Keeper
Neon | Release Date: November 14, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
11
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
EmpireBarry LevittNov 17, 2025
A surreal, endlessly creepy exploration of love and desire, with a terrific turn from Tatiana Maslany, makes for an exciting and unpredictable departure in Osgood Perkins’ oeuvre. Read full review
80
SlashfilmBill BriaNov 13, 2025
Despite its beasties, "Keeper" is not a monster movie, but is instead a scathing look at an idea inherent in human relationships, particularly romantic ones. Read full review
80
The GuardianJesse HassengerNov 13, 2025
Part of what makes Perkins’ film so refreshing is the way it prioritizes its visceral effect on an audience over a desire to bend that story into a modern relationship parable. As clever as so many contemporary horror movies are, they often write toward theme rather than shooting toward immediacy. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 13, 2025
If some of the cabin’s lore is on the silly side, Maslany sells Liz’s terror so convincingly that the urge to giggle is dampened. Her lock on the film’s tone is absolute. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesTim GriersonNov 18, 2025
Ultimately, one suspects Perkins views Liz’s dilemma as little more than an excuse to construct a fun exercise in nightmare inducement that possesses the same craftsmanship that Malcolm clearly put into his swanky cabin. Each is a sight to see and neither is worth visiting for too long. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanNov 13, 2025
Even when the explanations don’t pass muster, the pictures strike a chord. Read full review
60
Radio TimesRosie FletcherNov 14, 2025
The best bits are frightening, memorable and distinctive. Hit and miss then, but Keeper does at least further cement Perkins as one of the boldest independent voices in horror around. Read full review
60
Screen DailyNikki BaughanNov 13, 2025
It’s certainly got the Perkins style and plenty of genuine chills, but the journey is more satisfying than the destination. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneDavid FearNov 14, 2025
You spend a good deal of Keeper forming theories about what’s going on, keenly sifting through clues in the hopes of possible answers. Once everything is revealed, however, you wish you’d gone back that previous ignorance that now seems like a state of bliss. To say that Tatiana Maslany is a saving grace here is obvious, given that she’s rescued a few projects from utter disaster. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanNov 14, 2025
The mood is low-key and naturalistic, yet a streak of trippy weirdness keeps intruding. And here’s the thing: The weird parts don’t add up. That’s likely by design, but that doesn’t make it good. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comZachary LeeNov 14, 2025
While Keeper is not short on visual style or atmospheric tension, ultimately, it’s a tedious genre exercise undone by an undercooked narrative and its allergy to mystery. Read full review
50
ColliderRoss BonaimeNov 13, 2025
Maslany can effectively react to shadows and reflections, and Perkins can navigate this cabin to maximize its horror potential, but without the screenplay to back them up, this just becomes a curious experiment without much focus. Read full review
50
Next Best PictureMatt NegliaNov 13, 2025
Keeper may not be as deeply horrifying as “Longlegs” or as darkly funny as “The Monkey.” Still, it demonstrates Perkins’ continued evolution as a filmmaker. He refuses to make the same movie twice, using horror as a way to explore new stories, emotional territory, and deploy new tones and techniques. Read full review
50
IGNStaff (Not Credited)Nov 13, 2025
Osgood Perkins’ latest dark trip has a powerful Tatiana Maslany performance and cool aesthetics to thank for keeping Keeper from getting completely lost in the woods. Read full review
42
The PlaylistMarshall ShafferNov 13, 2025
If the people on screen only feel like characters, then no amount of creepy creature design or surprising twist can make a venture such as Perkins’ here register as anything other than an antiseptic experience. Read full review
40
Little White LiesMarina AshiotiNov 14, 2025
To add insult to injury, just when things are finally about to get nasty, a character effectively sits us down for a tedious exposition dump that explains the whats, whys and hows of it all. It’s this very lack of trust in its viewers that comes as the film’s most upsetting development. Read full review
40
NMEJordan BassettNov 13, 2025
There is some good stuff here: it looks beautiful, the score is flesh-crawlingly creepy and there are individual shots that will stay with you for weeks. . . Alas, these qualities are all but lost in a slush of nonsensical narrative, unintentional (or so it seems) laughs and characters who are introduced only to drift away like flotsam. Read full review
39
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiNov 14, 2025
A slapdash effort from an otherwise great artist. Read full review
33
IndieWireAlison ForemanNov 13, 2025
Lacking in chemistry, clarity, and conviction, Neon’s latest rendezvous with Perkins hits like a crumbling marriage that would serve everyone involved by ending as soon as possible. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineAlexander MooneyNov 14, 2025
Osgood Perkins mistakes abstruseness for surrealism, and an oppressive atmosphere for palpable tension. Read full review
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