Maika Monroe as Kenna Rowan in ‘Reminders of Him,’ directed by Vanessa Caswill. Photo: Universal Studios.
Move over Nicholas Sparks; Colleen Hoover is the romance novelist of choice at the moment for movies –– two of her tomes, ‘It Ends with Us’ and ‘Regretting You’ have already been brought to screens, and following this latest one, ‘Verity’ will be headed our way later in the year.
‘Reminders of Him’ doesn’t have the fireworks or (yet, at least) the behind-the-scenes legal drama of ‘It Ends with Us’, but what it does offer is a straightforward, emotional story of grief, regret and reconciliation that never quite comes alive the way it might.
Script and Direction
Director Vanessa Caswill on the set of Reminders of Him.’ Photo: Universal Studios.
Hoover here co-writes an adaptation of one of her books for the first time, working alongside fellow producer Lauren Levine, and readers of the source material can expect a largely faithful adaptation, albeit with some hefty chunks taken out of Kenna’s (Monroe) prison time and changes to the accident that is central to the story that paint her in a far better light.
Director Vanessa Caswill, meanwhile, aided by some beautiful Canadian scenery (standing in for Laramie, Wyoming), sets everything up decently, and draws some good performances out of the cast, but never challenges the great romantic dramas in the quality stakes.
Cast and Performances
(L to R) Ledger Ward (Tyriq Withers) and Grace Landry (Lauren Graham) in ‘Reminders of Him,’ directed by Vanessa Caswill. Photo: Universal Studios.
Maika Monroe is the heart of the film for sure, her soulful performance providing much of the reason to watch. Tyriq Withers, meanwhile, comes across as a budget Channing Tatum with less of his natural charisma.
The supporting cast are mostly relegated to a handful of scenes, though Bradley Whitford and Lauren Graham put in stalwart work as the bitter parents of Kenna’s late boyfriend (Pankow), who are raising his young daughter.
Final Thoughts
(L to R) Patrick Landry (Bradley Whitford) and Ledger Ward (Tyriq Withers) in ‘Reminders of Him,’ directed by Vanessa Caswill. Photo: Universal Studios.
It’ll likely get the date night crowd in, but ‘Reminders of Him’ is a very straightforward romantic drama that ambles when it should be providing a satisfying, driven story.
‘Reminders of Him’ receives 65 out of 100.
(L to R) Diem Landry (Zoe Kosovic) and Ledger Ward (Tyriq Withers) in ‘Reminders of Him,’ directed by Vanessa Caswill. Photo: Universal Studios.
What’s the story of ‘Reminders of Him’?
When Diem’s custodial grandparents adamantly refuse Kenna’s attempts to see her daughter, Kenna discovers unexpected compassion, and then something truer and deeper, with former NFL player and local bar owner Ledger.
As their secret romance develops, so do the dangers for both of them, leading Kenna toward heartbreak and, ultimately, the hope for a second chance.
On Hulu from October 22 is ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,’ a remake of the 1992 thriller that preyed upon the worries of parents and concerns about letting strangers into the family home.
It would appear that few films these days are safe from the remake treatment, but cult thrillers from the 1990s (even ones with the likes of Curtis Hanson at the helm) would seem to be fair game to receive a fresh coat of 2020s paint.
Yet in switching things up for ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’, the filmmaking team haven’t exactly found the right gear.
Writer Micah Bloomberg takes the basic concept of Amanda Silver’s 1992 story –– a wealthy family dealing with issues hires a young woman as a nanny for their children, only for things to take a psychologically scary turn –– and has filled it with a few different, updated ideas, including themes of mental health and paranoia.
Yet in changing the focus of the film, he has also somehow drained it of tension or real entertainment value, leading to this coming off as a cheap-and-cheerless knock-off of the original.
Director Michelle Garza Cervera, meanwhile, who has horror experience on her resume, never quite overcomes the lackluster bones of the film, wasting committed performances that also are stymied by the words on the page and some chemistry problems.
