Keeper
Directed by Osgood PerkinsLiz and Malcolm escape for a romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin. When Malcolm suddenly returns to the city, Liz finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil that reveals the cabin's horrifying secrets.
Keeper Ratings & Reviews
- Josh C23h agoI don't have a lot to say about this movie - I expected better based on the trailer. It wasn't horrible, bit I definitely wouldn't say it was good either.
- makdelart1d agoPerkins beautifully builds the mood, an incredible atmosphere of horror, but this time it leads nowhere.
- anthonys167November 17, 2025Fell asleep 😂
- Doc Worm1d agoThere’s some great framing from the camera work at times and some nice warm earthy color grading throughout. Tatiana Maslany does well enough with what she’s given- but she’s not given much to work with it’s prosaic script. Unfortunately the praises I can offer this film end there. Keeper really is a tedious bore that fails to provoke or entertain in any meaningful way.
- Kevin WardNovember 17, 2025Initial reaction out of the theater was that I really didn’t like it. But I acknowledge that it might enjoy it more on repeat watch. The film attempts to keep absolutely everything a mystery for the first two thirds of the film. Liz (Tatiana Maslany) and her boyfriend, Malcolm (Rossif Sutherland), take a trip to his cabin in the woods for a secluded, romantic weekend away. But when Malcolm gets called away for his work, Liz starts to experience some strange happenings. The film has a creepy atmosphere and it’s shot particularly well and utilizes some creative transitions. One in particular with Liz soaking in a tub that transitions to a flowing river really stood out. Flowing water is frequently used for these transitions. And while I’m not normally frustrated by “slow burn” thrillers. This one kind of tried my patience. The film attempts to add some creepy elements, but it’s so concerned with not revealing anything about anything, that the creep factor is extremely muted. We get no idea even remotely of what’s happening in the background. And to be honest, half of the creepy things that occur during the slow build aren’t even witnessed by Liz—only the audience. Fog writing on the windows, paintings stretching in the background…Liz doesn’t see these things happen. Then when we finally get to some answers it’s handled with an pretty heavy exposition dump and for the last 20 minutes we finally get some of the creepier imagery. But even at that I wasn’t sufficiently creeped out. I liked the various plays on the word Keeper. Malcolm who seems to be a bit of a serial monogamist, refers to Liz as a “keeper” suggesting he’s finally found someone to settle down. Liz’s friend (on the phone) is suspicious that Malcolm has a wife and kids and believes that he’s bringing her to the cabin as his “kept” woman. There’s also a caretake/housekeeper potential at play here. Outside of this commentary about commitment averse men, I was pretty disappointed by this. It’s over explained, and also under explained, with loose ends (what happened to Darren exactly?) and ultimately wasn’t scary or creepy enough for my taste. I think it has potential for improvement on a second watch, but it’s not one I’m eager to check out again right away.
- adam31992d agoExcellent. Camera work is very talented. Not quite as sinister or brooding as some others but I'll probably watch it again at some point down the track
- DavidBunnyDadDecember 11, 2025I feel like Osgood Perkins will eventually direct a good movie, even if it's by accident. He's got style, but he struggles with story. Keeper is a prime example; good setup, then it turns into a bunch of claptrap.
- BrickShitHouse2d agoSolid movie. It reminds me of a bad trip and a nightmare mixed together.
- kVOD.2 | https://linktr.ee/xszr3d agobeautiful cinematography and new creepy scary exposure pacing below average, simple but unfinished story line (about origins). it always...cabin in the woods 😵
- eyeofthetornadoNovember 21, 2025Osgood Perkins’ Keeper plays like an impressionistic fever dream, a horror film smeared with the texture of disgusting maleness, men whose cruelty curdles into myth, and whose past sins mutate into living things. The cabin becomes a psychic chamber where personalities rot in symbolic form. 1. The Patriarchal Parasite / Malcolm Malcolm is the film’s embodiment of corrupted masculinity: a man feeding off the violence he once committed, kept alive by the monstrous offspring of his own brutality. He doesn’t just hide his crime he nurtures it. Perkins frames him as the decay of male ego, a body sustained by poison rather than conscience. 2. The Repressed Witness / Liz Liz drifts through the film like a fractured mirror reflecting the damage around her. She sees visions, distortions, impossible images an impressionistic representation of what it means to witness male violence without power to rewrite it. Her reality bends under the weight of lies and half-told histories, making her the film’s trembling moral center. 3. The Burdened Legacy / The Creatures and the “Mother” The supernatural horrors are not random monsters but the incarnations of old male sins. They are the children of violence, the physical residue of guilt Malcolm and Darren tried to bury. Their existence exposes how horrific acts never die they ferment, mutate, and crawl back up to the surface. Perkins uses these three allegories to build a film that is intimate, surreal, and morally rancid. Keeper becomes not just a horror story, but an impressionistic, nightmarish portrait of masculinity gone septic and the people forced to live in its shadow.
- ricomckee4d agoNot a keeper. It almost appears as if they wrote the movie as they filmed it and on the last day said…here’s a plot. It comes off as an exploitative film of men using woman as a means to the Fountain of youth which made little sense because the men were not youthful. Then it’s a ghost story. Then it’s a drug hallucination. Finally it’s a “ We as kids trapped a demon and made a deal with it story oh by the way the demon could have eaten us at anytime” No logic, no scares, no real gore unless you like honey.
- BigAbouAL5d agoThese directors trying too hard to be artistic that it throws you off and just gets boring.
- NFDecember 23, 2025Excellent
- punchsplosionDecember 22, 2025Beautifully shot, in typical Perkins form, Keeper constantly engages viewers with lush and multidimensional cinematography. If you love Osgood Perkins films, you’ll love this one, too.. I’m amazed how divisive his catalog is, as I find every moment of his films to be worlds above most other horror being released these days.
- tom_wenDecember 18, 2025Not the most original plot but enjoyed most of the actors.
Keeper Trivia
Keeper was released on November 13, 2025.
Keeper was directed by Osgood Perkins.
Keeper has a runtime of 1 hr 38 min.
Keeper was produced by Chris Ferguson, Jesse Savath.
The key characters in Keeper are Liz / Ada (Tatiana Maslany), Malcolm Westbridge (Rossif Sutherland), Darren (Birkett Turton).
Keeper is rated R.
Keeper is a Horror, Mystery film.
Keeper has an audience rating of 4 out of 10.