Film Preview: Keeper (2025)

Film Poster

Page Revisions:

(July 27, 2025) Original
(August 24, 2025) New Trailer (#2)
(October 19, 2025) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#2-#6)
(November 9, 2025) New Trailer (#4)

Release Date:

November 14, 2025

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself, forcing a couple to confront the property’s haunting past.”

Poster Rating: C / C+ (4) / C

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Review: (#1, C) The anonymity of the trailer is expressed satisfactorily in this poster but there’s just not enough of intrigue in it.

(#2-#5, C+) Four terrified screams, each in different colors and different positions. They make a nice selection of images but don’t tell a story or invite one to care about said absent story. (#6, C) The black eyes are certainly unsettling but they are the only thing about this design that stands out as compelling. The title is a nice contrast to what is typical of horror films but that’s of secondary interest.

Trailer Rating: C / C+ / B- / B

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Review: (#1, C) The plot description doesn’t sound anything like what the trailer suggests the film is about. That mystery might entice people to the film but will it live up to expectations? Unlikely.

(#2, C+) This he said-she said concept doesn’t work terribly well in trailer format, especially when it makes the events of the film seem unconnected. It also makes the trailer feel shockingly longer than it really is. A dullness seeps in at the edges and ultimately hinders its chances although it’s still better than the first trailer.

(#3, B-) Creating tension in a horror trailer is a necessity and there’s tension here. Giving away part of the premise is only somewhat useful and this trailer largely avoids that. What likely gives the film some resonance with audiences, at least with horror fans, is the virtues placed on the film by a couple modern horror legends. It’s not likely to convince casual horror devotees but those in the know may well be intrigued.

(#4, B) A rare example of a series of trailers that slowly improve and increate intrigue in the material. This one takes a similar tack to its immediate predecessor while playing a bit with the mechanics of horror trailers. It still feels very much a copy of some but has that compelling opening series of moments with Tatiana Maslany’s strong performance bolstering its simplicity. From there, it gets more disjointed but no less interesting with the horror masters’ comments bolstering rather than drawing attention away from the material.