Both Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Maika Monroe have succeeded in this genre before –– and Monroe has been in some excellent horrors –– but ‘Cradle’ simply wastes what they have to offer.
It doesn’t help that no one in the film really connects with anyone else, leaving them feeling truly like characters going through the plot motions rather than believable humans, while certain plot twists are telegraphed with all the subtlety of a baseball bat to the head.
What’s the story of ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Caitlin Morales, an upscale suburban mom who brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy (Maika Monroe), into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be.
Who is in the cast of ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’?
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Maika Monroe about their work on 2025’s ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’, their first reactions to the screenplay, their approach to their characters, and working with director Michelle Garza Cervera.
(L to R) Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead star in Hulu’s ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’.
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Winstead, Monroe, and Michelle Garza Cervera.
Moviefone: To begin with, Mary, were you a fan of the original movie, and what was your first reaction to the screenplay for this new updated version?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: I hadn’t seen the original film, but I had a real awareness of it, and I was aware of what spoke to in terms of the genre and the feeling of it. So, it conjured up certain images and ideas in my mind when I heard the title. I think when I read the script, I was blown away by what felt to me like a modern telling of it, even though I hadn’t seen the original, I could sense that this was a very updated version just by the approach that it was taking. It felt very empathetic towards these female characters, both my character and Maika’s character in a way that was unusual to see from any genre film from years past. So that was exciting to me to know that we were going to be doing something that was likely bringing it forward and in some way. When I went to look back at the original film, I was just reading about it, and I could see that the plot was very different. So that allowed me to go, I’m going to leave that over here. We’ll do our thing and let it kind of stand on its own.
MF: Maika, were you a fan of the original, and can you talk about your approach to playing this complex character?
Maika Monroe: I had seen the original a while back, and yes, it’s one of those movies you don’t forget. When I was told about this project and a remake, I was like, “I don’t know. What do you do with that?” I read the script, and I was just blown away by both these female characters that are so complex. It’s such a grounded story. I feel like this version is much more grounded and I think people can relate or put themselves in maybe both of our shoes. After reading it, I was like, “I must play Polly. I must do this”. I knew it would be a challenge. I knew it would be hard and something very different from anything I’ve ever done. But I had an absolute blast. I loved it and I love Polly. I fell in love with her an it was great.
MF: Mary, can you talk about Caitlyn and Polly’s relationship and creating that on set with Maika?
MEW: It was amazing because Maika is so talented and made it so easy. I think every day coming into set, I never knew what she was going to do or how she was going to be approaching it, or how much she was going to reveal to me or not. So, that was always exciting to be able to go into the scene and be in it with her and be very free in that sense of like, “Okay, this is this is what I’m kind of feeling and grappling with and let’s see what she throws at me in terms of where that’s going to take me.” So as an actor, that’s just fun. It’s so exciting to be able to live in that space and this whole film felt like that. We all had our characters, and we knew who they were, and we were able to step on set and live amongst each other and play out the scenes and let them be what they were. That’s just so fun as an actor. I loved every minute of it.
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ director Michelle Garza Cervera.
MF: Finally, Maika, what was it like for you collaborating with director Michelle Garza Cervera on set?
MM: Michelle’s incredible, genuinely one of my favorite directors I’ve ever worked with. She was very precise. She knew exactly what she wanted but was incredibly collaborative and was open to all our ideas and trying it in a different way and that was the perfect recipe. I just feel like she’s born to direct, and I think her career is going to be massive and incredible. I cannot wait to see what she does next.
‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ premieres on Hulu October 22nd.
What is the plot of ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’?
Suburban couple Caitlin and Miguel Morales hire seemingly sweet Polly to take care of their newborn baby. But Polly’s true motives have little to do with singing lullabies — much to the horror of the couple.
Who is in the cast of ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’?
It follows Flanders (De Mornay), a twisted widow (whose dead husband was, er, a sex offender) who, distraught over losing her own baby, insinuates herself into a family (of a woman who was one of her husband’s victims) as their nanny, with the ultimate goal of taking the kids and the husband for herself.
