Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I really liked this film, but I recognize why other people might not. It's a little cliche, and it does lean into a lot of horror tropes. The plot and ultimate horror-concept itself obviously draws inspiration from Alien, but I think Cuckoo manages to make it even more insidious. While Alien is about forced pregnancies that lead to a violent and destructive birth, the women in this film endure an even more sinister psychological torture by giving birth to a…