Osgood Perkins has made some memorable horror movies. The Blackcoat's Daughter, Longlegs, and 2025's The Monkey all possessed creepy, genuine thrills that were difficult to shake off. In Keeper, he resorts to kind of laziness uncommon for someone of his resume. By presenting us with a convincing heroine (Tatiana Maslany) who experiences strange visions after being isolated in her boyfriend's middle-of-nowhere cabin, Perkins resorts to low-budget, student short film stretched to feature length gimmicks: a disturbing payoff, preceded by a narrative so thin it may as well be non-existent.
Few actors, and even fewer locations, is sometimes a recipe for uncommon and original creativity. Sadly, however, that is not the case here. Perkins will surely make good movies again (he simply has to); as sure as he does, the horrid aftertaste of Keeper will be behind him - and his fans.
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