Winstead is taking over the role of the mother of the family that Monroe infiltrates, playing a part that Sciorra took in the original film.
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Who else is working on the new ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’?
Maika Monroe as ‘Julia’ in Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher.’ Photo Credit: Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release.
Alongside Monroe, the creative team includes scriptwriter Micah Bloomberg, who previously worked on 2022’s ‘Sanctuary’ and created TV series ‘Homecoming’.
In the director’s chair this time is Cervera, who has made the likes of ‘Huesera: The Bone Woman.’
She was also selected for the 2023 Sundance Momentum Fellowship and was nominated for Breakthrough Director at the 2023 Gotham Independent Film Awards.
What else is Mary Elizabeth Winstead working on?
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Netflix’s ‘Kate’ (2021).
Maika Monroe as ‘Julia’ in Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher.’ Photo Credit: Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release.
Preview:
Maika Monroe is starring in a new take on ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’.
It’s a new version of the 1992 thriller.
Michelle Garza Cervera is directing the movie.
Welcome to the latest chapter of remake theater, where a studio digs a recognizable title out of its archives and intends to give it a new coat of cinematic paint, with fresh talent involved.
In this case, the company is 20th Century Studios, and the movie is 1992 psychological thriller ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,’ which helped give Rebecca De Mornay a big career boost when she starred as the vengeful Peyton Flanders, who wreaks havoc on a family.
It follows Flanders (De Mornay), a twisted widow (whose dead husband was, er, a sex offender) who, distraught over losing her own baby, insinuates herself into a family (of a woman who was one of her husband’s victims) as their nanny, with the ultimate goal of taking the kids and the husband for herself.
What new twists and turns the new version have in store have yet to be revealed, but we can’t imagine audiences would be impressed with a straightforward re-telling.
Who else is working on the new ‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’?
(L to R) Annabella Sciorra and Rebecca De Mornay in ‘The Hand that Rocks the Cradle’. Photo: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Alongside Monroe, the creative team includes scriptwriter Micah Bloomberg, who previously worked on 2022’s ‘Sanctuary’ and created TV series ‘Homecoming’.
In the director’s chair this time is Michelle Garza Cervera, who directed the likes of ‘Huesera: The Bone Woman.’
She was also selected for the 2023 Sundance Momentum Fellowship and was nominated for Breakthrough Director at the 2023 Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Where else have I seen Maika Monroe?
Maika Monroe as ‘Julia’ in Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher.’ Photo Credit: Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release.
As we previously mentioned, Monroe is the star of this year’s biggest indie hit, ‘Longlegs’, which was directed Oz Perkins and co-starred Nicolas Cage.
Writer-director Osgood Perkins has staked out his own personal corner of the horror genre with his first three films, merging elements of fantasy, fairy tales, and the Gothic into the feverish narratives of ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter,’ ‘I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House,’ and ‘Gretel & Hansel.’ His unsettling new film, ‘Longlegs,’ still has some of that fairy tale flavor: its protagonist lives in a log cabin in the woods and some of the action centers around a mother and daughter living in a remote house like two characters out of the Brothers Grimm.
But ‘Longlegs’ also channels the Satanic Panic horror movies of the 1970s (more effectively, perhaps, than Ti West does with the films of the ‘80s in ‘MaXXXine’), as well as more recent psychological mind-benders like ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ and the underseen Japanese shocker ‘Cure,’ while giving us less of a fractured fairy tale and more of a waking nightmare. Set in rural 1990s locales that seem both drained of life and susceptible to sudden, ugly violence, while featuring a performance from Nicolas Cage that worms its way into your brain, ‘Longlegs’ is perhaps not outright scary – but genuinely unnerving.
Story and Direction
(L to R) Cinematographer Andrés Arochi and director Osgood Perkins on the set of ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
10 families die under frighteningly similar circumstances over 30 years: a seemingly normal, family-values dad gruesomely slaughters his wife and family before killing himself. Two clues tie the scenes together: at each is left a card written in Zodiac-like ciphers from a person calling themselves ‘Longlegs,’ and each family has a daughter whose birthday falls on the 14th of that month. But there is no indication – indeed no evidence at all – that Longlegs physically participates in the crimes.
