Horror-thriller (2024), 1h 42m.
Plot Summary (Spoilers)
- After her mother's death, teenager Gretchen moves to a resort in the Bavarian Alps with her father, his new wife Beth, and her mute half-sister Alma.
- Strange things pile up: a bird call that triggers Alma's seizures, a hooded woman stalking and attacking people, vomitting guests, and time loops that make Gretchen relive the same night.
- Detective Henry, investigating murders linked to the hooded woman, teams up with Gretchen.
- Resort director Dr. König is revealed to be protecting the hooded woman — she belongs to an ancient species that impregnates human women so its offspring are raised by humans, like a cuckoo in another bird's nest.
- Alma is half-Cuckoo; König has been running a breeding scheme around the species.
- In the hospital chaos, Gretchen kills the Cuckoo mother, saves Alma, and the sisters escape while König and Henry die.
My Thoughts (Spoilers)
- Watched it because it had a 70%+ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- The first half was interesting — the story, cast, and atmosphere were all good.
- The atmosphere and visuals were great.
- But the more the film explained its mysteries, the more it went downhill.
- Wouldn't recommend it.