaged for the majority of the runtime. The direction isn't anything special, but it's sturdy - and, even, confident - enough to provide more than a few enjoyable frights while remaining relatively restrained and keeping things feeling quite claustrophobic. The flick, in general, is very generic, yet relatively well-achieved. It doesn't really say anything, but it's just about stylish enough that its lack of substance isn't especially bothersome. It's a decent effort, even though it's ultimately fairly forgettable.