Enter socially awkward, super-repressed FBI Special Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), whose seeming flashes of intuition – or perhaps something more paranormal – about serial killings gets her assigned to the case while also marking her as a cross between Clarice Starling from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ and Will Graham of ‘Red Dragon/Manhunter.’ Overseeing her is Special Agent Carter (Blair Underwood), a decent family man with whom she strikes up a mentor/mentee relationship. The case quickly turns personal for Lee when Longlegs leaves one of his cards at her house, as the clock ticks down toward the 14th of the month when another slaughter is all but assured.
Blair Underwood in ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
That’s all we’ll say about the plot of ‘Longlegs,’ save for the fact that the movie is less about the narrative and more about the creeping, oozing sense of dread that permeates every frame, whether it’s the widescreen present-day shots that make the viewer acutely uncomfortable about all that empty space encroaching on the characters, or the square-framed, faded, home movie-style flashbacks that become ever more claustrophobic. Perkins also lets sound designer Eugenio Battaglia rip with a mosaic of static-haunted phone lines, strange thumps and creaks, and random scratching noises, occasionally punctuated by a rock song.
The end result of all this is a constant feeling that something is way, way off, that the movie is observing its characters as if they’re trapped in a dream and don’t know it, all while ominous forces build up just outside their – and our – line of sight. When the revelations about what it all means do come in the third act, explained as if in a fairy tale, they come a little too thick and fast, stretching credibility and perhaps not quite living up to the sense of malevolence that preceded them. But Perkins also leaves the film just open-ended enough at the end to let the viewer walk out feeling off-balance and still unsettled.
The Cast
Maika Monroe in ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
Maika Monroe has become something of a genre queen thanks to her roles in films like ‘The Guest,’ ‘Watcher,’ and of course her breakthrough horror outing ‘It Follows.’ As Lee Harker, she’s clearly paying homage to Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling, right down to the color of her hair and her dynamic with Blair Underwood’s empathetic Agent Carter. But Harker is more repressed and unable to interact normally with people than Clarice ever was; she can barely make small talk with a little girl who’s clearly impressed with her FBI credentials. Monroe ably portrays a woman who is driven to succeed as a law enforcement agent while not quite able to leave her childhood behind or understand her full talents.
(L to R) Lauren Acala and Alicia Witt in ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
A lot of this becomes clearer when we meet Ruth, Harker’s mother, played by a startling (and underseen in recent years) Alicia Witt. Her hair long and flat, her expression both wide-eyed and vacant, Ruth drifts through her crammed hoarder house like a ghost, repeatedly telling Lee to say her prayers because they “protect us from the Devil.” Witt is excellent, with she and Monroe developing a credibly sympathetic yet clearly damaged mother-daughter relationship that gets more layers peeled away as the film progresses.
(L to R) Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage in ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
And then there’s Nicolas Cage as Longlegs. The film almost sets up expectations by telling you in the opening credits that he’s playing the title role, and Cage – in his own distinctive way – doesn’t disappoint. His own hair colorless and stringy, his face buried in prosthetics and pale white makeup, Cage is like a bizarre cross between Jame Gumb and Pennywise. His voice climbing into higher pitches as he speaks, bursting either into song or a cackling laugh, and his hands continually framing his own face with seemingly a will of their own, Cage’s Longlegs is a highly original creation. The fact that Cage is more or less acting in his own movie only makes his appearances in the film more dream-like and surreal. Best of all, Perkins knows that the best horror is left unexplained: while Longlegs’ own scheme does get eventually revealed, we are thankfully left without a tiresome backstory of how he got there. He just exists.
