What This Wild Horror Movie Is *Actually* About | Cuckoo, Explained

Cuckoo, the new horror movie starring Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer and Abigail’s Dan Stevens, has proven to be one of the weirdest movies of the year. While the film has been flying under the radar, it actually has a lot of interesting things going on. In addition to being a fun watch, it manages to use its frightening, wild, otherworldly dark fairytale to unpack some surprisingly deep themes. So let’s take a deeper look at Cuckoo’s story, symbolism, and ending to analyze what the movie is really trying to tell us!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:28 The premise
01:57 Analyzing the symbolism
02:03 Gretchen's knife
02:29 Cuckoo birds & family bonds
05:01 Men's desire for control
06:26 Languages
07:19 Shifting & breaking time
07:57 The ending explained
10:12 So... is it worth seeing?

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