Keeper, Osgood Perkins' mysterious follow-up to Longlegs and The Monkey, gets a creepy new poster today from NEON that continues the distributor's marketing streak of revealing absolutely nothing about their horror movies.
Keeper reunites Perkins with The Monkey star Tatiana Maslany, and also stars Possessor‘s Rossif Sutherland. Written by Nick Lepard (Dangerous Animals), the pic follows a couple as they escape for a romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin:
When Malcolm (Sutherland) suddenly returns to the city, Liz (Maslany) finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil that unveils the cabin’s horrifying secrets.
The new poster follows Keeper's bizarre first teaser that saw Maslany staring dead-eyed at the camera and scribbling something unseen on a piece of paper for 66 minutes and 6 seconds, which might give you something of a clue as for what we're in for from Perkins' latest. As for the new poster? We're as stumped as you are. The tagline “I don't like you anymore” is deeply ominous, as is the strange caption which features lyrics from the song “I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard”.
Keeper sees Perkins back with team NEON as part of his first-look deal with the genre giant, having launched a new banner called Phobos, which he will run alongside Chris Ferguson. Under the deal, NEON will serve as the home for Perkins’ projects, which he and Ferguson will produce. It will also allow Perkins and Ferguson to produce other filmmakers’ movies for NEON, who will release these projects theatrically in the United States and represent international rights.
It's no wonder that NEON want to keep Perkins firmly on their roster – 2024's Longlegs, starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe, was a huge hit, generating $128 million on a $10 million budget, with a $75 million domestic haul making it the top grossing independent film of the year. Earlier this year, his Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, which starred Theo James as twins battling a cursed toy monkey, also did well, bringing in $68.6 million worldwide against a budget of $10–11 million.
Check out NEON's new poster and Instagram post below, and look out for more on Keeper as we get it.