Final Thoughts
Lauren Acala in ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
With his four efforts to date, Osgood Perkins has clearly shown a passion for and knowledge of horror that puts him at the forefront of the current crop of genre filmmakers. He has yet to make a truly great horror film, but his work shows ambition even with its flaws and sticking points (next for him is an adaptation – his first – of the Stephen King story ‘The Monkey’).
‘Longlegs’ may be his best-realized creation to date, and even as it references other films and eras, it remixes them into something weird, personal, and original. It’s not the scariest movie ever made (as some advance hype has ludicrously suggested) and it doesn’t pay off as successfully as we’d like, but the nightmarish ‘Longlegs’ will still have you looking over your shoulder, into the dark spaces where repressed memories, religious mania, and the otherworldly all meet.
‘Longlegs’ receives 7.5 out of 10 stars.
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What is the plot of ‘Longlegs’?
In the 1990s, new FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) was assigned to an unsolved case involving the Satanic serial killer known as Longlegs (Nicolas Cage). As the investigation becomes more complicated with occult evidence uncovered, Harker realizes a personal link to the killer and must act quickly to prevent another family murder.
(L to R) Director Osgood Perkins and Maika Monroe talk ‘Longlegs’.
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with director Osgood Perkins and Maika Monroe about their work on ‘Longlegs’, developing the screenplay, Monroe’s approach to her character and what audiences can expect from the new movie.
You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above and watch our interviews with Osgood, Monroe, Alicia Witt and Blair Underwood.
Maika Monroe in ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
Moviefone: To begin with, Maika, what would you say to an audience sitting down right now to watch this movie to prepare them for the theatrical experience the are about to have?
Maika Monroe: Good luck out there.
(L to R) Cinematographer Andrés Arochi and director Osgood Perkins on the set of ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
MF: Osgood, what would you say to prepare an audience for this theatrical experience?
Osgood Perkins: Have a good time. It’s meant to be an enjoyable experience. I know that people have been freaked out and panicked by this movie, but I really thought I was making something fun.
Maika Monroe in ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
MF: Maika, can you talk about your approach to playing Lee and the challenges of playing a character as layered as she is?
MM: I mean Lee is very different from me, from who I am, and I thought that that would be a very interesting challenge, sort of removing myself completely from this role. But I think I began with sort of going back. Going back to her childhood, I think that that is very telling. She obviously went through some very severe trauma, and I think that’s kind of what makes her who she is and how she goes through the world. Then, I think a lot was figured out on set. One of the first days we were filming was the scene with my partner. We were meant to go out and knock on doors, but we found the way that she walked and moved and the awkwardness.
(L to R) Director Osgood Perkins and Maika Monroe on the set of ‘Longlegs’. Photo: Neon.
MF: Finally, Osgood, can you talk about developing the screenplay and the themes that you wanted to explore as a filmmaker?
OP: Well, the central idea is that parents tell lies and stories to their children. That parents oversee the perception of a child and what a delicate responsibility that is. Sometimes looking to protect the child, a story can be written, a cover story can be put up, a scaffolding can be built. That was what the movie was about for me. Then it just became honestly kind of a cheeky trick of, well, how do I get into a movie in a way that people are going to want to follow where I’m going? So, using ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ as just this recognizable touch tone that you know, “It’s a woman detective, she’s out of her element, and there’s a killer that they can’t find.” So, I think that the idea was to really sort of tenderize the audiences’ consciousness and awareness and readiness for a thing that they thought it was going to be and then of course, it’s not that.
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What is the plot of ‘Longlegs’?
In the 1990s, new FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) was assigned to an unsolved case involving the Satanic serial killer known as Longlegs (Nicolas Cage). As the investigation becomes more complicated with occult evidence uncovered, Harker realizes a personal link to the killer and must act quickly to prevent another family murder.
Maika Monroe as ‘Julia’ in Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher.’ Photo Credit: Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release.
Opening in theaters on June 3rd is the new thriller ‘Watcher,’ which was directed by Chloe Okuno (‘V/H/S/94’).
