Cuckoo

Air Aster brought us to Sweden in "Midsommar." Director and writer, Tilman Singer takes us to Germany in his new film, "Cuckoo." Being half Danish myself, I get the weirdness factor that Scandinavian/Germanic vibes can give off; cultures that feel somewhat OCD about cleanliness, clean furniture lines, and has a thing for pickled cabbage - sauerkraut. Like Midsommar," "Cuckoo" revolves around a young American girl, Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) travelling abroad. She hits the Alps with her father, stepmother and mute half sister. She finds herself working in a hotel in the German mountains. The hotel and its owner give off an aura of uncomfortable and strange right from the outset. Things only get stranger and creepier as we go deeper in - hotel guests vomiting in the lobby. It's just what you want in a horror film, hitting the right dissonant notes putting the whole thing into the key of crazy. Cuckoo indeed. Check yourself in for a stay at this niffy little horror film, in theatres now. If you are in Ottawa, rent it from Movies 'N Stuff when it becomes available.