'Cuckoo' Review — Hunter Schafer Battles Dan Stevens In Gleeful Horror Trip

Every so often, there is a horror film that isn’t afraid to get a little weird and keep you from finding your balance. Audience expectations be damned, these works operate on their own wavelength, and you just have to go along for the ride. Writer-director Tilman Singer's Cuckoo is this in glorious action, proving to be both plenty of fun in the ways genre lovers will expect, while also pushing into its own strange and silly directions. It has what would already work as a solid premise that it then twists and distorts to magnificent effect. There are already few movies that promise a showdown for the ages between great actors like Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens, though this is only a fraction of what’s in store in Cuckoo. It's a goofy, gory horror romp unlike anything you've ever seen. If you let the cast and its creator guide you into its distinct vision, it has the power to be one of the best and boldest horror films of the year.