The film stars Maika Monroe (‘Independence Day: Resurgence,’ ‘The Guest’) as Julia, an American who moves to Bucharest with her boyfriend, Francis (Karl Glusman). Unable to speak the language, isolated while Francis works, and in fear of a local serial killer, she begins to perceive that she is being constantly watched and followed by a sinister neighbor named Daniel Weber (Burn Gorman).
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with actress Maika Monroe about her work on ‘Watcher.’
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You can read our full interview below or watch our interview with Monroe and director Chloe Okuno by clicking on the video player above.
Moviefone: To begin with, how did you get involved with this project and what was your first reaction when you read the script?
Maika Monroe: I had actually seen Chloe’s short film probably six months before ever being sent a ‘Watcher’ script. So, a producer friend of mine had sent it and just said, “You have to see this.” I watched it, and I was absolutely blown away by it. It was just so well done in every aspect. So, I was a fan. Then a couple months later I was sent this script and really fell in love with the character. Then I met with Chloe, and with all her ideas for this film, I was just like, I have to do this.
MF: Can you talk about the feelings of isolation and paranoia that Julia goes through during the course of the movie?
MM: I think it’s something that women deal with on a daily basis. I think that Chloe portrayed it in such a profound way through this genre film. I feel like a lot of people will probably be able to relate. The way that she builds tension and releases tension, I think it’s a huge part of what this story’s about. So, hats off to Chloe.
MF: As an actress, was it difficult to prepare to play a character that’s going through these types of emotions?
MM: Honestly, I think genre films are some of the hardest for an actor because every day at least one of the scenes you are shooting are incredibly intense. I mean, it is no walk in the park. I think Chloe really helped create an environment on set that as an actor, you just felt really safe to go there. But it is not easy.
Maika Monroe as ‘Julia’ and Karl Glusman as “Francis” in Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher.’ Photo Credit: Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release.
MF: Can you talk about Julia’s relationship with her boyfriend? He doesn’t believe her when she tells him what is happening, does she feel betrayed by that?
MM: I think when you meet Karl Glusman, the actor who plays my boyfriend, you see why she fell in love and you see this relationship. Then I think that there’s such a massive heartbreak, and I’ve felt this in my own relationships, where the person that is closest to you doesn’t believe you. I think that’s one of the most heartbreaking things of all because you think that this person has your back no matter what. I think that in this movie, you see this deterioration of a relationship between Julia and Francis.
MF: What was it like working with actor Burn Gorman? Is he as scary on set as he is in the movie?
MM: No, he’s truly the sweetest, most lovely human being. Then as soon as we’re on set, he just completely transformed into this character. I was just blown away by the way that he walked, his accent, and everything. He had all these great ideas. Both Chloe and I were like, “Oh my God,” because we had met him, we had dinner with him, and he was just so charming and lovely. Then as soon as he steps on set, he just becomes this horrifying villain. But it was very cool to work with him.
MF: Finally, can you talk about working with director Chloe Okuno and watching her execute her unique vision for this project?
MM: I was absolutely blown away with Chloe and her professionalism. She just had such a specific vision, which I think you see in this film. The cinematography is beautiful, and I love the way she uses the camera to make the audience feel something. So, Chloe was so prepared for this and I was just so excited for us to discover something new on every scene, it was such a pleasure to work with her.
Maika Monroe as ‘Julia’ in Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher.’ Photo Credit: Courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight release.
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It’s a match made in horror movie heaven! Bill Skarsgard, the evil clown from “It,” and Maika Monroe from “It Follows” will star in the thriller “Villains.”
According to Variety, “Villains” is about a pair of amateur criminals who stumble on a dark secret after breaking into a suburban home. They have to escape from two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep their secret from getting out, which makes this sound a lot like “Don’t Breathe.”
We assume that the two young leads will be the amateur criminals, but after Pennywise, playing a “sadistic homeowner” would be a cakewalk.
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen will direct. They previously wrote, produced and directed the similar-sounding “Body,” in which three co-eds break into a secluded mansion on Christmas Eve.
It’s a match made in horror movie heaven!