Osgood Perkins is toying with us with Keeper.
The horror filmmaker behind Longlegs and The Monkey knows how to tease his audience, dropping little hints of what his next creepy, cryptic movie will be about rather than just awing us with splashy slaughter or star power.
For the first teaser for Keeper, Neon released a video titled, "You're not right for this place." Its images focus on several women across time, seemingly catching the eye of an admirer. Smiling at them, glaring, or shouting as whatever romance went awry. Then a montage of screams, with an unattributed voice declaring softly, "This place isn't right for me." To that, the video's title seemed an answer. But what did it mean?
Neon's new trailer won't answer that. However, it does give screen time to the film's leads: Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland.
This trailer is titled, "Why does it always have to end." — without a question mark. In the trailer, we get a sense of the plot. A couple goes on a weekend getaway to a remote cabin. But while there, their minds are not fluttering with romantic thoughts, but creepy curiosities. Think Gone Girl with a Perkins' sense of festering dread.
In the press release sent to Mashable, Neon also offered this:
YOU CAN'T HOLLER DOWN OUR RAIN BARREL,
YOU CAN'T CLIMB OUR APPLE TREE,
I DON'T WANNA PLAY IN YOUR YARD
IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD TO ME.
These are lyrics from Peggy Lee's "I Don’t Want To Play In Your Yard." Could this be the song hummed in the trailer? And what could that mean?
We'll find out when Keeper: A Dark Trip from Osgood Perkins opens on Nov. 14.
